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The town, our Hero's fcene of a£^ion^ Had long been torn by feuds of fad^ion. And as each party's ftrength prevails, ' It turn'd up dift'rent, heads or tails i lyith conftant rattl'ing in a trice Show'd various fides as oft as dice : As that fam'd weaver, * wife t' UlyfTcs, py night each dsiy's-work pick'd in pieces^ * Homci's OtiyflTcj^, Mi ■ i 1 i t And Ao* (he ftoutly did bcftir hef, Its finiftiing was ne'er the nearer : "So did this town with (ledfaft zeal Weave cob-webs for the public wealf Which when compleated, or before, A iccond vote in pieces tore. They met, made fpeechcs full long winded/ RefolvM, protcft'ed, and refcinded j Addreffcs fign'd, thenchdfe Committees^ To ftopall drinking.of Bohea-tcas} ., With winds of dodtrine veer'd about. And turn'd all Whig-Committees out. Meanwhile our Hero, as their head. In pomp the tory faaipn led, Still following, as the 'Squire fhoiild pleaft^ Succeflive on, like files of geefe^ And now the town was lummonM greeting^ To grand parading of town-meeting J A (how, that (I rangers might appall. As Rome's grave fenate did the Gaul. Iligh. o'er the rout, on pulpit-ftairs. Like den of thieves in noufe of pray Vs, (That houfe, which loth a rule to break^ Serv'd heav'n but 6ne day in the week^ Open the reft for all fupplies Oi news and polhics and lies) Stood forth the conftable,> and bore His ftaiF, like Merc'ry's wand of yore, Wav'd potent round, the peace to keep^ As that laid dead men's fouls to ileep. Above and near th' hermetic ftafF, The moderator's upper half. In grandeur o'er the cufliion bow'd, liike Sol half-feen behind a cloud. Beneath ftood voters of all colours,- Whi|;«, toricsi orators and bawlers, . 'With « t » ] With cvVjr tonf uc in cither fa6\iori, I'rcparcd, like miniitc-mcn, for a£\ion ;^ Where truth and falfhood, wrong and rign^i ftraw all their legions out to fight | With equal uproar, fcarccly rave Oppofing winds in JEo\\is* cave i Such dialogues with earned face. Held never Balaam with his afs. With daring zeal and courage bleft Honorius iird the crowd addrefs'd ; When now our 'Squire returning laMy Arrived to aid the grand debatt, With (Irange four faces fat him dowii^ While thus the orator went on. ** *«*For ages bled, thus Britain rofd The terror of encircling foes ; Her heroes rulM the bloddy plain ; Her conq'ring (landard awM the main i The diftVent palms her triumphs graccj Of arms in war, of arts in peace : Unharrafs'd by materniil care, Each rifing province fldurifti'd faif { Whofe various wealth with lib'ral hand. By far o'er^ipaid the parent-land. But tho' fo bright her fun mi^ht (hine, ' *Twasquicklyhafting to decline, ^ With feeble rays, too weak t* afTuage, . The damps, that chill the eve of age. For dates, like men, are doom'd as well Th'- infipmiHesof age to feel $ And from their difPrent forms of empire Are feiz'd with ev'ry deepdidemper. Some dated high fevers have made head irif Which nought could cure but copious bleeding | ^hile \)ther8 have grown dull and dozy, Or fix'd ia helplefs idiocy i _ Of t 9 3 ' Qr turnM demoniacs to belabour £ac?i peaceful habitant aiid neighbour i grvex'd with hypocondriac fits, ave broke their ilrcngth and lo(t their witi^ • Thus now while hoary years prevail, Qood Mother Britain fecm'd to fail ; . Jler back bent', crippled with the weignt Of a^e and debts and cares of (late : For debts (he ow'd^ and thofe fo large, gi-owAi {ler arms, of nations once the dread, She fcarce could lift above hierhead ; . tier deafened ears ('twas all their hope) The final trump perhaps might ope. So long they'd peen in ftiipid mood. Shut to the hearing pf all good, j Grim Death had put her in his fcroll, t)own on theiexecution-roll i And Gallic cro\V8| as (tie grew weakerj Began to ^het their beaks to pick her; And now her powVs decaying fi^ft. Her grand dim a£t'ric bad ilie paft. And, jufk like all old women elfe, fell in the vapours much by fpells. . Strange whimfies on her fancy (truck; And gave her brain a difmal (hock ; Her m^m'iy fails, her judgment ehcU i She quite forgdt tier ncared friends. Loft all her former fcnfe and knowlcdigel And fitted faft forBeth'lem college j Of all the pdw'rs (he once retain'd. Conceit and pride alone remainM. As Eve when falling was fo modcft T* fancy (he (hould grow a goddcfs ; B Ai » i t 1 V Ai madmen, ftratir wBo long liave ficpi tUf tVill ftile them, Jopiter or Neptune i J^o Britain 'midft hner airs fo flighty, Inow took a whini to be Almighty ;• UrgM on to defp'rate heights of frenzy, Affirm'dhercywn Gmnipotency j Would rather' ruin all her race, Than 'bate SupreAiacy an ace f ■ AlTumcd all rights divine, as jrrown The churches ncad,like goodil^ope Joaii ^ Swore all the world (hould bow and &i|) *£o her almighty Goodyfhip j Anath'matiz'd each unbeliever. And vow'd to live and rule forever* Her fervants humour'd every whim, And own'd at oii.ce her ^ow r fupremey Her follies {ileas'd in ail theiif flages^ iJ'or fake of legacies and wages ; i\\ * Subhen*s Chapel theft in ^ate too ^et up her golden calf to pray to, . Proclaim'd its pow'r and right divine, And caird for worihip at its (hrine. And for poor Heretics to burn us Bade North prepare hi§ fiery furnace ; . Struck bargains with the Komilh churcliei' Infallibility to purchafe ; Set wide for I'opery the door. Made friends with Babel's fcarlet whore,' Join*d both the matrons firm in clan $ Jno filters made a better fpari. No wonder then, ere this was over, That (he (hould make her children fufFei*. She firfl:, without pretence of reafbn, , ^Claim'd rigbtwriatc'er We fiad to feize on j ^ V An# ffhe Pjtrliftnif nt HcrTc is «iiHc4 bf tiarniniif * .ijll t }l ] ^.nd with dcterminM refolution Lenity, imatvity. For ihe, her cafe grown defperater, ' ' Miftook the plaineit -things in nature j Had loft all uf« of eyes or wits ; Took flav'ry for the bill of rights ; Tiembled at Whigs and deemM them focs^ And ftoppM at loyalty her nofe ; 8tiled her own children, brats and caitiffs. And knew us not from th' Indian natives. What tho' with fupplicating pray'r We be^g'd our lives and goods (he'd fpare ; Not vanter vpws, with fillier call, Elijah's prophets raised to Paal 5 A worftiippM ftock of god, or goddefs. Had better heard and underftood vs. So once Egyptians at the Nile Ador'd their guardian Cfocodile, Who heard them firft with kindeft car, And ate them to reward their pray'r 5 And could he talk, as kirigs caii do, J^Iad made as gracious fpeeches too. Thus fpite of pray'rs her fchemes pyrfuing, She ftill went on to wofk our ruin \ Annuird our charters of releafes. And tore our title-deeds in pieces ; Then fignM her warrants of ejeftion. And gahows rais'd to ft retch our necks on f And on thefe enands fent in rage, Her bailiff, and her hangman, Gage, And at his heels, like dogs to bait us, * Dii^TXcVAhGt Poje Ccmitatus, > ^^ No ftate e'er chofe a fitter perfon, Tq carry fu^ph a filly farce on.. 1 ^ (. \ i [ It 3 As Heathen ^ods in antient days ileceiv'd at fecond-hand their praife, $tood imag'd forth in flones'and ftockfj And deified in barber's blpcks j So Gage \irab phofe to rcprefent Th' omnipotence of Parliainent. And as old heroes gainM, by fhifts, From gOds, as poets tell) their gifts \ Our Gen'ral, as his actions (how, Gain*d like ai^ftance from below. By Satan graced with full fi^)plie8. From all his magazine of lies. Yet could hi^ pradiice ne'er impart The wit to tell ^ lie with art. Thofe lies alon<; are formidable, Where artful truth is mixt with fable || But -Gage has bungled oft fo vilely No foul would credit lies fo filly, Outwent all faith and ftretch'd bey on''. Credulity's extremeft end. "Whence plain it fccms tho* Satan once O'erlook'd with fcorn each brainlcfs dunce,^ And blund'ring brutes in Eden fliunning, ' Chofe out the ferpent for his cunning 5 Of late he is not half fo nice. Nor picks ailiftants, 'caufe they're wife. For had he ftpod upon perfection. His prefent friends had loft th' eleftion, And far'd as hard in this proceeding, As