XXXIV
'Midst furs, and silks, and jewels' sheen,
He stood, in simple Lincoln green, The center of the glittering ring; And Snowdon's knight is Scotland's king!
Lady of the Lake.
The commencement of the following year was passed, on the part of the Americans, in making great preparations, in conjunction with their allies, to bring the war to a close. In the South, Greene and Rawdon made a b****y campaign, that was highly honorable to the troops of the latter, but which, by terminating entirely to the advantage of the former, proved him to be the better general of the two. New York was the point that was threatened by the allied armies; and Washington, by exciting a constant apprehension for the safety of that city, prevented such reënforcements from being sent to Cornwallis as would
