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And new manoeuvres of parade; The true war-dance of Yanky- reels, And vaProus exercife of heels: Made them give up, like faints complete. The arm of^flefh, and truft the feet. And work, like Chriftians undiflembling, Salvation out, by fear and trembling ; Taught Piercy fafhionable races. And modern modes of Chevy-chaces : From Bofton, in his bed array, Great»'Squire M^Fingal took his way. And, grac'd with endgns of renown, Steer'd homewards to his native town. A 2 Hi» 4 t M [ 4 ] His high defccnt our heralds trace To * Oflian's fam'd Fingalian race : I'or tho' their name fome part may laclCi Old FingaJ fpelt it with a Mac ; Which great M*Pherfon, with fubmifllon, vVe hope will add, the next edition. His fathers flouiifh'd in the Highlands Of Scotia's fog benighted iflands ; Whence gain*d our 'Squire two gifts by right, Rebellion and the fecond-fight. Of thefe the firft in aniient days Had gain'd the nobleft palms of praife, 'Gainit Kings flood f(»rth, and many a crown'd head With terror of its might confounded j Till rofe a King with potent charm His foes by goodnefs to difarm, ■ • Whom ev'ry Scot and Jacobite Strait fell in love with, at firft fight ; Whofe gracious fpeechj with aid of penfions, Hufh'd down all murmurs of diilenfions. And with the found of potent metal. Brought all their bluft'ring fwarms to fettle ; Who rain'd his minifterial mannas, Till loud fedition fung hofannas ; The good Lords, Bifhops, and the Kirk United in the public work } Rebellion from the northern regions. With B — and M fwore allegiance ; And all combin'd to raze, as nuifance, Of church and ftate the conftitutions; Pull down the empire, on whofe ruins They meant to edify their nevf ones ; Enflavc » See FIngal, an antient Epic Poem, publiflied as the work of OHian, a Caledonian Bard of the third teiitUTy, by James M'Phe.fon, a j'tnl'ioncd Scotch nniniAerlal fcribbicr. t 5 ] Enflave th* American wilderneflbs, And tear the provinces in pieces. For thcfe our 'Squire among the val'ant^ft £mpIoy'd his time and tools and talents; And in their caufc with manly zeal Us'd his firft virtue, to rebel ; And found this new rebellion pleafing * As his old king-deftroying treafon. Nor lefs avail'd his optic Height, And Scottifh gift of fecond- fight. , No ancient Sibyl fam'd in rhyme Saw deeper in the womb of time.; No block in old Dodona's grove Could ever more orac'iar prove. Nor only faw he all that was. But much that never came to pafs ; Whereby all prophets far outwent he, ; Tho' former days produc'd a plenty : For any man with half an eye What ftands before him may efpy, Bui optics {harp it needs, I ween. To fee what is not to be feen. As in the days of ancient fame Prophets and poets were the fs^me, ' ' . And all the praife that poets gain Is but for what th' invent and feign ; So gain'd our 'Squire his fame by feeing Such things as never would have being : Whence he for oracles was grown The very * tripod of his town. ■: , Gazettes no fooner rofe a lye in, i But ftrait he fell to prophefying ; ^'1 Made • The tripod was a C»«ed threc-lcggsJ ftooJ, from which tlie ancitnf priefls ottered their 9udyi, f 6 ] Made dreadful flnughter in i-.is courfc, O'erthrew provincials, foot and horfe ; Brought armies o'er by fudden prefTings Of Hanoverians, Swifs and Hefllans j Feafted with blood his Scouifh clan. And hang'd all rebels, to a man ; Divided their cftatcs and pelf. And took a goodly fhare himfclf. All this, with fpirit energetic. He did by fecond-fight prophetic. Thus ftor*d with intellectual riche?, Skiird was our 'Squire in making fpeeches, Where ftrength of brains united centers With ftrength of lungs furpafling Stentor's. But as fome mufquets fo contrive it. As oft to mifs the mark they drive at. And tho* well aim'd at duck or plover. Bear wide and kick their owners over : So farM our *Squire, whofe reas'ning toil Would often on himfelf recoil. And fo much Injured more his fide. The ftronger arguments he apply'd : As old war-elephants difmay'd, Trode down the troops they came to aid, * And hurt their own fide more in battle Than lefs and ordinary cattle. Yet at town-meetings ev*ry chief Pinn*d faith on great M*Fingars fleeve, And as he motion'd all by rote, Rais'd fympathetic hands to vote. The town, our hero's fcene of a£lion. Had long been torn by feuds of fadtion. And as each party's ftrength prevails, It turnM up d iff 'rent, heads or tails j With conftant rattling in a trice Shsw'd various fidi as oft as dice As r 7 ] As that fam'd weaver, ♦ wife t* UlyfTes, By night each day*s-work pick'd in picceSi And tho' (lie ftoutly did beftir her. Its finifhing was ne'er the nearer : ' » So did this town with i)edfa(l zeal Weave cobwebs for the public weal. Which when completed, or before, • A fecond vole in pieces tore. They met, made fpeeches full long winded, Refolv*d, protefted, and rcfcinded ; Addreffes fign'u, then chofe Committees, To flop all drinking of Bohea-teas ; * With winds of doftrine vcer*d about. And turn'd all Whig Committees out. Meanwhile our hero, as their head. In pomp the Tory faiSlion led, Still following, as the 'Squire (hould pleafc, Succefllve on, like files of geefe. And now the town was fummon'd greeting. To grand parading of town-meeting ; A (how, that (Grangers might appall. As Rome's grave fenate did the Gaul, High o'er the rout, on pulpit-ftairs. Like den of thieves in houfe of pray'rs, (That houfe, which, loth a rule to break, Serv'd Heav'n but one day in the week. Open the reft for ail fupplies -^ Of news and politics and lies) ; Stood forth the conftable, and bore His ftafF, like Merc'ry's wand of yore, Wav'd potent round, the peace to keep. As that laid dead men's fouls to fleep. Abe ve, and n«ar th* hermetic ftafF, The moderator's upper balf • Homer'i Od^flr«x» :\ I \ < i •g I u vd II : [ 8 J In grandeur o'er Ihc cudiion bow'J^ Like Sol half feen behind a cloud. Beneath f!ood voters of all colours, Whigs, Tories, orators and bawlers^ With ev'ry tongue in cither failion, Prepar'd, like minute- men, foradiion; Where truth and falfhood, wrong and right. Draw all their legions out to fight i With equal uproar fcarcely rave Oppofing winds in iEolus' cave ; Such dialogues with earned face Held never Balaam with his afs. With daring zeal and courage b!e{l„ Honorius fuli the croud addreCs*d ; When now our 'Squire returning late^ Arriv'd to aid the grand debate, With ftraj3ge four faces fat him down,. While thus the orator went on. *' — Foe ages bleft, thus Britain rofc The terror of encircling foes j Her heroes rul'd the