owls and a^es did in Eden. . ' ^ Yet fool^ are often dangerous cncmicj, As meaneft reptiles nrc nioft venomous ;' Nor e'er could Gage by craft and prowefs "Have done a whit more mifchief to us ; Ift^ince he began th' unnatural war, Wibe work his mafters fent him for. i 13 3 And are there in this frccborn hn4 Among ourfelyes a venal band, A daftard race, who long hare fold ^heir fouls and confcicnces for gold ; ^ho wifh to llab their country's vitals. If they might heir furviving titles 5 With joy beho)d our mifchicfs brewin^^- Infult and triumph in our ruin ? priefts who, if Satan ftiould (it downy To make ^ Bible of his own, Would gladly for the fake of mitres. Turn his infpir*d and facrcd writers j Lawyers, who fhould he wifti to prove His title t' his old fes^t above. Would, if his caufe heM give *«m fees inj^ •^ring writs of Entry fur d'tjfeyfn^ Plead for him boldly at the leflion, And hope to put him in poCeflion 5 - Merchants who, for his kindly aid, Would make him puttiers in their trade. Hang out their figns in goodly (how, Infcrib'd with " Bd%ehuh and Co." And Judges, who would lift his pages. For proper liveries an4 wages4 And who as humbly cringe and bow To all his mortal fervants now ? There are ; and fhame with pointing gefturci, Marks out th' Addreflers and Proteiters ; Whom, following down the ftream of fat^. Contempts ineflFible await. And public infamy forlorn, pread hate and everlafting fcom.*' As thus he fpake, our 'Squire M*Fingal Gave to his partizans a fignal. Kot quicker rolFd the waves to land, !jV|}cn ^^ofea wav'd his potent wand, * V Nor i C «4 3 ffor with more uproar^ than the Tories iSet up a ^en'ral rout in chorus j (jeered t LaughMi hifsMy hemM, murmur'd^ groan'4 ?i># Hoaorius now could fcarce be heard. Pur Mufe amjd th' increaiing roar. Could not di(iin|^ui(h one word more f Tho' Ihe fat by> m firm record To take in (hort-hand cv'ry word ^ As antient Mufes wont, to whom Old Bards for depoHtions come \ "Who mud have writ 'eni ; for how elfe Could they each fpeech verbatinf, tell 'a f And tho' fome readers of romances Ar« apt to (train their torturM fancies^ And doubt, when lovers all aloijie Their fad foliloquies do groan, Qrieve many a page with no one near 'cm. And nought but rocks and groves to hear 'em^ What fpright infernal could have tattled. And told the authors all t\^ prattled ^ Whence fome weak minds have made obje£Uoiai| That what they fcribbled muil be ££tion f ' Tis falfe \ for while the lovers fpokci The Mufe was by, with table-book. And lead feme bli^nder might enfue. Echo flood clerk and kept the cue. And tho' the fpeech ben't worth a groat,- As ufual, *tisn' t the author's fault. But error merely of the prater, Who fhouldhave talk'd to th* purpofe 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 ^o longer coi^ld contain his ire \ hni t H 1 Ani nCing 'midft applatiding Tories,- Thus vented wrath upon Honorius. , Quoth he,, ** 'Tis wondrous what ftrangeilu* Your Whig's-heads are compounded of j Which force of logic cannot pierce Nor fyllogiftic carte ^ tierce^ Nor weight of fcripture or of rcafon Suffice to make the leaft itnprenion.' Not heedingf what ye raif'd conteft on, Ye prate, and beg or fteal the qiieftion ^ And when your DOjifted arguings fail. Strait leave all reafning off, to rail. Wave not our High-Church Qlergy made it Appear from fcriptures which ye credit,- That right divine from heav'n was lent To kings, that is the Pajliament, Their fubje£ts to opprefs and teaie, And ferve the Devil when they pleafe ? i)id they not write and pray ahjA preachy And torture all the ^i^ts ofli^eJhl About Rebellion make a potnter, \ li'rom one end of the land tp th' other ? And yet gain'd fewer profMyie Whigs, Than old *Stv Anth'ny 'mongft the ptgs j And chang'd not half to many vicious As Auftin, when he preach'd to tidies ;- Who throng*d to hear, the legend tcllt^ Were edified and wagg*^d their tails : * JJut fcarce youM prove it, if you tried. That e*cr one Whig was edined. tlave ye not heard from f Parfon Waltef Much dire prefage of many a halter ? What warnings had ye of your duty From our old Rev'rend fSam. Auchmuty ? Froiw* * The (lories of St. AnAony and his pig, and Sr, AmRit/g reaching to fishes, are told in the Popish legends. , Hl§h'Clttirch*Clcr|jrmtn, «acac B©fleB, oa« «tN From Prlefts 6f all degrees and meti^esj . T* our fag-end man poor % Parfon Peters f Have notour Cooper and our Seabury Sung bymnsj like Barak and old Deborah ) ProT'd all intrigues to fet you free Rebellion 'gainft the powers that he ; P nought overiiiany a fcripture text 'rhat ufed to wi^fc at febel fe^s, CoaxM way w^rd.ones to favour TegentJ^ Or paraphrard them to bbedience 5 Proved ev'ry.king, eir'n tbofe cbnfeft Horns of th* Apocalyptic bead, And fprouting from its noddles feven^ Ordain'd, as pifbops are, by heaven ; (Forreafon* fim*lar, asweVe told That Tophet was ordainM of old) By this lay-or,dinat ion valid. Becomes all fant'lified arid hallo^v*d, . . Takes patent oil t When heav'n bis <'ignM if^ And ftarts up ftrait, the Lord's anointed ? Like extreme iin6lion that can cleanfe Each pen/tent from deadly fins, Make them run glib, when oil'd by Prieft^ The heav'nly.road, like wheels newgreaf'd/ , $ervethen1i, iike.fhoeball, for defehtcs 'Gainfl wear ^fid tear of corifcienccs : $0 king's anointment cjeans betimes. Like fuller's earth, all fpots of crimes^ i'or future knav'rjes gives commiflion*^ Like Papifts finnJng under licence. Fof ^ Peters, « Tory-CIergynan in ConnrfticRt, ivho a/ce^ inakiag hisifelf dcteftablcby his inioiicalcondud, ablcond* tdfr^m the conretnpc, rather than the vengeance of his coun-f ^ymen, and fled to England to make complaints againft •iiac colony: Cooper, a write c, poec, and fatyrift of the l^mcftamp^PVefidentof the college at Mcv-York : Sciibii^r/^ a Cler g]ri»9 a of riie fAoit prtvxn«€* %. t *7 3 For heav*ri ordainM the origin. Divines declare, of pain ana fin ; ProVe luch great good thejr both have done ti8j ^Cind mercy *twa$ they came upon us : For without pain arid fiii and folly Man ne'er were bleft, or wife, or holy 5 And we (hould * thank the Lord^ 'tis foj As authors grave wrote long agb* Now heav*n its iflues never hnngi Withbut the means, and thefe are kings 5 And he, who blames when they announce illsj Would, counteract th'eternal counfelsi As when the Jewsj Ji ihurm'ring race, By conftant grumblinj^s fell from grace^ ^ Heav'n taught them nrft to know their didaneli By famine', flav'ry and Philidines ; When thefe coiild no repentance bringi In wrath it fent them latt a king : So nineteen, 'tis believ'd, in tT^cnty Of modern kings for plagues are fent you 5 Nor can your cavillers pretend, But that they anfwer well their end. p *Ti8 yours to yield to their commandi As rods^ in Provid ence's hand ; And if it means to fend you painj You turn your nofes up in vain ; Your only way's in peace to bear it^ And make neceffity a merit. Hence fure perdition niuft await The man,.who rifes *gsiinii the ft ate. Who nieets at once the damning fentencc^ Without one loophole for repentance ^ E'en tho' he 'gain the i-oyal fefej Arid tank among thep$w*rs that he : Sec die M[o4er« Mmpb^ncurPlvlaltf, i t •« i For hell 18 theirs, the fcripturc fliowav Whoe'er t^e powWs that he oppofe, And all thofe pow'rs (I am clear that 'tis fo^ Are damn'd for ever, eti officio. Thus far our Clergy j but 'tis true, We lack'd not earthly reaf'ners too^ Had I the * Poet's brazen lungs As found-board to his hundred tongues,^ I could not half the fcriblers mufter Thgtfwarm'd round Rivingtop in clufter i Aflemblies, Councilmen, lorfooth j Brufh, Cooper, Wilkins, Chandler, Booth.- Yet all their arguments and fap'ence, You did not value at three halfpence. J)id not our Maflachufettenfis f For your convi£iioh ftrain his lenfes ? Scrawl ev'ry moment he could fpare. From cards and barbers and the fair ; Show, clear as fun in noonday heavens^- You did not feel a (ingle grievance \ Demonftrate all your oppofition Sprung from the Jeggs of foul fedition ; S weariie had feen the ncft (he laid id. And knew how long fhe had been fitting \ Could tell exa^t what ftrength of heat is Requir'd to hatch her out Committees y Wbat (hapes they take, and hpw much longcrV I'he fpace before they grow t' a Congrefs ? New whitewaih'd Hutchinfon and varnifh'd. Our Gage, who'd got a little tarnifh'id, Made * Virgil's ^neid, ^fthbook, line^t^ j- See a courie of cflays, under the lignaturc of Mad- Chufctcenfis. § «« Committees of Correfpofidence are the fouleft and molt venom ousfcrpect, di;&C(y(r itfued from the eggs of {edition," &c^ M«li«iciurftKf nis/ KM' re of MafHi- i *9 } jMade 'em new mafks, in time no doubt^ F. Hutchinfon's was quite worn out j And while he muddled all his head^ You did not heed a word he faid. Did not our grave f Judge Sewall hit The fummrt of news-paper wit ? Fiird ev'ry leaf of ev*ry paper Of Mills and Hicks and mother Draper j Drew procUmations, works of toil, In true fublime of fcarccrow ftyle ; Wrote farces too, 'gainftSons of Freedom, All for your good, 3n4 none would read 'em ^ Denounc'd damnation on their frenzy. Who died in Whig-impenltency 5 Affirm'd that heaven would lend us aid. As all our Toryrwriters faid. And calculated fo its kindnefs, He told the moment when it join'd us/* ** 'Twas then belike, Honorius cried, When you the publit faft defied, RefufM to heay*n to raife a prayer, Becaufe ypu'd no connections there : And fince wit|i rev'rent hearts and faced To Governors you'd made addrefles, In them, who made you Tories, feeing You lived and mov'd and had your being j Youp humble vows you viould not breathe To povv'rs you'd no acquaintance with." " As for your fafts, replied our 'Squire, What circumilance could fa^s require ; t Attorney-General of Maflachufetts-Bay, a Judge ^f ■ Admiralty, Gage'schief Advifer andproclamation-majier, ' aiuthorof a farce called' the Americans Rouicd, and of a great variety of clTaya on the Miniftcrial fide, in the BoftjbB ^c^s-papcrs, ( I a* f Wc kept them not, but 'twas ho crime | We held them merely lofs of time. For what adrantage nrm and la(ling| pray did you, ever get bjr fafting ? And what the gains thaf ckn arrHe JIFrom vows andofPrings to the (kiies ? Will h^av'n reward with podfs iitnd feel. 8r fend 'us Tea, as Conugneei. ive peniionsy Tarries^ bTaceSy oribef^ Or chufe us judges, clerks, or fciribes { Hag it commjflions in its gift, ' Of cafh, to fcrve us at a lift f Are aOs t^f parliament there madet To carry on the placeman's trade i" Or has It p^fii'da (ingle bill To let us plunder whom Ire will ? . fff/ Pr has it councils by man(»mus ? Who made that wif of ♦ watter-gtucli A Judge of Admiralty, iSeiivallir And wefe they not mere earthly ftrugglei, ' That raifd up Murray, fay, and Ruggles ? Did heav'n fend doWn, our pains to med^cine| That'old fimplicitv of Edfoui Or by ejcfltion pick but frbtn us, That Marflifieldblund'rer Nat. Ray Thohias i Or had it any hand in ferving ♦ A Loring^ Fepp'^rell, Browne, or Erving ? Yet we've fome faints, the very thing, We'll pit againft the beft you'll bring. ^Fd?i^)can the ftrongeft fancy paint Than Hutchinfon a greater faint ? greater as there a parfon u(e4 to pray At times* more reg'lar twice a day ; ^ Af roper emblem of kisgcaiu$« Ai A* folks exa£\ bare dinn.er8 got. Whether they've appetites or not I Was there a zealot more alarming fGainft public vice to hold forth fermoq. OrfixMat^hurchy whofe inward motio^ l^oU'd up bis eires with more devotion ? What Puritan could fiver pray Jn Godlier tone^ than treaf rer ♦ Gray* Or at town-meetings fpeechify'ngy Could utter more melodious whine. And (hut his eyes and vent his moaq, iiike owl afflicted in the fun ? Wbo qncc fent home his canting rivgl} Lord Dartmouth's felf, might outbedriveLV ** HavjC you forgot, Honorius cried. How your primp (^int the truth defied, Alfirm'd be ney^r wrote a line Your chartered rights to uadermine ; When his own letters then were by, That prov'd his mefTage all a lie ? How many promifes be feal'd. To get tb* ppprellive a£ls repealed, Yet once arriv'd on England's (bore. Set on the Premier to pafs more ? But thefe are no ipft&Sf we grant. In a right loyal Tory faipt^ Whofe godlike virtues mi»ft with tzfy Atone fuch venal crimes as thefe ; pr ye perhaps in fcripture fpy A new commandnient, " Thou (halt lie j** And if 't be fo (as who can tell ?) There's no one fure ye keep fo well " " Quptb be, For lies and promife-breaking Ye need not be in fttch a taking I ' For * Trnfurer ofMAtCAthnkm-Bij, tni one «f tke ManfU-; fU$ Ceuncil. ( The hifj^heil privi The univerfal Ma e «• ] know and teach| ivilegeoffpeechi Magna Charta, To which all human race is partv. Whence children firft, as David fayi^ Lay claim to 't in their earlieft days ^ The only llratagem in war, Our Gen'rals have occafion for ; The only freedom of the prefs Our politicians need in peace : ^ i^nd 'tis a Ihame you wiih t' abridge ut Of thefe our darlmg privileges. Thank heav'n, your Ihot have mifs'd their ainu For lying is no fin, or ihame. ^ As men laft wills may change again, Tho' drawn in name of God, amen ; Befure they muljk have much the more. O'er promiibs as great a pow'r, Whicn made in hade, with fmall infpe£lion, So much the more will need corre£lion ; And when they've carelefs fpoke, or penn'd *em. Have right to look 'em o'er and mend 'em } Revife their vows, or change thetext. By way of codicil annex'd, Turn out a promife^ that was bafe. And put a better in its place. So Gage of late agreed, you know, To let the Bofton people go ; Yet when he faw gamft troops that bravM 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 C obferve,j And (hut them^ in again to ftarVe* So Mofes writes, when female Jews Uade oaths and vows unfit for ufe, Th«if ( i3 i ifhcir parents then might fct them fret From that confcicntious tyranny : And (hall men feel that fpir'tual bondage Forever, when they grow beyortd age i Nor have pow'r their own oaths to change t I think the tale were very ft range. iShall vows but bind rhe ftout and ftrong^ And let go women weak nnd young. As nets enclofe the larger crew, And let the fmaller fry creep thro' ? Beiides, the Whigs have all been fet on^ The Tories to affright and threaten. Till Gage amidft his trembling fits Has hardlv kept him in his wits ; And tho* he fpeak with art and finefTe^ 'Tis faid beneath dure/s per tnittms. For we're in peril of our fouls From feathers, tar and lib'rty-poles : And vows extorted are not bmdmg in law, and fo not worth the mindlngv For we have in this hurly-burly- Sent off our confciences on furlow, Thrown our religion o*er in form ; Our fhip to lighten in the ftorm. Nor need we blufh your IVhigs before ; If we've no virtue you'^ve no more. Yet black with fins, would ftain a mitre^^ Rail ye at. crimes by ten tints whiter. And ftufF'd with choler atrabilious, Infult us here for peccadilloes ? While all your vices run fo hij^h That mercy fcarce could find fupply j While (hould you offer to repent, You'd need more fafting days than Lent, More groans than haunted churchyard valltes^ And more confeffions than broad-alleys. rii \ r I t M J I'll fhow you all at fitter time, , ^ ^rhe extent and greatnefs of your crime,' And here demonftrate to your face, Your want of virtue, as of grace, Evinced from topics old and recent :' But thus mubh mud fuifice at prefent; To th* iftcr-portion of the day, 1 leave what more remains, to fay 5 When I've good hope you'll all appearj More fitted and prepared to hear. And gritVd for all your vile demeanour i But now 'tis time t* adjourn for dinner;' IND OF CANTO FiRsif*. M ' F IN G ALi CANTO SECOND, Oil T-HE fbWN-MEEtlNG.f.M. TH E Sun, who never (lops to dine, Two hours had pafs'd the midway Iine^ And driving at his. ufuaJ ratCj Lafh'd on his downward car of flate. And now, expired the (ho rt vacation, And dinner done in epic fafliion ; While all the crew beneath the trees. Eat pocket-pies, pr bread and cheefe ; Norihall we, like old Homer care To verfify their bill of fare. For now each party^ feafted well, Throng*d