bloody plain ; Her conq'ring ftandard aw'd the main : TTie diff'rent palms her triumphs gracc,^ Of arms in war, of arts in peace : Beneath her kind, maternal care. Each rifing province flourifh'd fair ; Whofe various wealth with lib'ral hapcj By far o'er- paid the parent- land,. But tho' r> briglu her fun might (liine, Twas quickly hading to decline. With feeble rays, too weak t* afluage The damps that chill the eve of age. For dates, like men, are doom'd as well Th' infirmities of age to feel; And as tht ir conftitutions pleafe *em, Find ev'fjr deep didemper CeiZfC 'edi. •*. Some .'S u me [ 9 J ' Some flates high fevers have made head in, Which nought could cure but copious bleeding, While others have grown dull and dozy, Or fix'd in helpiefs idiotcy. Thus now while hoary years prevail, , Good Mother Britain ftcm'd to fail : Her back bent, crippled with the weight , Of age and debts and cares of (late : For debts (he ow'd, and thofe fo large, , • As twice her wealth could not difcharge, ,. And now 'twas thought, fo high they'd grown, She'd break and come upon the town ; Her arms, of nations once the dread, .^ She fcarce cc.uld lift above her head ; Her deafen'd ears ('twas all their hope) The final trump perhaps might ope. So long they'd been in ftupid mood, Shut to the hearing of all good ; Glim death had put her in his fcroll Down on the execution- roll ; And Gallic crows, as (lie grew weaker. Already whet their beaks to pick her. And now her pow'rs decaying faf}, ,. Her erand climadt'ric had (he palL \ , And, juft like all old women clfe. Fell in the vapours much by fpcUs : Strange whimfies on her fancy Ihuck, And gave her brain a difmal Ihock ; Her mem'ry fails, her judgment endo j She quite forgoL '.:.?r neareft friends, Loft all her former fenfo and knowledge. And fitted fad for Bethlem college ; Of all the pow'rs fiie once retain'd. Conceit and pride alone remi.in'd. As Eve when falling was fo mc>de{t To fancy (he (hould grow a goddefs ; As madmen, (Iraw who long have flept on< Will ftile them Jupiter or Neptune : B M .1 I « . ffl,*t INI A v. . ',} I • I I * '. '( ,» hr i\ "; : i :;.iA .' i ; jbiw ni ' .1 -.."liM O-'' • •»! om ii.fi V t U; ,1.' ■:. I< i. ;J So % -'S t 10 ] ll I' !■. If' |1 ■ ■ Hi. So Britain, 'midft her airs fo flighty. Now took a whim to be Almighty ; TJrg'd on to defp'rate heights of frenzy, Affirm 'd her own Omnipotency ; Would rather ruin all her race. Than 'bate Supremacy an ace ; Aflum'd all rights divine, as grown The Church's head, like good Pope Joan ; Swore all the world (hould bow and flcip To her almighty goody (hip ; Anath'matiz'd each unbeliever, And vow'd to live and rule for ever. Her fervants humour'd every whim. And own'd at once her pow'r fupreme. Her follies pleas'd in all their ftages, P'or fake of legacies and wages ; In * Stephen*! Chapel then in flate too Set up her golden calf to pray to. Proclaimed its pow'r and right divine. And call'd for worfliip at its (hrine. And for poor Heretics to burn us. Bade North prepare his fiei y furnace : Struck bargains with the Romifh churches Infallibility to purchafe; Set wide for Popery the door. Made friends with Babel's fcarlet whore, Join'd both the matrons firm in clan ; No fitters made a better fpan. No wonder then, ere this was over. That fhe ftiould make her children fufFer. She firft, without pretence of reafon, Ciaim'd right whate'er we had to feize on ; And with determln'd refolution To put her claims in execution, Sent fire and fword, and call'd it Lenity, Starv'd us, and chrillen'd it Humanity. For 1; • The Parliiir/ifnt-Houfe ;» called by that fiamr. h [ II ] or For flie, her cafe grown defperater, Miftook the plaineft things in nature } Had loft all ufe of eyes or wits ; Took flav'ry for the Bill of Rights ; Trembled at Whigs and deem'd them foes, And ftopp'd at loyahy her nofe ; Stil'd her own children brats and caitiffs. And knew us not from th* Indian natives. What tho' with fupplicating pray'r We begg'd our lives and goods ftie'd fpare; _ Not vainer vows, with fillier call, Elijah's prophets rais'd to Baal ; A worihipp'd (lock of god, or goddefs. Had better heard and underftood us : So once Egyptians at the Nile Ador'd their guardian Crocodile, Who heard them fir ft with kindeft ear. And ate them to reward their pray*r ; And could he talk, as kings can do. Had m^de as gracious fpeeches too. Thus fpite of pray'rs her fchemes purfuing^ She ftill went on to work our ruin ; Annull'd our charters of releafes. And tore our title-deeds in pieces ; 1 'hen fign'd her warrants of ejection. And gallows rais'd to ftretch our necks on ; And on thefe errands fent in rage. Her bailiff, and her hangman, Gage^ And at his heels, like dogs to bait us, Difpatch'd her Pofe Comitatus. No ftate e'er chofe a fitter pcrfon To carry fuch a filly farce on : As Heathen gods in ancient days Keceiv'd at fecond-hand their praife. Stood imag'd forth in ftone» and ftocks. And deity'd in barbers blocks ; So Gage was chofe to reprefent> Th' omnipotence of Parliament : B a :.M' iV^ % J And : m h S>; It ' li t h IS' 1. [ 12 ] And as old heroes gain'd, by fliifts. From gods, as potts tell, their gifts j Our General, as his adlions (how, Gain'd like afliftance from below. By Satan grac'd with full fupplies From all his magazine of lies. Yet could his pra6lice ne'er impart The wit to tell a lie with art. Thofe lies alone are formidable. Where artful truth is mixt with fable 5 But Gage has bungled oft fo vilely No foul would credit lies fo filly. Outwent all faith, and ftretch'd beyond Credulity's extremeft end. Whence plain it feems, tho' Satan once O'erlook'd with fcorn each brainlefs dunc^. And blund'ring brutes in Eden fhunning, Chofe out the ferpent for his cunning ; Of late he is not half fo nice, Nor picks affiftants 'caufe they're wife j For had he ilood upon perfection. His prefent friends had loft th' eledlion. And far'd as hard in this proceeding, As owls and afies did in Eden. Yet meaneft reptiles are moft venomous. And fimpletons moft dang'rous enemies; Nor e'er could Gage by craft and prowefs Have done a whit more mifchief to us; Since he began th' unnai'ral war. The work his thafters fent him for. And are there in this free-born land Among ourfelves a venal band, A daftard race who long have fold Tlieir fouls and confcienccs for gold 5 Who wifh to 11 ab their country's vitals. If they might heir furviving titles ; With joy behold our mifchicfs brewing, Infult and triumph irj out ruin ? Pricfts [ 13 ] Priefts who, if Satan (hould fit down To make a bible of his own, ^Vould gladly, for the fake of mitrcSj^ Turn his infpir'd and facred writers j Lawyers who, fhould he wiih to prove His title t' his old feat above, VVould^ if his caufe he'd give 'em fees inj^ Bring writs of Entry fur dijfeiftny Plead for him boldly at the feflion, ^ And hope to put him in pofleffion ; , i , . Merchants who, for his kindly aid, ^ < ' Would make him partners jn their trade; .--'■. .,,. And Judges, who would lift his pages For proper liveries and wages; And who ^$ humbly cringe and bow ^ . , To all his mortal fervants now ? There are j and Shame, with pointing gefiures^ Markp out th'Addreflbrs and Proteftors j ,;v / Whom, follpwing down the ftream of fajte, .; . Contempts ineffable await, And public infarpy forlorn, •.-■' u.. \ Dread hatr^ and everlafting fcorn." . ^ , As thus he fpake, our 'Squire M*Fingal ,,? . ,■ Qave to his partizans a fignal. Not quicker roU'd the waves to land, ^ When Mofes wav'd his potent wand. Nor with more uproar, than the Tories :jy^. Set up a gen'ral rout in chorus ; Laugh'd, hifs'd, hem'd, murmur'd, groan'd and jeer'd j Honorius now could fcaice be heard. ' , , Our Mufe, amid th' increafing roar, ^'y^/7'.' » Could not diftiniinifh one word more: - • ♦^-fr Tho' fne fate, by in firm record To take in fhort-hand ev'ry word ; As antient Mufes wont, to whom Old Bards for depofitions come. Who muft have writ 'em j for how elfc Could they each fpccch vetbatira icil '& ? > And ifS H! ' E; i; ll •; 1 ¥ It; ( H J And tho* fome readers uf romances Are apt to ftrain their tortur'd fancies. And doubt when lovers all alone Their fad foliloquies do groan, Grieve many a page with no one near 'em* And nought but rocks and groves to hear *emy What fpright infernal could have tattled, And told the authors all they prattled ; Whence- fome weak minds have made objeAion* That what they fcribbled muft be fi&xon ; 'Tis fa}re } for while the lovers fpoke^ The Mufe was by with table-book. And, left fome blunder might enfue. Echo ftood clerk and kept the cue. And tho' the fpeech ben't worth a groat. As ufual, 'tisn't the author's faulty But error merely of the prater. Who fhould have talk'd to th* purpofc better : Which full excUfe, my critic-brothers,, May help me out, as well as others ; And 'tis defign'd, tho' here it lurk. To ferve as preface to this work. So let it be — for now our *Squire No longer could contain his ire ; And rifing 'midft applauding Tories, Thus vented wrath upon Honorius. Quoth he, " 'Tis wondrous what flrange Huff Your Whigs' heads are compounded of; Which force of logic cannot pierce. Nor fyllogiftic carte & tierce. Nor weight of fcripture or of reafon , Suffice to make the lead impreffion. Not heeding what ye Tais'd conteft on, Ye prate and beg or fteal the queftion ; And when your boafted arguings fail. Strait leave all reas'ning off, to rail. Have not our High-Church Clergy made it Appear fiom fcriptures which ye credit. That r *5 1 That right divine from Heav'n was lent To Kings, that is the Parliament, Their fubjefts to oppre(s and teaze. And ferve the Devil when they plea(e ? Did they not write and pray and preacfa^ And torture all the parts of fpeech. About Rebellion make a pother. From one end of the land to th' other t And yet gained fewer pros'lyte Whigs Than old * St. Anth'ny 'mongft the pigs; And changed not half fo many vicious As Auftin, when he preach'd to Hfiies ; Who throng'd to hear, the legend tells^ Were edify'd^ and wagg*d their tails : But fcarce you'd prove it^ if you try'd. That e*er one Whig was edify'd. Have ye not heard from f Parfon Walter Much dire prefage of many a halter ? What warnings had ye of your duty From our old Rev*rend f Sam. Auchmuty^ From Priefts of all degrees and metres, T* our fagg-end man poor % Parfon Peters ? Have not our Cooper and our Seabury Sung hymns, like Barak and old Deborah, Prov'd all intrigues to fet you free Rebellion 'gainft the potv'rs that be'i Brought over many a fcripture text That us'd to wink at rebel-feils, Coax'd wayward ones to favour regents, Or paraphf as'd them to obedience ; i f Proved hat * The ftories of St. Anthony and his pig, and St. Auf^ln's preaching to Aihes, are told in the Popifli legends. •f Fllgh-Church Clergyisen, one at Bofton, ona at New -York. % Peters, a *rory Clergyman in Connefticut, who, after making himfelf deteftable by his inimical condu£^, abfconded from the contempt, rather than the vengeance of his countrymen, and fled to England to make complaints againft that colony.— Cooper, a writer, poet, and fatirift of the fame (lamp, Prefident of the college at New- York.— Seabury, a Ckrgyman of the fame province. [ i6 J Prov'd cv'ry king, ev'n thofe confeft Horns of th* Apocalyptic bcaft. And fprouting from its noddles fevcn, Ordain'd, as bifhops are, by Heaven; (For reafons fimMar, as we're told. That Tophct was ordain'd of old) By this lay-ordination valid Becomes all faii(5tif'y'd and hallow'd. Takes patent out when Heav'n has fign'd it^ And ftarts u^ {trait the Lord's anointed I As extreme unclion, that can cleanl'e Each penitent from deadly inis. Make them run g'ib, when oil'd by Pricft, The heav'niy road, like wheels new-q;reas'di Serve them, like (hoe-ball, for defences 'Gainft wear and tear of confciences : So king's anointment cleans betimes. Like fuller's earth, all fpots of crimes^ For future knav'ries give commiffions^ Like P.ipifls finning under licence. For Heav'n ordain'd the origin. Divines declare, of pain and fin; Prove fuch crreat good they both have done us^ Kind mercy 'tWas they came upon us. For, without pain and fin and folly, Man ne'er were bleil, or vVife, or holy ; And we fhould * thank the Lord, 'tis fo^ As authors grave wrote long ago. Now Heav'n its ilTues never brinfrs Without the means, and thefe are kings ; A:id he, who blames when they announce ills^ Would countcraft t!)' eternal counfels. As when the Jews, a murm'ring race. By conftant grumbling? fell from grace, Heav'n taught them fiiit to know their difiance By famine, flav'ry, and PhiJiftines; Whcri • See the modern Metaphyfical Divinity. f »7 J When thcfe could no repentance bring. In wrath it fent them laft, a king. So nineteen, 'tis believ'd, in twenty Of modern kings for plagues are fent you ; Nor can your cavillers pretend. But that they anfwer well their end. 