in, like fheep, at found of bell^' With equal fpirit took their places ; And meeting oped with three Oh yefles : When firft the daring Whigs t' oppofe, Agiin the great M*Fingal rofe. Stretched magifterial arm- amaini And thus aflum'd th* accufing ftrain. , ," Ye Whigj attend,' and hear affrighted The crimes whereof ye (land indicted. The fins and follies paft all compafs, That prove you guilty or non compos. I leave the verdi'(^ to your fenfes, , . . - And jury of your confciences ; ^ WhicS /WhiA Ao* they're neither good rtof trufe,' Mail yet cOnvidi you and your crew.' tJngrateful fons ! a fa£lious band, That rift againfl your ^arentwlami- ! ^• * Ye viperM race, that burft in ftriTc, The welcome womb, that gave you life. Tear with (harp fangs and forked tongud^ Th* indulgent bowels, whence you fprung j And fcorn the debt of obligation You juftly owe the Britifli nation^ Which fi nee you cannot pay, youi crew Affe6l to fwfear 'twas nevier du^. Did not the deeds of England's Primate Firll: drive yoUr fathers to this climate, "Whom jails and fines and ev'ry ill Forc'd to their good againft their wiH ? ' ' Ye owe to their obliging temper The peopling your newfangled empire, While evVy Britifh a<^ and canon $tood fonn you catt/a^ fie ^ua nofj. Did they not fend you charters o'er, And give you lands you own'd befote, ]^ermit you all to fpill yOur blood. And drive out heathen where you could 5' On thefe mild terras, that conqueft won> The realm you gain'd ihould be their own. Or when of late attack'd by thofe. Whom her cOnne£tion made your foesy' Did they not then, diftreft in war. Send Gen'rals to your help from far, Whofe aid you own'd in terms lefs haughty^ And thankfally o'erpaid your qiiota ? Say, at what period did they grudge To fend you Governor or judge,' With all their milEonary crew. To teach you lav/ andgof|^d too ? ,Birougf|1: p. t 27 3 l5roug4ito*€r?^l felons in the nation, *ro help you on in population ; ' PropObM their Jiilhopa to Currender, And made their Priells a legal tender, Who only alk'd in fujpUce clad, . The finiple tyriie ofallyou had : And now to keep all knaves in awe, Have fent their troops t* euabli(h law^ And with gunpowder, fire and ball. Reform your people oi;e and all. Yet when iheir infolence and pride Have anger'd all the world beficje, ^y'hen fear and want at once intade. Can you refufc to lend the^ aid ; And rather rifque your heads in fight, Than gratefujly throw in your mite ? Can they fof debts fnakc fatigfaflion. Should they difpofe their realm by aucVion^ And fell off Britain's goods and land all . ^ To France and Spain by inch of candle ? Shall good king .George, )vith want opprefl^ Infert his lianaein bankru{>t lift, And fhut up Chop, like failing merchant, ThatfearsthebailiiFsfliouJdmake fearch in't^ With poverty ihall princes ilrive, And nohles Jack whereon to live ? Have jhpy not rackM their whole inventionsp To feed their brats on pods ^nd penfions. Made ev*n Scotch friends witji taxes groan. And picked poor Ireland to the bene ; Yet have on band as well deferving. Ten thoufand baftards left for ftarving ? And can you now with eonfcience dear, Refufe the.m an afyluni here, Or not maintain in manner fitting, Tn^efc genuine fons of mother Britain ? I 1 i t 18 ] T' evade thefc crime* of blackeft graiq. You prate of liberty in vain, * And ftrive to hide yoiur vile defigns^ . With terms abftrufe like fcbool-divmes. Your boafted patriotifm is fcarce. And country's love is but a farce 5 And after all the proofs you bring, ^ We Tories know there's no fuch thing. Our Englifh writers of great fame Prove public virtue but a name. JIath not * Dalrymple Ihow'd in print, And * Johnfoij too, there's nothing in't ? Produc'd you dfemonftration ample From other's and tljeir own example, That felf is ftill, in either faftion, The only principle of aftion ; The loadftone, whofe attracting tether Keeps the politic world together : And fpite of all your double-dealing, We Tories know 'tis fp, by feeling. Who heeds your babbling of tranfmittin|f Freedom to brats of your begetting. Or will proceed as though there were a tie. Or obligation to pofterity ? We get 'em, bear *em, breed and nurfe 5 "W hat has pofter'ty done for us, That we, left they their rights fliould lofe^ Should truft our necks to gripe of noofe ?* And who believes you will not run ? You're cowands,ev*ry mother's fon ^ And fliould you offer to deny. We've witnefles to prove it by. Attend th' opinion firft, as referee, pi your old Gcn'ral, flout Sir Jeffery, I- Whf . i J - * MiniAcrlAl Pcniloners, t 2P • 3 "^ho fworc tjiat with five thoufand foot JIcM rout you all, and in purfuit. Run thro' the land as eafily, ^s camel thro' a needle's eye. Did not theJiraliant Col'nel Grant ^gainft your couragie make his flant,' Aifirm your univerfal failure In ev'ry principle of valour, And fwear no fcamp'rers e'er could match yoi^. So fwift, a bullet fcarce could catch you ? And will ye not confefs in this, A judge moft competent he is. Well Ikill'd on runnings to decide. As what himfelf has often tried ? ?TwouM not methinks be labour loft, If you'd fit down and count the coft j And ere you call your Yankies out, ' Firfl think what work you've fet about. Have yenot rouz'd, his ferce to try on. That grim old beaft, the Britifti lion f And know you not that at a fup He's large enough to cat you up ? Have you'furyey'd his jaws beneath, prawn inventones of his teeth. Or have you weigh -d in even balance His ftrength and magnitude of talons ? His roar would turn your boalls to fear. As eafily as four fmall-beer, And make your feet from dreadful fray. By native inflih£l run away. Britain, depend on't, will take on her T' aflert her dignity and honor. And ere ihe'd lofe your fhare of pelf, Peftroy your country and herfclf. For has not North declar'd they fight To gain fubftantial rev'nue by'f, ''^' -' Denied , I r 3^ J Denied heM ever deign to treat, Till on your knees and at his feet ? And feel you not a trifling ague, l^'rom Van's Delenda g^ Carthago f tor this, now Britain has come to*t. Think you (he has not means to do^t \ Has (he not fet to work all engines To fpirit up the native Indians, Send on your backs a favage band. With each a hatchet in hisliand, T* amiife themfelves with fcalping kniTeiL And butcher children and your wives \ That (he may boall again with vanity. Her Engllfh national humanity ? (For now in its priraicvai Tenfe, This term, hunpanU^^ comprehends , . All things of which, on this fide hclL The human nfitiif is capable ; j^nd thus 'tis well, by writers fagc^ Applied to Britain and to Gage.) And on this work to raife allies, She fent her dimlicate of Guys, To drive, at diii rerjt parts at once, on . Her (tout Guy Carlton and Guy Joh'nfoo | To each of whom, to fend again ye t)Id Giiy of Warw.ick were a ninny % Tho* the dun cow he fellM in war, Thefe killcows are his better's far. And has (he not aflRiy'd her note^. To rouze your (laves to cut your throats, •Sent o'er ambaiFadors with guineas, To bribe your blacks in Carolinas ? And has not Ga^e, her milTionary • Turn'd many an Afric (lave t' a Tory, And made thVAtner'can bifliop'^ fee grow, By naapy a new-convefted Negro ? ^ A t 31 i As i^riencts to gov'rnment did not hef Their ilaves at BoRon late fet free i £ali(i them all in black parade. Set off with regimental red ? And v^ere they not accounted then Among his very bravcft mciv ? , And wli^n fuch means flie (loops to take^ Think you {he is not wide awake ? As Elibhaz' good man in Job 0'wn*d num'rous allies thro* the globe;? Had brought the * iiones along the street To ratify a covenant meet, And ev*ry be aft from lice to lions. To join in leagues.of ftri^. alliance r ' Mas flie not cring'd, in fpi'te of pridc^ For like aiTiftance fur and wide ? "VVas there a creature fo defpifd, . Its aid (k For had you then, as he intended, ! Giv'n up your arms, it mud have ended. Since that's no war, each mortal knowsj Where onp fide only gives the blows. And th' other bears 'em ; on rccftru6tion on her canvas-wings, [ 4'> 3 While thro* tlic deeps her potent thunder . Shall found th* alarm to rob and pUinder I /Vs Phoebus firft, fo Homer fpeaks. When he march'd out t* attack the Greeks, 'Gainll mules fent forth his arrows fatal^ And flew th' auxiliaries, their cattle ; $0 where our (tups fliall ftretch the keel, "^Vhat conquerM oxen fliall they (teal I What heroes rifing from the deep Inyade your marfhaU'd hofts of ftiecp ! Difperfe whole troops of horfe, and preffihg Make cows furrender at difcretion ; Attack your hens, like Alexanders, And reg*ment8 rout of geefe and ganders ;' Or where united arms confibine Jiead captive many a herd of fwine [ Then rufh in dreadful fury down To fire on cv'ry feaport town ; Bifplay their glory and their wits, Fright unarmM children into fits, Andftoiitly fronfi th' unequal fray, Make many a woman run away ! And can ye doubt whene'er we pleafe Our chiefs fliall boaft fuch deeds as thefe ? Have we not chiefs tranfcending far. The old fam*d thunderbolts of luar ; Beyond the brave romantic fighters, StiWdfwords of death by novel-writers ? Nor in romancing asjes e*cr rofe So terrible a tier of heroes. , From Gage, what flafties fright the waves f How loud a blunderbufs is Graves ! How Newport dreads the bluftring fallies, That thunder from our popgun, Wallace,' While noife in formidable llrains Spouta from his thimblc-full of brains P t 4t 1 1 fee you fink with aw*d furprize ! i fee our Tory-brethren rife ! And as the fe^l'ries Sandemanian, Our friends defcribe their wiftiM Millennium Tell how the world in ev'ry region At once fhall own their true religion ; • . For heav'n with plagues of awful dread Shall knock all heretics o' tV head ; Arid then their church, the meek in fpirit^ The earthj as promised, ihall inherit. From the dead wicked, as heirs male, And next remainder-men in tail : ouch ruin fhall the Whigs opprefs ? Such fpoils our Tory friends (hall blefs ! "While Confifcation at command Shall ftalk in horror thro' the land, " Shall give your Whig-eftates away^ And call our brethren into play. And can ye doubt or fcruple more, Thefe things are near you at the door ? Behold ! for the* to reafning blind, Signs of the times ye fure might mind, ^ And view impending fate a^ j)rain As ye*d foretell a fhow'r of rain. , Hath not heav'n warn*d you what muft enfu^^ And Providence declar*d againft you } Hung forth its dire portents of war. By * figns and beac^ons in the air ; Alarm*d old women all around By fearful noifcs under ground ; While earth for many dozen leagues Groan'd with her difmal load of Whigs ? F Was . * Such (lories of prodigies vere at that time ih duftrioult/ tropagated by the f oi^-party in various parts of KeWofini^^ laiia, CO terrify and incimidaec the fupeiftitjous* [ 42 J Was there a meteor far and wide But mufterM on the Tory-fide ? A (lar malign that has not bent Its afpefts ror the Parliament, F*6reDoding your defeat and mifery ; As once they fought againft old Sifera ? Was there a cloud that fpread the lldes. But bore our armies of allies ? While dreadful hoflsof fire flood forth 'Mid baleful glimoi'rings from the North ; Which plainly (hows which part they join'dy For North^s the minifter, ye mind ; Whence oft your quibblers in gazettes On Northern blafls have ft rain' d their wits \ And think ye not the clouds know how To make the pun as well as you ? Did there arife an apparition, But grinn'd forth ruin to fcditicn ? A death-watch, but has join'd our lengucs, And clickM deftrud:ion to the Whi^s ? Heard ye not, when the wind was fair. At night our or'tors in the air. That, loud as admiralty-libel, Read awful chapters from the bible. And death and deviltry denounced. And told you how youM foon be trounc'd P' I fee to join our conquering fide Heav*n, earth and hell at once allied I See from your overthrow and end The Tories paradife afcend v Like that new world that claims its ftation Beyond the final conflagration ! I fee the day that lots your fhare In utter daiknefs and defpair; The day of joy, when North, our Lord, His faithful fav 'rites fhall reward ! L 43 J f>!o Tory tken Ihall fet before him ijrnall wifh of 'Squire, or Juftice Quorum 5 But *fore his unmiftaken eyes fSee Lordfliips, poits and penHons rife. Awake to gladnefs th^n, ye Tories, Th* unbounded profpe<^ lies before us ? The pow*r difplay'd in Gage's banners Shall cut American lands to manors, And o'er our happy conquered ground Difpenfe eftates and titles round. iiehold, the world (hall ftare at new fetts Of home-made * earls in Maflachufetts ; Admire, array'd in ducal taflels, Your Ol'vers, Hutchinfous and Vaflals j Sec join'd in miniilerial work His grace of Albany and York I What Lordfliips from each carv'd eftate. On our New-York AiTembly wait ! What titled f Jauncys, Gales and Billops ; Lord Brufti, Lord Wilkins and Lord Philips ! In wide-fleev'd pomp of godly ^uife, What folemn rows of biinops rife ! Aloft a cardinal's hat is fpread O'er punltcr § Cooper^s rev'rend head ! ] In Vardell, that poetic zealot, I'view a lawn-bedizen'd prelate I While mitres fgill, as 'tis their duty, On heads of Chandler and Auchmuty f Knights, vifcounts, barons (hall ye meet. As thick as pavements in the ilreet ! Ev'n * See Hutchinfon'sand Oliver's letters. f Msmbers of the minifterial Majority in the Nev-York aflembly; Wilkins a noted writer* J§ Prefident Cooper is a notorious punfter : Vardell, au- rhbr of fome poetic4l fatires on the Tons of liberty in New- York, and royal profeflor in King's college j Chandler an4 Auchmuty, High-church and Tory-writers of tbc Clctical iurdcr. r 44 ] fv*n I perhaps, hcav'n fpeed my claiai| hall fix a Sir before my name. For titles all our foreheads ache ; For what bled changes can they make ! Place rev'rencc, grace and excellence Where neither claim'd the leaft pretence % Transform by {patent's magic words Men, like ft devils, into Lords ; Whence commoners to peers tranflated Are juftly faid to be creaUd ! Now where commiffioners ye faw Shall boards of nobles deal you law ! Long-rob'd comptrollers judge your rightSj And tide-waiters ftart up in knights ! While Whigs fubdued in llavifli awe. Our wood riiall hew, our water draw,' And blefs that mildnefs, when paft hope. Which fav*d their neeks from noofe of ropc» For as to j^ain alTiftance we . Defign their Negroes to fet free ; For Whigs, when we enough fhall bang 'em, Perhaps 'tis better not to hang 'em ; Except their chiefs •, the vulgar knaves Will do more good preferv'd for Haves." ** 'Tis well, Honorius cried, your fchcme] Has painted out a pretty dream. ' - We can't confute your fecond fight j We fhall be flaves and you a knight : Thefe things muft come : but I divine They'll come not in your day,- or mine. But oh, my friends, my brethren, hear, And turn for once th* attentive ear. Ye fee how prompt to aid our woes, *1 he tender mercies of our foes ; Ye fee with what unvaried rancour §tili for our blood their minions hanker, C 41 1 Nor aught can fate their mad ambition^ From us, but death, or worfe, fubmiflion^ Shall thefe then riot in our fpoil, Reap the glad harved of our toil» Rife from their country's ruin proud, And roll their chariot wheels in blood ? And can ye fleep while high outfpread Hangs defolation o^er your head r See Gage with inaufpicious flar Has oped the gates of civil war ; When ftreams of gore from freemen flain| Encrimfon'd Concord's fatal plain ; Whofc warning voice with awful found , Still ories, like Abel's from the ground. And heav'n, attentive to its call, Shall doom the proud oppreflbr's fall. Rife then, ere ruin fwift furprize. To vi£iory, to vengeance rife ! Hark, how the didant din alarms ! The echoing trumpet breathes, to arms j From provinces remote, afar, The fons of glory rouze to war ; ?Tis freedom cplls; th* enraptur'd found The Apalachiati hiUs rebound ; The Georgian fhores her voice (hall hear. And ftart from lethargies of fear. From the parch'd zone, with glowing ray« Where pours the fun intenfer day, To ihores where icy waters roll, ' And