'Tis yours to yield to their command. As rods in Providence's hand j And if it means to fend you pain. You turn your nofes up in vain ; Your only way's in peace to bear it, , And make neceflity a merit. Hence fure perdition muft await The man, who rifes 'gainft the ftate. Who meets at once the damning fentence, Without one loop-hole for repentance j E'en tho* he gain the royal fee. And rank among the pow'rs that be ; For hell is theirs, thefcripture fhows, ,;, Whoe'er the pow'rs that be, oppofe. And all thofe powr's (I'm clear that 'tis fo) Are damn'd for ever, ^* «^f/ff. Thus far our Clergy ; but 'tis true. We lack'd not earthly reas'ners too. Had I the * Poet's brazen lungs A^ found-board to his hundred tongues, I could not half the fcribblers mufter That fwarm'd round Rivington in duller; Aflcmblies, Councilmen, forfooth; Brufli, Cooper, Wilkins, Chandler, ^Booth, Yet all their arguments and fap'ence. You did not value at three halfpence* C Did * Vir^ri ^Qc^d, 6th booki Iwe 6x5. >u •.C? m^ f'h If.' :■! r ■A / V '* i^ |i|' r i8 J Did not our Scribbler-gen'ral ftrain hard, Our Mafl'achufc'ttcnfis * Leonard ? Scrawl ev'ry moment he could fpare ^ From cards, and barbers, and the fair ; Show, clear as fun in noon-day heavens, You did not feci a fmglc grievance ; Demonftrare all your oppofition Sprung from the f eggs of foul feditlon ; Swear he haa ""en the ncft fhc laid in. And knew how long flic had been fitting j Could tell exadl what flrength of heat is Requir'd to hatch her out Committees ; What fliapcs they take, and how much longer*? The fpace before they grow t' a Congrefs ? New-v/hitewafti'd Hutchinfon, and varnifti'd Our Gage, who'd got a little tarnifli'd. Made 'cm new marks, in time no doubt. For Hutchinfon's was quite worn out j And while he muddled all his bead, You did not heed a word he faid. Did not our grave % judge Sewall hit The fummit of news-paper wit ? Fill'd ev'ry leaf of ev*ry paper Of Mills and Hicks and mother Draper j Drew proclamations, works of toil. In true fublime of fcarecrow flyle ; Wrote farces too 'gainfl Sons of Freedom, All for your good, and none would read 'em ; Denounc'd * One of the Mandamus Covincil in MafTachufeU's B«y, author of a courfti of efl'ays, under the fignuure of Mafrachufettenfis } for which ^nd his other good i'ervices, he had a place given him with a falarj of ^.'-oo fterling. " j- " Committees of Correfpondence are the fouled and moft venom- ous ferpent, iku ev^riirued from iheeggs of fedition," &c. Maffacbufetttnfii, t Attorr.fv- general of Maflachufett'j Bay, a judge of Admiralty, Gage's c'iiet Advifer and Proclamation- maker, author of a fi^'ce, called the Americans Rouzed, and of a great variety of elTayi oa ih% ^:jiilleri4l fidt!, in the Boiloii news-papers. i. [ 19 ] Denounc'd damnation on their frenzv. Who died in Wig-impenitency ; Affirm'd that heav'n would lend us aid, As all our Tory-writers faid. And calculated To its kininefs. He told the moment when it join'd us.'* " *Twas then belike, Honorius cried. When you the public faft defied, Refus'd to heav'n to raife a prayer, Becaufe you'd no conne6lions there : And fince with rev'rend hearts and faces To Governors you'd made addrefles. In them, who made you Tories, feeing You lived and mov'd ar.d had your being ; Your humble vows you would not breathe To pow'rs you'd no acquaintance with." '* As for your fafts, replied our 'Squire, What circumftance could fafts require ? We kept them not, but 'twas no crime j We held them merely lofs of time. For what advantage firm and lafting. Pray did ye ever get by fafting ? And what the gains that can arife From vows and oiFrings to the Ikies ? Will heav'n reward with pofts and fees, Or fend us Tea, as Confignees, Give penfions, fal'ries, places, bribes. Or chufe us judges, clerks, or fcribes ? Has it commiffions in its gift, ,Or ca(h, to ferve us at a lift ? Are A6l:s of Parliament there made. To carry on the placeman's trade ? Or has it pafs'd a fingle Bill To let us plunder whom we will ? C 2 i ' r { Ani \i m ■ •f.: i h I w ] And look our lift of placemen all over; Did hcav'n appoint our chief-judge, Oliver, Fill that high bench with ignoramus, Or has it Councils by mandamus ? Who made that wit of * water gruel, A judge of Admiralty, Sewall ? And were they not mere earthly ftruggles. That rais'd up Murray, Say, and Ruggles ? Did hcav*n fend down, our pains to med'cine. That old fimplicity of Edfon, Or by eledlion pick out from us. That Marftifield blund'rer Nat. Ray Thomas ? Or had it any hand in ferving A Loring, Pepp'rell, Browne, or Erving ? Yet we've fome faints, the very thing. We'll pit againft the bcft you'll bring. For can the ftrongeft fancy paint Than Hutchinfon a greater faint ? Was there a parfon ufed to pray At times more reg'lar twice a day ; As folks exa£l: have dinners got. Whether they've appetites or not ? Was there a zealot more alarming 'Gainft public vice to hold forth fermon. Or fix'd at church, whofe inward motion Roll'd up his eyes with more devotion ? What Puritan could ever pray In god Her tone than treas'rer * Gray, Or at town-meetings ipeechify*ng. Could utter more melodious whine. And (hut his eyes and vent his moan. Like owl aiHi(Sted in the fun ? Who • The proper rtnWem of K'l gfnius. * Oqeof the Mandamus Council*, who wrote a pamphlet, in which be charged the Congrefs with being drunk when they figned the Conti- nental AiTociation. C " ] Who once fcnt home his canting rival, Lord Dartmouth's fclf might ouLbcdrivel.** ** Have you forgot, Honorius cried. How your prime faint the truth defied. Affirmed he never wrote a line Your chartered rights to undermine ; When his own letters then were by, That provM his meffage all a tie? How many promifes he feal'd. To get th' oppreflive A£ls repeal'd ; Yet once arriv'd on England's fhorc. Set on the Premier to pafs more ? But thefe are no defedts, we grant,. In a right loyal Tory faint, Whofe godlike virtues muft with eafc Atoi\e fuch venial crimes as thefe ; ' ■ , Or ye perhaps in fcripture fpy A new commandment, " Thou (halt lie ;" And if't be fo (as who can tell ?) There's no one fure ye keep fo well." *' Quoth he. For lies and promife-breaking Ye need not be in fuch a taking } For lying is, we know and teach. The higheft privilege of fpeechj The univerfal Magna Charta, To which all human race is party. Whence children firft, as David fays, • Lay claim to 't in their earlieft days ; The only ftratagem in war Our Gen'rals have occaflon for ; The only freedom of the prefs Our politicians need in peace : And 'tis a (hame you wifh t* abridge us Of thefe our darling privileges. T-tf Thaak m ' I* i. r 22 J Thank hcav'n, your (hot have miAi'd their aim. For lying is no fin, or fhamc. As men laft wills r'ly change again, Tho' drawn in name of God, Amen j Bt'fure they mult have much the more, O'er promifes as great a pow'r, Which made in hade, with Tmall infpedlion. So much