tremble to the dufky pole, Infpir'd by freedom's heav'nly charms. United nations wake to arms. The ftar of con^ueft lights their way, And guides their vengeance on cheir prey- Yes, tho' tyrannic force oppofe, Still fball they triumph o'er their foes, T^ ' Tin C 46 1 Till heav*n the happy land (hall blcfs. With fafcty, liberty and peace. And ye whof&fouls of daftard mould Start at the brav'ry of the bold ; To love your country who pretend. Yet want allfpirit to defend ; Who feel your tancies fo prolific, Engend'rin^ vifionM whims terrific, O'er-run with horrors of coercion, Fire, blood and thunder in reverfion, King's ilandards, pill'ries, confifcations. , And Gage's fcarecrow proclamations. With all the trumpery of fear ;• Hear bullets whizzing in your rear ; Who fcarce could rouze, if caught in fray, Prefence of mind to run away ; See nought 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 braVd all deaths by land or fea. Who bled, who conquer'd to be free ! Hence, coward fouls, the worft difgrace Of our forefathers^ valiant race ; Hie hoijieward from the glorious field ; There turn the wheel, the diftaff wield ; AOi what ye are, nor dare to (lain The warrior's arms with touch profane : ^ There beg your more heroic wives To guard your children and your lives ; Beneath their aprons find a fcreen, * Nor dare to mingle more with men." As thus hefaid, the Tories' anger Could now reftiain itfelf no longer, t 47 3 Who tried before by many a freak, or Infulting noifc, to Hop the fpeaker ; Swung th* unoilM hinge of each pew-door ^ Their feet kept fliuffling on the floor j Made their difapprobation known *By many a murmu*'^ .am and groan. That to hia fpeech fupplied the place Of counterpart in thorough-bafe : As bag-pipes, while the tune they breathe^ Still drone and grumble underneath *, Or as the fam*d Demoilhenes Harangued the rumbling of the feas. Held forth with eloquence full grave To audience loud of wind and wave ^ And had a ftiller congregation "Irhdn Tories are to hear th* oration. But now the (lorm 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 liftningcar was fet on torture Each Tory beirwing put, to order ; And fome, with tongue not low or weak. Were clamoring faft, for leave to fpeak ; The moderator, with great violence, The cuChion thiimpM with " Silence, filence j The conftable to ev'ry prater Bawl'd out, " Pray hear the moderator j" SomecT^ll'd the vote, and fome in turn Were fareaminghigh, " Adjourn, adjourn ;" fjot chaos heard fuchjars andclafhes When all the el'ments fought for places. Each bluds^eon foon for blows was tim'd ; Each fill ftood ready cock'd andprim'd j -The ftorm each moment louder grew 5 His fword the great M*Fiiigal drew , Prepar''d PreparM in either cH an ce to (hare^ > To keep the peace, or aid the war. Nor lacVd they each poetic, being, Whom bards alone are (killM jn feeing 5 Plum*d Vi£lory ftood perch'd oil high. Upon the pulpit-canopy. To join, as isnercdftom tried. Like Indians, on the ftrongeft fide ; The Deftinies with (hears arid diilafFi Drew near their threads of life to twift cffF ; The Furies *gan to feall on blows. And broken neads or bloody nofe ; When on a fudden from without Arofc a loud terrific (hout 5 And fl:rait the people all at once heard Of tongues an univerfal concert ^ ■ Like -^fop's times, as fable runs. When ev*ry creature talkM at once. Or like the variegated gabble That craz'd the Carpenters of Babel; Each party foon forgot the quarrel. And let the other go on parole ; • ' Eager to know what fearful matter Had conjur'd up fuch gen'ral clatter ; And left the chUrch in thin array. As tho' it had been le£iu re-day. Our 'Squire M*Fingal ft railway beckoned The conftable to ffand his fecond. And fallied forth with afpeft fierce The croud aflembied to difperfe. The moderator out of view Beneath a bench had lain perdue 5 Peep'd up his head to view the fray. Beheld the wranglers run away, And left alone with folemn face, Adjourn'd them without time or place. END OF CANTO SBcoNDf- M * f IN G ALt CANTO T H IR D, OR Th* LIBERTY POLE* ■^TOW armM With minifterial ire, xN Fierce fallied forth our loyal 'Squire^ And on his (Iriding fteps attends, Jils defp'rate dan of Tory friends } Whetifuddehmethisattjgry eyci ., ' ' ,' A pole, afc'ending.thro'the {ky» . , ,. ; . Which niiiti'ifous throngs of Whiggifli ract 'W'ere riifing in the market-place j Not higher. fchooUboys kites afpire. Or royal maft or country fpire, '• * ; . Like fpeara at Brbbdignagian tilting^ Or Satan's walking-ftafF in Milton j ^nd on. i^9 top„the. flag unfurlM, . Waved triumph o'er the ^proft rate world j Infcrihed with inconfiftent types' Of liberty and thirteefi ftripcs. peneath, the croud without delays The dedicatioh-ritfts eflay, And gladly pay in antient faffiion^ The ceremonies of libation ; tVhile briikly to each patriot lip Walks eager round th* infjpiring ftip : . , ^ Q Delicious i: s* ] Delicious draught, whofe pow'rs inherit^ Thequinteflence of public fpirit ! Which whofo ta(le8,perceive8 his miild j To nobler politics refined, Or rouzM tor martial controvcrfy, As from transforming cups of Circe ; Or warniM with Homer's neftar'd liquor, " That fill'd the veins of gods with ichor. At hand for new fupplies in ftore. The tavern opes its friendly door, Whence to and fro the waiters run, Like bucket-men at fires in town. Then with three ihouts that tore the flcy, 'Tis confecrate to Liberty ^ To guard it from th* attacks of Tories, A grand committee cull'd of four is. Who foremoft on the patriot fpot, Had brought the flip and paid the fliot.' By this, M'Fingal with his train, Advanced upon th* adjacent plain, 0nd fierce witji loyal rage poflefs'd, Pour'd forth the zeal, that fired his breafl. •* What madbrain'd rebel gave commifilon. To raife this Maypole of ftdition I Like Babel rcar'd by bawL'ng throngs. With like confufion too of ♦ongues, To point at heav'n and fummf>n down. The thunders of the Britifli crown ? Say will this paltry pole fecure Tour forfeit heads from Gage's pow'r ? Attacked by heroes brave and crafty, Is this to ftand your ark of fafety ? Or driven by Scottifh laird and laddie, Think ye to reft beneath its fhadow ? When bombs, like fiery ferpents, fly And b»U3 move hiiTing thro' the iky, . WiE •v t St ] Will this vile pole, devote to freedom, Save like the Jewiih pole in Edom, Or like the brazen fnake of Mofes, Cure yourcrackt fkulls and batterM nofcs ? Ye dupes to ev'ry fadious rogue, Gr tavernprating demagogue, Whofe tongue but rings, with found more full. On th' empty drumhead of his ikull, Behold you kno^v not what noify fools Ufe you, worfe fimpletons, for tools ? For Liberty in your own by-fenfe Is but for crimes a patent licence ; To break of law th' Egyptian yoke, And throw the world in common ilock, Reduce all grievances and ills To Magna Charta of ydur wills, Eftablim cheats and frauds and nonfenfe^ Fram'd by the model of you- confcience. Cry juftice down, as out of failiion And -fix its fcale of depreciation, Dtfy all creditors to trouble ye, Ann pafs new years of Jewifh jubilee ^ Drive judges out, like Aa-ron*s calves, Byjurifdiftions of white ftavcs. And make the bar and bench and (leeple. Submit t' our fov*reign Lord, the l^coplc j AflTure each knave his whole aflets. By general amnefty of debts ; By plunder rife to pow'r and glory. And brand all property as tory ; Expofe all wares to lawful feizures Of mobbers and monopolizers ; Break heads and windows and the peace. For your own int*reft and increafe ; Difpute and pray and fight and groan, ^or public good, and mean your own *, Prevent the laws, by fierce attacksj From quitting fcores upon your backt. Jjay yQur old dread, the gallows, low. And feize the (locks your antietit {06 % And turn them, as convenient engines To wreak your patriotic vengeance ; While all, your claims who underftand| Confefs they're in the owner's hand : And when by clamours and confufions. Your freedom*8 grown a public nuifance^ Cry, Liberty, with powerful yearning. As he does, nre, whofe houfe