the more will need correction j And when they've carelefs fpokc, or penn'd 'cm } Have right to look 'cm o'er and mend *cm j Rcvife their vows, or change the text. By way of codicil annex'd ; Turn out a promife that was bafc, And put a better in its place. So Gage of late agreed, you know, To let the Bofton people go : Yet when he faw 'gainft troops that brav'd him. They were the only guards that fav'd him. Kept off that Satan of a Putnam, From breaking in to maul and mutt'n him; He'd too much wit fuch leagues t' obferve. And fliut them in again to ftarve. As Mofes writes, when female Jews Made oaths and vows unfit for ufe. Their parents then might fetthem free From that confcicntious tyranny. And fliall men feel that fpir'tual bondage Forever, when they grow beyond age ; Nor have pow'r their own oaths to change f I think the tale were very ftrange. Shall vows but bind the (tout and ftrong. And let go women weak and young, As nets enclofe the larger crew. And let the fmaller fry creep thro' i Befldes^ It [ n ] Bcfidcs, the Whigs have all been fcton, The Tories to affright and threaten. Till Gage amidft his trembling fits Has hardly kept him in his wits j And tho' he fpcaks with art and fincffe, 'Tis faid beneath durns per minas. For we're in peril of our fouls From feathers, tar and lib'rty-poles: And vows extorted are not binding In law, and fo not worth the minding. For we have in this hurly burly Sent off our confciences on furlow. Thrown our religion o'er in form ; Our (hip to lighten in the ftorm. Nor need we blufli your Whigs before j ^ , If we've no virtue, you've no more. Your boafted patriotifm is fcarce, And country's love is but a farce; And after all the proofs you bring. We Tories know there's no fuch thing. Our Englifh writers of great f;une ^ ., Prove public virtue but a name. Hath not * Dalrymple fliow'd in print. And * Johnfon too, there's nothing in't \ Produc'd you demonftration ample. From others of their own example. That felf is ftill, in either fadlion, The only principle of adtion j The loadllone, whofc attracting tether , Keeps the politic world together. And fpite of all your double-dealing. We Tories know 'tis fo, by feeling. Who heeds your babbling of tranfmitting Freedom to brats of your begetting, f Mioifterial Writers, «l m Oi M \i^«^ ■' j 'f if I I h r 26 ] And on this work to raife^allies^ She fent her duplicate crf^ Gviy'sy To drive, at difPrent part* at once^ on» Herftout Guy Carlton an4 Guyjohnfont. To each of whono^ tQ.fi^d agaii>,ye Old Guy of Warwick WjBre.aniimy,;, Tho* the dun.oovK.hft/dl'dlA war> Thefe killcows are his. betters, far. And has (he not aflay*d her notes^ To rouze your Haves tty cut your throats, Sent o'er ambafT&dors with guineas. To bribe your Blacks in Carolinas ?' And has not Gage, hej* mifEonary, Turn'd many an Afric Have t* Tory, And made t* Amer'tan bifliop's fee grow. By many a new-converted Negro ? As friends to Gov*tnpient, did not he Their flaves at Bofh>n late fet free ; Enlift them all in black parade. Set ofF with regimental red ? And were they not iccounted then Amorg his very braVeft men ? And when fuch nieans flic ftoops to take. Think you (he is not wide awake ? As Eliph'az' good man in Job Own'd num'rous allies thro' the globe ; Had brought the * ftones along the ftrcet To ratify a cov'nant meet, And ev'ry beaft from mice to lions. To join in leagues of ftri6l alliance; * The ftones and all th** elements with thw Sh^ll ratify a Ari£l ^o.jicd'racy j ^iid beailt their favage temper ihall forgei-ji ««$ I. a. Ani tor a firm alliance with thee treat, tmore Stc, B/^cJimore's Paraphrajeofjoh, "■["P"" ^■■w t a? J Has (he not cring'd, in fpite of pride^ For like afliftance f^r and wide f Was there a creature fo def^is' d ? Its aid (he has not fought and iprit'd ? Till all thig formidable league rofe Of Indians, Britiih troops and Negrdes 'f And can you break thefe triple bands By all your workmstnfliip of hands ?" ** Sir, quoth Honorius, we prejfume You guefs from paft fe&ts, what's to come, And from the mighty deeds of Gage, Foretell how fiertre the War he'll Wtige. You doubtlefs rtfcoIlecSted here The annals of his firft great yekr : While wearying out the Tories' patience. He fpent his breath in proclamations ; While all bis mighty noife and vapour Was ufed in wrangling upon jiapet ; And boafted military fits Clofed in the ftraining ot his wits 5 While troops in Bofton tommbns plac'd Laid nought but quires of paper wafte ; While ftrokes alternate ftunn'd the na '->n, Proteft, addrefs and proclamation ; And fpeech met fpeech, fib clafti'd with |ib. And Gage ftill anfwer'd fquib for fquib. Tho* this not all his time was loft oa j He fortified the town of Bofton ; Built breaftworks that might lend affiftance To keep the patriots at a diftance ; (For howfoe'er the rogues might fcofF, He liked them beft the fartheft ofF) Of mighty ufe and help .to aid His courage, when he felt afraid j D 2 .. K I4 ; i And ^/^: t 28 ] And whence right off in manful ftation, HeM boldly pop his proclamation. Our hearts muft in our bofoms freeze At fuch heroic deeds as thefe." **■ Vain, quoth the 'Squire, you'll find to fiieer At Gage's firft triumphant year ; For Providence, difpos'd to teaze us. Can ufe what inftruments it plcafes. To pay a tax at Peter's wifli, His chief €afhier was once a fiih : An Afs, in Balaam's fad diiailer, TumM Orator, and fav'd his mafler. A Goofe plac'd centry on his ftation Preferv'd old Rome from defolation ; An Englifli Biihop's * Cur of late Di&los'd rebellions 'gainft the ilate ; So Frogs croak'd Pharaoh to repentance. And Lice revers'd the threat'ning fentence : And heay'n can ruin you at pleafure. By our fcom'd Gage, as well as Cxfar. Yet did our hero in thefe days Pick up fomc laurel wreaths of praife. And as the ftatuary of Seville Ma/*c his crackt faint an exc'llent devil ; So tho* our war few triumphs brings, Wc gainM great fame in other things. Did not our troops (how much difcerning. And fkill your various arts in learning ? Out-went they not each native Noodle By far in playing Yanky-doodle ; Which, as 'twas your New-England tune, 'Twas marvellous they took fo foon ? • See Biflkop Atterbury's trial. And C t9 ] And ere the year was fully thro\ Did not they learn to foot it too. And fuch a dance as ne'er was known^ For twenty miles on end lead down ? Was there a Yanky trick you knew, They did not play as well as you ? Did they not lay their heads together. And gain your art to tar and feather. When CoPnel Ne(bitt thro' the town In triumph bore the country-clown ? Oh, what a glorious work to fing The vet'ran troops of Britain's king, Advent'ring for th' heroic laurel. With bag of feathers and tar-barrel ! To paint the cart where culprits ride. And Nefbitt marching at its fide. Great executioner and proud. Like hangman high on Holboum road i And o'er the bright triumphal car The waving enfigns of the war ! As when a triumph Rome decreed. For great Calig'la's valiant deed. Who had fubdued the Britifh Teas, By gath'ring cockles from their bafe ; In pompous car the conqu'ror bore His captiv'd fcallops from the (horc. Ovations gain'd his crabs for fetching. And mighty feats of oyfter-catching ; O'er Yankies thus the war begun. They tarr'd and triumpK'd over one ; And fought and boafted thro* the feafon. With might as great, and equal reafon. • Yet thus, the' (kiird in via'ry's toils. They boaft, not unexpert, in wiles. For r '^f"^»wi"T^*i||P«""»'''''" "''"•'"^■^■"^•■pww'^ ill 11 V C 3® ] For ga!n*d they not an equal fame tn The arts of fecrccy and fcheming ? In ftratagems fliow'd mighty force. And modernized the Trojan horfe ; Play'd o'er again thofc triclcs Ulyflfean, In their fam'd Salem-expedition ? For as that horfe, the Poets tell ye. Bore Grecian armies in his belly. Till their full -reck'ning run, with jay Their Sinon midwif 'd them in Troy : So in one (hip was Leilie bold CrammM with three hundred men in hold; Equipp'd for enterfiee and fail, I^ike Jonas flow'd in womb of whale. To Marblehead in depth of night, The cautious veflel wing'd her flight. And now the Sabbath's iilent day Call'd all your Yankies off to pray; Remov'd each prying jealous ndghboor. The fcheme and veffel fell in labour ; Forth from its hallow Womb pour'd kaft'ly The Myrmidons of Col'-nel Leflie. Not thicker o'er the blacken'd ftrand The * frogs detachment ruih'd to laad^ Equipp'd by onfet or furprize To ftorm th' entrenchment of the mice. Thro* Salem ftrait without delay. The bold battalion took its way, March'd o'er a bridge in open fighit Of fev'ral Yankies arm'd for fight. Then without lofs of time, or men, Veer'd round for Bofton back again } * Ste Homer*! battle of the frogs and mice. And mmmrw'^' [ 31 ] And found {0 well their proje(E^s thrive. That cv*ry foul got home alive. Thus Gage's arms did fortune blefs With triumph, fafety and fuccefs ; But mercy is without difpute His firft and darling attribute ; So great, it far outwent and conquer'd. His military ikill at Concord, There, when the war he chofe to wage. Shone the benevolence of Gage; Sent troops to that ill-omen'd pjiace: On errands mere of fpecial, grace, , , And all the v/ork he chofe them for Was to * prevent a. civil war : And for that proje^ he proje^ed The only certain way t* eftetSb itj To take youit powder, ftores and arms. And all your m^ans of doing harms ; As prudent folks-take knives away. Left children cu.t themfelves at play. And yet tho* this was all his fcheme. This war you ftill will charge on him } . And tho' he oft has fwore and faid it. Stick clofe to fads, and give no credit. Think you, he wifhM you'd braveand beard him? Why, 'twas the very thing thatfcar'd him* He'd rather you (hould all have run, Than ftay'd to fire a (ingle gun. And for the civil war you lament. Faith, you yourfelves muft take the blame in't; And had you then, as he intended, Giv'n up your arms, it muft have ended. Since * See Game's aafwer to Govewor Trumbnl}. ,::t ; ' "t t !■■ i ' IJ m. ■I! I . f. > 1^ I i r 3^ ] Since that's rto war, each mortal knows. Where one fide only gives the blows. And th* other bears 'cm ; on reflection The moft you'll call it is correftion ; Nor could the conteft have gone higher. If you had ne'er return 'd the fire ; But when you fliot, and not before. It then commenc'd a civil war. Elfe Gage, to end this controvcrfy. Had but corrected you in mercy : Whom mother Britain old and wi(e Sent o'er the Cornies to chafttfe ; Command obedience on their peril Of miniflerial \^ip and ferule; And fince they ne'er muft come of age, Govern'd and tutor*d them by Gage. Still more, that this was all their errand. The army's condu<9: makes apparent. What tho*. at Lexington you can fay They ktird a few they did not fancy. At Concord then, with manful popping, Difcharg'd a round the ball to open ? Yet when they few your rebel-rout Dctermin'd flill to hold it out ; Did they not fhow their love to peace. And wi^ that difcord ftraight might ceafc} Deraonftrate, arid by proofs uncommon, TTieir orders were to.injure no man ? For did not ev'ry Reg'lar run As foon as e'er ypu fir'd a gun ; Take the firft fhot you fent them greeting. As meant their fignal for retreating) A(id fearful if they ftaid for fport, ' You might by accid«*>t be h«rt j Convey [ 33 ] Convey themfclves With fpecd away Full twenty miles in half a day ? Race till their legs were grown (o we»ry, They'd fcarce fuffice their weight to carry I Whence Gage extols, from general hearfay. The great * aftivity of Lord Percy; Whofe brave example led them on, And fpirited the troops to run ; And now may boaft at royal levees A Yankee- chace worth forty Chevys. Yet you as vile as they were kind, Purfu'd, like tygers, ftill behind, Fir'd on them at your will, and fhut The town, as tho* you'd ftarve them oujt ; And with f parade prepoftVous hedg'd, AfFe6l to hold them there befieg'd j (Tho' Gage, whom proclamations call Your Gov'rnor and Vice- Admiral, Whofe pow'r gubernatorial ftill Extends as far as Bunker's hill ; Whofe admiraity reaches clever. Near half a mile up Myftic river, Whofe naval force commands the feas. Can run away whene'er he pleafe. ) Scar'd troops of Tories into town. And burnt their hay and houfes down. And menac'dGage, unlefs he'd flee. To drive him headlong to the fea; As once, to faithlefs Jews 2 fign. The de'il, turn'd hog-reeve, did the fwine. E ill w A ■.;dT But * « Too much praife cinnot be given to Lord Percy for his re- ** morkable aftivity thio* the whole day.