is burning, Tho* he already has much mpre, Th an he can find occafion for. "While ev*ry dunce, that turns the plains Tbo* banl^rupt in eftate and brains. By this new light transformed to traitor, Forfakes his plow to turn dictator, Starts an haranguing chief of Whigs, And drags you by the ears, like pigs. AU blufter arm*d with factious licence. Transformed at once to politicians ; Each ieather-apron'd clown grown wife, Prefcnts his forward face t- advife, An I tatter'd legiflators meet From ev*ry workfliop thro* the ftrect j His goofe the tailor finds new ufe in. To patch and turn the conftitution ; The blackfmith comes with fledge and gratc^ To ironbind the wheels of ftate ; The quack forbears his patient's foufe, To purge the Council and the Houfe, The tinker quits his Molds and doxies. To caft aflembly-men at proxies. From dunghills deep of fame hue, "^ouf dirtbred patriots fprin^ to view. t ss 3 T?o wealth and pow'r and penfion nfc, ^ iiike new-wing'd maggots changM to niC8 | And fluttring round in proud parade^ Strut in the robe, or gay cockade. See * Arnold quits for ways more certain| His bankrupt perj'ries for his fo-rtunc. Brews run^ no longer in his ftore. Jockey and.ikipper now no more 5 forfakes his warehoufes and docks. And writs of flander for the pox, And purgM by patriotifm from fliame, prows Qen'ral of the foremoil name. f Hiatus f For in this ferment of the ftream. The dregs have workM up to the brim. And by the rule of topfyturvys, The ileum (lands fwelling on the furface* "SfouVe causM your pyramid t* afcend And fet it on ttie little end \ Like Hudibras, your empire's made, Whofe crupper had o'ertppM his head ; YouVe pulh'd and turnM the whole world up-. Side down 4nd got yourfelves artop : While * ArnoId^s perjuries a( the time of his pretended bank- ruptcy, which vas the firft rife of his fortune, and his curi- ous lav iuit againft a brother-skipper, who had charged bim wi(:h having caught the abovementioneddifeafe, bjr his connexion with a f ertainAfri^an princcfs in the Veil-Indies^ with its humorous iflue, are matters, not I believe fo gene- ralty known, as the other cir^rumftances of his | ublic and private chara^er. t M^Fingal having here infened the names and cbarafieni pfTeverai great men, whom the public have not yet fullf detefted, it is thought proper to omit fiiadif p4r;igraplif of )^s f|p€ccb| in (he pref^nt 9diti9n« t 54 1 While all tbc great ones of your ftatc. Are crufti'd beneath the pop'lar weighty Nor can you boaft this prefent hour, The fhadow of the form of pow'r. tor what's your Congrefs, or its end I A power t* advife and recommend ; To call for troops, adjud your quotas. And yet no foul is bound to notice ; To pawn your faith to th' utmbft limit. But cannot bind you to redeem it, And when in want no more in them lies. Than begging of your State- Aflemblies ^ Can utter oracles of dread. Like friar Bacon's brazen head. But (hould a faction e'er difpute 'em, Has ne*er an arm to execute *em. As tho' you chofe fupreme dictators, And put them under confervators ; Yoi;iVe but purfued the felffame way. With Shakefpeare*s Trinclo in the play, •* You (hall be viceroys here, 'tis true. But we'll be viceroys over you." What wild confufion hence muftenfue, The' comnion danger yet cements you j So feme wrecked veflel, all in fhatters. Is held up by furrounding waters. But ftranded, when the preflure ceafes. Falls by its rottcnnefs to pieces. And fall it mud — if wars were ended. You'll ne'er have fenfe enough to mend it : But creeping on with low intrigues Like vermin of an hundred legs, Will find as fhort a life aflign'd. As all things elfe of reptile kind. Your Commonwealth 6 a common harlot, The jiropcrty of cv'ry varlct. ^ ^ WhIcI} t'^hich now Jn tafte and full employ^ All forts admire, as all enjoy 5 But foon a batter*d ftrumpet grown, You'll curfe and drum her out of town. Such is the government you chofe. For this you bade the world be foes. For this 10 mark'd for dilTolution, You fcorn the Britiih conilitution, That conftitution, form'd by fages. The wonder of all modern ages : Which owns no failure in reality, Except corruption and venality ; And only proves the adage juft, That beil things fpoilM corrupt to worft. So man fupreme in mortal ftation, ' And mighty lord of this creation. When once his corfe is dead as herring, Becomes the moll ofFenfive carrion, . And fooner breeds the plague, 'tis found. Than all beads rotting 'hove the ground. -^c.t for this government, to difmay us, ^ ouVe call'd up anarchy from chaos, vv ith all the followers of her fchool, tJproar and rage and wild mifrule ; For whom this rout of Whigs diftra^fed And ravings dire of ev'rycrack'd head ; Thefe new-caft legillative engines Of county-muftcrs and conventions, Committcesvileofcorrefponder.ee, And mobs, whofe tricks have almoll undone 's v While reafon fails to check your courfe. And loyalty's kickM out of doors, And folly, like inviting landlord, Hoifts on your poles her royal ftandard. While the king's friends in doleful dumps. Have wora their courage to the flumps, And C S<5 3 Arid Icavjngf George in fad cUfaftdr, Mod finfully deny their mafter. What furies ra^ed when you in fea. In (hape of Indians drown'd the tea. When your gay fparks, fatigued to watch H^ Aflumed the moggifon and hatchet^ With wampemM blankets hid their laces, And like th«ir fweethearts> primed their faees i While not a redcoat dar*d oppofe. And fcarce a Tory (how'd his nofe, While Hutchinfon for fure retreat^ Manouvred to his country feat, And thence affrighted in the fuds, Stole off bareheaded thro' the woods ! Havg you not roused your mobs to join^ And make Mandamus^mcn rcfign, CallM forth each duffii-drefs'd curmudgfcort^ With dirty trowfers and white bludgeon^ l^'orcM all our Councils thro' the land, To yield their necks to your command 5 While palenefs marks their late difgraccs Thro' all their rueful length of faces ? Have you not caufed as woful work^ In loyal citr of New- York, When all the rabble well cockadcd^ In triumph thro* the ftreets paraded ; And moob'd theTorieSj feared their fpoufc'rf^ And ranfack'd all the cuftom-houfes, Made fuch a tumult, b^ufter, jarring,^ That mid. the clafli of tempefts warring, Smith's weathercock with veers forlorn, Could hardly tell which way to turn j Burnt effigies of th' higher powers, Contriv'd in planetary hours. As witches with clay-images, Deftroy or torture whom they pleafc j •C 57 i Till filled with rage, th* ungrateful cJub Spared not your bell friend, Belzebub, P'erlookM his favours and forgot The rev'rerice due his cloven toot. And in the felffame furnace frying, Burii'd him and North and Bute and Tryon } Did you not in as vile and (hallow way. Fright our poor Philadelphian, Galloway, Your Congrefs when the daring ribald Belied, berated and befcribbled r What rop«s Aiid halters did you fend, Terrific emblems of his end, Till lead he'd hang in more than effigy. Fled in a fog the trernbling refugee ? Now rrfing in progr<;(Iion fatal, JJ^ve you not venturM to give battle ? When treafon chaced our heroes troubled^ With rully gun and leathern doublet, r Turn*d all ftoncwalls and groves and bufliesi To batteries arm'd with bluhderbufles, '•;•> And, with deep wounds that fate portend, Gaul'd many a reg*lar*s latter end. Drove them to Boilon, as in jail. Confined without mainprize or bail. Were not thefe deeds enough betimes^ To heap the meafure of your crimes. But in this loyal town and dwelling. You raife thefe enfigns of rebellion ? *Tis done 5 fair Mercy fliuts her door ; And Vengeance now (hall flcep no more ; Rife then, -my friends, in terror rife, And wipe this fcandal from the (kies ! You'll fee their Dagon, tho* well jointed. Will fiak before the J.ord's anoinfcd. And like old Jcficho's proud wall, , * Befure our ram'j horns proflratc fall." i si 1 t^hisfaid, our 'Squire, yet wndifmay^d,' CallM forth the ConftaWc to aid. And hade him ret^d in. rearer (lation. The riot-a£i: and proclamation f tVbo now advancinff tow'rd the rin?, Be