** Cagt't atcmrnt of tht lM(mgto» buttle, f " And with a ptepoflerou* porade of military amngement they affcft to hold the army bcfiegcd." C»f^ Is^ fwtnd fnckmatlm. ii ' s .1 i % 1 ■ ^ [ 3+ ] But now yoqr triumphs all arc o'er j For fee from Britain's angry fliorc With mighty hofts of valour join Her Howe, her Clinton and Burgoync. As comets thro' the affrighted fkics Pour baleful ruins as they rife i As iT^tna with infernal roar In conflagration fweeps the fliorc; Or as * Abijah White, when fcnt Our Marflificid friends to rcprcfent, Himfelf while dread array involves ^ Commifllons, piftols, fwords, refolveSy In awful pomp defcending down. Bore terror on the fadious town ; Not with lefs glory and affright. Parade thefe Gen'rals forth to fight. No more each Reg'lar * Cornel runs From whizzing Beetles, as air-guns, Thinks hornbugs bullets, or thro' fears, Mufkitoes takes for Mufketcers ; Nor 'fcapes as tho' you'd gain'd allies From Beelzebub's whole hofl of flies. No bug their warlike hearts appals ; They better know the found of balls. I hear the din of battle bray. The trump of horror marks its way. I fee afar the fack of cities. The gallows ftrung with Whig-committees ; Your * He was reprefentative of Marflifield, and employed' to cariy their famous town refolves to Bofton. He armed himfelf in at ridiculoirs militaiy array, as another Hudlbras, pretending he waa afraid he iho«k) be robb'd of them. f T'his was a faA. Some Regular Officers, foon after Gage'a arrival in Bofton, walking on Beacon-Hill after funfet, were affrighted by noifcs in the air (fuppofed to be the flying of bugs and bcetlea) which they took to be the found of bulleu, and left t^e hill with great preci- ptt;ition : Concerning which they wrote terrible accounts to England c{ their being fliot at with air-guns j as appears by one or two letter% txUAiXi fiom which were puUiAed in the Englidi papers. i '> f 3J ] Your Moderators triced, like vermin. And gate-pofts graced with heads ofChairtneHt Whit pill'ries glad the Tories* eyes With patriot-cars for facrificc I ' What whipping-pofts your chofen rac« Admit fucceflivc in embrace, While each bears ofF his crimes, alack ! Like Bunyan's Pilgrim, on his back I Where then, when Tories fcarce get clear, Shall Whigs and Congreflcs appear ? What rocks and mountains (hall you call To wrap you over with their fall. And fave your heads, in thcfc fad weathers. From fire and fword, and tar and feathers I For lo, with Britifh troops tar-bright. Again our Nefbitt heaves in fight ! He comes, he comes, your lines to florm| And rigg your troops in uniform ! To meet fuch heroes, will ye brag, With fury arm'd and feather bag j Who wield their miflile pitch and tar, With engines new in Britifh war ? Lo, where our mighty navy brings Deflru Make cows furrcnder at difcrction j Attack your hens, like Alexanders, And reg'ments rout of geefc and ganders j Or where united arms combine. Lead captive many a herd of fwine ! Then rufti in dreadful fury down To fire on every feaport town ; Difplay their glory and their wits. Fright unarm'd children into fits, A'^d ftoutly from th' unequal fray, Make many a woman run away ! And can ye doubt, whene'er we pleafe. Our chiefs fhall boaft fuch deeds as thefc ? Have we not chiefs, tranfcending far The old fam'd thunderbolts of war ; Beyond the brave romantic fighters, StWcd /words 0/ death by novel-writers ? Nor in romancing ages e'er rofe So terrible a tier of heroes. • From Gage, what flafhes fright the waves I How loud a blunderbufs is Graves ! How Newport dreads the bluftring fallies. That thunder from our popgun, Wallace, While noifein formidable ftrains Spouts from his thimb! '-full of brains I I fee you fink with aw'd furprife ! I fee our Tory-brethren rife ! And as the fe6t'rics Sandimanian, bur friends, defcribe their wifli'd Millennium, Tell how the world in ev*ry region At once {hall own their true religion ; For heav'n with plagues of awful dread Shall knock all heretics o' th' Ji^ad, And then their church, the meek in fpirit, 7'he earth, as promis'd, fliall inherit. > 4 From [ 37 ] From the dead wicked, as heirs malCf And next rcmaindcr-nicn in tail : Such ruin (hall the Whigs opprcfii I Such fppils our Tory friends (hall blefs I While confifcation at command Shall ftallc in horror thro* the land. Shall give your Whig eilates away. And call our brethren i|itc play. And can ye doubt or fcruple more, Thefc things are near you at the door ? Behold ! for tho' to reas'ning blind. Signs of the times ye fure might mind. And view impending fate as plain As ye*d foretell a (howV of rain. Hath not heav'n warn'd you what muft enfue, And Providence dcclar'd againft you ; Hung forth its dire portents of war. By * figns and beacons in the air j Alarm'd old women all around By fearful noifes under ground ; While earth for many a dozen leagues Groan'd with her difmai load of Whigs ? Was there a meteor far and wide But mufter'd on the Tory-fide ? A ftar malign that has not bent Its afpedls for the Parliament, Foreboding your defeat and mifery ; As once they fought againft old Sifera ? Was there a cloud that fpread the fkies. But bore our armies of allies ? While dreadful hofts of fire ftood forth *Mid baleful glimm*rings from the North ; Which * Such ftorics of prodigies were at that time indunrinufly propagated 'If the Tory-party in varioui parts ui* New-England, tu^errtf^ and inti- midate the fuper^itiout. . f 1 11 r 38 ] Which plainly (hows which part they join*d, For North's the minifter ye mind j Whence oft your quibblers in gazettes On Northern blojis have ftrain'd their wits; And think ye not the clouds know how To make the pur as well as you ? Did there arife an apparition. But grinn'd forth ruin to fedition ? A death-watch, but has join'd our leagues. And click'd deftru(£lion to the Whigs ? Hear'd ye not, when the wind was fair. At night our or*tors in the air. That, loud as admiralty-libel, Reid av/ful ♦ chapters from the bible, And death and deviltry derouac'd, And told you how you'd foon be trounc'd ? I fee to join our conqu'ring fide Heav'n, earth and hell at once allied ! See from your overthrow and end The Tories paradife afcend ; Like that new world that claims its flation m Beyond the final conflagration ! I fee the day that lots your ihare In utter darknefs and defpair ; The day of joy, when North, our Lord, His faithful fav'ntes fhall reward ! No Tory then fhall fet before him Small wifh of 'Squire, or Juftice Quorum, But Yore his unmiftaken eyes See lordihips, pofts and penfions rife. Awake to gladnefs then, ye Tories, Th' unbounded profpcit lies before us \ I'he pow'r difplay'd in Gage's banners Shall cut Amer'can L'mds to manors, • Such ftori'is were thci? reoortedi • ^ . AM II :'.«UfeI^-iA;- m F mmmmmmm 1 • ^ [ 39 ] And o'er our happy conquer'd ground Difpenfe eftates and titles round ! Behold the world (hall flare at new fetts Of home-made * earls in Maflachur;tt*s ; Admire array'd in ducal tailels. Your OlVers, Hutchinfons and Vaffals 5 See join'd in minifterial work His grace of Albany and York ! What lordfhips from each carv'd eft£,i;e. On our New- York AfTembly wait ! What titled t Jauncys, Gale^ and Billops ; Lord Brurh, lord Wilkins and lord Phillips ! In wide- iieev'd pomp of godly guift. What folenm rorvs of biihops rife ! Aloft a card'nal's hat is fpread t O'er punfter % Cooper's rev'rend head ! In Vardell, that poetic zealot^ r I view a lawn-bedizen'd prelate ! While mitres fall, as 'tis their duty. On heads of Chandler and Auchmuty ! Knights, vifcounts, baron? i^all ye meet. As thick as pavements in tbe ftreet ! Ev'n I perhaps, heav'n fpeed my claim. Shall fix 9 Sir befoi:e my name. For titles all our foreheads ache ; For what blefl changes can they make ! Place rev'rence, grace and excellence Where neither claim'd the leafl pretence j Transform'd by patent's magic words Men, likefl devils, into lords 3 Whence • See HutcUnfon** and Oliver's letters. ■)> Members of the minifterial majority in the New- York aflembly } Wilkina a noted writer. ' I Prefident Cooper is a notoriou.: punfter : Vardell, author of feme poetical fatires on the fons of liberty in New-York, and royal profclTor in King's college; Chandler and Aucbmutyi High>church and Tory- writers of the Cierica'v order. If [ 40 ] Whence commoners, to peefs tranflatedt Are ju.T-ly faid to be creaUA I Now where conuniilioners yc Uw Shall boards of nobles deal you law ! Long-rob'd comptrollers judge your rights. And tide-waiters ftart up in knights ! While Whigs fubdued in flaviih awe, Our wood fhall hew, our water drai4r. And blefs that mtldnefs, when pafl hope» Which fav'd their necks from noofe of rope. For as to gain affiftance we Delign their negroes to o i 41 3 And can ye fleep while high outfprcad Hangs defolation o*er your head ? See Gage with inaufpicioMS ftar iHas oped the gates of civil war ; From dreams of gore, from freemen flain, Encrimfon'd Concord's fatal plain, Whofe warning voice with awful found. Still cries like Abel's from the ground j And Heav'n attentive to its call Shall doom the proud oppreffor's fall. Rife then, ere ruin fwift furprife. To viftory, to vengeance rife ! Hark how the diftant din alarms ! The echping trumpet breathes, To arms. From provinces remote, afar. The fons of glory rouze to war. 'Tis Freedom calls ; th' enraptur'd found The Apalachian hills rebound : The Georgian fhores her voice (hall hear, And ilart from lethargies of fear. From the parch'd Zone, with glowing ray, Where pours the fun intenfer day. To fhores where icy waters roU, And tremble to the dulky pole, Infpir'd by Freedom's heav'nly charms. United nations wake to arms. The ftar of conqueft lights their way. And guides their vengeance on their prey- Yes, tho* tyrannic force oppofe. Still fhall they triumph o'er their foes. Till heav'n the happy land fhall blefs With fafety, liberty and peace. And ye whofe fouls of daftard mould Start at the brav'ry of the bold j F w'^mfr^mm'vr i m X 4i ] To love your country who pretend,. Yet want a?l fpirit to defend ; Who feel your fancies fo prolific. Engendering vifion'd whims terrificj( O'er-run with horrois of coercion. Fire, blood and thunder in reverfion. King's ftandards, pill'rics, confifcations And Gage's fcarecrow proclamations. With all the trumpery of fear. Hear bullets whizzing in your rear ; W\n fcarce could rouze, if caught in fray^, Prti* • of mind to run away j See noi^ht but halters rife to view In all your dreams (and dreams are true) ; And while thefe phantoms haunt your brains^ Bow down the willing neck to chains ; Heav'ns ! are ye fons of fires fo great. Immortal in the fields of fate. Who brav'd all deaths by land or fea. Who bled, who conquer'd, to be free f Hence, coward fouls, the worft difgrace Of our forefathers* valiant race ! Hie homeward from the glorious field ; There turn the wheel, the diftaflT wield j Adt what ye are, nor dare to ftain The warrior's arms with touch prophane : There beg your mor6 heroic wives To guard your children and your lives j Beneath their aprons find a fcreen. Nor dare to mingle more with men." And thus he faid. — The Tories' anger Could now reftrain itfelf no longer. Who tried .before by many a freak, or Infulting noife, to flop the fpeaker j Swung th' unoll'd hinge of each pew-door 5 Their feet kept ihuffling on the floor j r 43 1 Made their difapfRrobfttion known By many a.munnur, hum and groan^ That to his fpeech fupplied the place Of counterpart in thorough-bafe : As bag-pipes, while the tune they breath«, ^till groan an4 grumble underneath ^ Or as the famM Dethofthenes Harangued the rumbling of the ieas^ Held forth with eloquence {o grave To audience loud of wind and wavd ; And had ? ililler congregation Than Tories are to hear th* oration. But now the florm grew high and louder* As nearer thundrings of a cloud are> And ev'ry foul with heart and voice Supplied his quota of the noife : Each liftning ear was fet on torture. Each Tory bellVing out. To order ; And fome, with tongue not low or Weak* Were clamoring faft, for leave to fpeak. The Moderator, with great viMence, The cyufhion thump*d with *« Silence, Hlence 5" The Conftable to evVy prater Bawl'd out, '•^ Pray hear the Moderator j" Some caird the Vote, and fome in turn Were fcreaming high, " Adjourn, adjourn :** Not chaos lieard fuch jars and clafhes* When all the elements fought for places. Each bludgeon foon for blows was tim*d j Each iUl flood ready cockM and primM ; The ftorm each moment louder grewji His fword the great M*Fingal drew ; Prepar'd in either chance to fliare. To keep the peace, or aid the war. 't I.. / I9*«1i^ ■ I lij ^. 1 1 utrnm t TT ^ ^ , ' ij Mor lackM they each pofelilflffSng^ ^ Whom bards alone .are feffll^ in. ieeingi' PlumM Viaory AM |i|r^4 on. Mg;^ Upon the pulpibiiiilbpy, ' . To joiniki»ii^3iil|'>iflo{ii tried, Like Indian^/<6n the f^iv^ngeft fi^e ; . The Deftinies>witlkfli«»s and diftaff; ,\ sfi. u; Drew near thf }r ihre&ldkof life to tvnA tffn Old Jove had got his r When on a fiulden ftonv^i^Qi^ ^^^ ^^^ . Arofe a loud terri|ip Ih^opti. ;' .. , ,„.,^ . And flrait the people. all at onpe hpard Of tongues an uniyerfol .cpj|^ ; . \ ., Like ^fop'stimes^asfablfriru ;> When ev*ry crreatur^ talk'd at once ; Or like the variegated. gabble That craz'd the carpenters of Babel. Each party foon foisgi|||e quarrel, An4 jet the btheif. m jot^ parole $ Eager to know what fearful matter . . Had conjyr'd up fu^h geii'ral clatter | And left the chuxch in thin array, . As tho'^it had bfeenleAure-day.. Our 'Squire M^Fing^l ftraitway beckon'd! The conftable to fta^nd his fecond. And Tallied forth with afpeA fierce The croud. aflenibledjp difpecfe. The Moderator out of vjew Beneath a bench h^Cd^lain perdue f B<9q)'d up his head to view the fray| Beheld the wranglers rup away. And left alone with iblemh fa^e, VVdJourn'd th^ without time or place.. li A ? ■ ^