ran, ** Our fov'relcrn Lord the King**-*- When thoufand clamorous rongiies h€ ncar«, And clubs and ftones affail his ears ^ To fiy was vain, tofight was idle, By foes enconipafs'd in the middle } In ftratagem his aid he fotind, And fell right craftily to groihid ; fhen crept to feek an hiding place, •Twas all he could, beneath a bract ; Where foon the conq'ring crew efpied hirti,' And where he lurk'd^ they caught and tied oitti:^ At once with refolutipil fata V Both Whigs and Ivories ruftiM to battle j Ihftead of weapons, either band Seiz'd on fuch arms, as came tb hand. And as fam*d * Ovid paitits th' advcnturcaf Of wrangliiig Lapithac and Centaurs, Who at their feaft, by Bacchus.led, Threw bottles at each other's head. And thefe arms failing in their fcuffles, Attack*d with handiroris, tbrigs and Novels j So clubs and billets, ftaves and (lones Met fierce, encountering ev'ry fconce. And cover'd o'er with knobs and pains Each void receptacle for brairis ; Their clamours rend'the hills around,- And earth rebellows with the found ^ yj^nd many a groan increased the din From broken nofc and batter'd fhin. f Ovid's Mctiiaiorplbfes, Book Z2« C S9 3 WFinpal rifing atthe word, Drew forth his old militia fword ; Thrice cried, **Kin^ Qeorge," as crll In ^i^fcft Romancing heroes did their miflrefs, And brandiihing the blade in air, Struck terror thro' th* oppofing war. The Whigs, unfafe within the wind Of fuch comnjoticn ihrunk behind. With whlrlinp fteel around addiefs'd. Fierce thro* their thickeft throng he prcfs'd. iWho roIFd on cither iide in arch, *ike Red-fea waves in Ifrael's march) And like a meteor ruihing through, Struck on the^ p ' a vengeful blov- Around, the »rhig of clubs and lU.icS DifchargM whole vollies in platoons, | That o'er in whittling terror flf, Put not a foe dares venture njgli. And now perhaps with conqueftcrownM, Our 'Squire haci fellM theirpole to ground ^ Had not feme Pow*r, a Whig at heart, Defcended down and took their part ; (Whether 'twere Pallas, Mars or Iris, 'Tis fcarce worth wtjile to make enquiries) Who at the nick of time alarming, Aflumed the graver form of Chairman ; Addrefs'd a Whig, in ev'ry fcene Th« ftouteft wreltler on the green. And pointed where the fpade was found^ Late ufed to fix their pole in ground. And urg'd with equal arms and might To dare our 'Scj^uire Jo fingle fight.* The ♦ The learned reader will readily obferve the alluft ins iii this fcene Co the iingle combats of P^iris and Mencluus ift tf otncr, ^neas and Twnus in Tirfiii| «n4 Mi«b4c4 4«4 The Whig thu9 arm'd, untaught to yifW| ^ilvancM tremendous to the field ; No'r did M*Fingal ihun t\ti^ foe, But ftood to brave the defp'ratc blow ; While all th^ party g«z*d fufpended. To fee the deadly combat ended. And Jove in equal balance vi^eigh'd The Iword againft the brandifh'd fpade^ He wpighM 5 but lighter than a dream, The fNvord flew up and kick'd the beam. Our *Squire on tiptoe rjfing fair, Lilts hip-h i noble Itroke in air, Which fiung'not, but like dreadful engine^ Defcend Adown his vifage flern and grave, Roird and adhered the vifcid wave ; With arms depending as he ftood. Each cuff capacious holds the flood ; From nofe and chin's remoteft end. The tarry icicles depend ; Till all o'erfpread, with colors gay He glitter'd to the weftern ray. Like fleet-bound trees in wintry fkles. Or Lapland idol carv*d. in ice. And now the feather-bag difplay'd. Is wnvM in triumph o'er his head, And fpreads him o'er with feathers miflivcj And down lipon the tar adhefive : Isfot Maia's Ton, with wingafor '';-:s, Such plumes around his vifage wears t , I N^t * CUudi»ii*sC5iv^ui:o£n{icbi«» [ <5' By infpi ration of the tovv'r ; And Raleigh fail inprifoii hurrd Wrote all the hilVry of the world : So Wilkes grew, while in goal he lay,' More patriotic €v*ry day, But fonnd his zeal, when not cpnfin*d| Soon fink below the freezing pointy And public fpirit once fo fair. Evaporate in open air. But thou, great favorite of Venus, By no fuch luck (halt cramp thy genius ; i Thy friendly ftars till wars lliall ceafc,* Shall ward th' illfortune of releafe. And hold thee fail in bonds ngt feeble. In good condition ftill to fcribble. Such merit fate fliall fhield from firing. Bomb, carcafe, langridge and cold iron. Nor truils thy doubly laurell'd head, To rude afT^ults of flying lead. Hence in this Saratogue retreat, For pure good fortune tbou'It be beat ; Not taken oft, releas'd or refcued, Pafs for fmall change, like fimple Prefcott i But captured th^re, as htes befall, Shalt (land thy hand for*t, once for all. The^raife thy daring thougbtsfublime, And dip thy conq'ring pen in rhyme, A nd changing war for puns and jokes. Write new Blockades and Maids of Oaks*." This faid, he turn'd, and faw the tale. Had dyed my trembling cheeks with pale ; Thcrt * T'hc MaJ-i rtf chc Oaks and the Blockade of Bo^on, are farces— -the firft acknowledged by General Bwrgoync, the oihcr gcncrffUy sfcribcd to hiai. t 8J i Then pitying in a milder vein Purfued the vifionary ftrain. ' ** Too much perhaps hath pain'd your vlt^'i t)f viiSl'ries gain'd by rebel crews ; , Now fee the deeds not fmall or fcantyj Of Britilh Valor and Humanity -, And learn from this.aufpicious fight, How England's fons and friends can Bght^ In what dread fcenes their courage grows^ And how rhey conquer all their foes." , I lookM ana faw in wintry ikies Our fpacious prifon-walls arife, Where Brjtbns all their captives taming, Plied them with fcourging, cold and famine | Reduced to life's concluding ftages, 13y noxious food and plagues contagious. Aloft the mighty Loring ftood, And thrived, like * Vampyie,.on their bloody And counting all his gains arifing. Dealt daily rations out of poifon. Amid the dead that croud the fcene,' The moving Ikeletons were feen. ^t hand our troops in vauntifl;^ ftrains> Infulted all their wants and pains, And turned on all the dyin^ tribe. The bitter taunt andfcornful gibe : And Britifii ofTicers of might, Triumphant at the joyful nght, ' ^ 0* -r foes difarm'd with courage daring/ Exhaufted all their tropes of fwearing. Around all ftlin'd with rebel blood. Like Milton's lazarhoufe it ftood, - ■ L Where * The notion of Vampyres is « A'perflicion, that .^ii gtea'57prcv;»i!«d in manj pjirts of Europe. They prftcnt4 it is A dead hoAy, whicji rHes out of icj gruvc in the nr^^xVi ^ni fucks the blooJ •{ the living. t 82 1 Where grim Delpair attended nurfe; And Death was Governor of the houfd' Amaz'd I cried, ** Is this the way. That Britifh Valour wins the day r" More had I faid, in ftrains unwelcome, Till intcrrnpted thus by Malcolm : ** niame not, cjuoth he, biit learn the reaf6il Of this new rnode of conq'ring treafori. 'Tis hut a wife, politic plan, To root out all the rebel-clan ; (For furely treafon ne*er can thrive, "Where not a foul is left alive :) A fcheme, all other chiefs tofurpafs. And to do ih' effeOual work to purpofd For war itfelf is nothing further. But th' art and myftery of murthcr, _ And who moil methods has eflay'd, Is the beft Gen'ral of the trade. And (lands Death's Plenipotentiary,' To conquer, poifon, (larve and bury. This Howe well kn^w, and thus began^' (Defpifing Carlton's coaxing plan, Who kept his p/is'ners well and merry. And dealt them food like Conjmiffary, And by paroles and ranfoms vain, pifmifsM them all to fight again :) Whence his firft captives with great fpirit,' He tied up for his troops to fire * at. And hoped they'd learn on foes thus taken/ To aim at rebels without fhaking. Then wife in ftratageih he planned The fure deftrudion of the land, * This vas done openljr and \rlthout ccnfiire hj the troop5 under Hope's corpmand in ninny initanc€$} on bis £rlt coft- qa«ft of JLong-iniand» £ #3 3 Turn'd famine, fickncfs and defpairj To ufeful enginry of war, Jnftead of caiinon, mulket, mortar, IJfed peflilcDce and death and torture. Sent forth the fmall pox and the greater, To thin the land of ev*ry traitor. And order'd out with like endeavour, Detachments of the prifon-fever j Spread dfcfplation o'er their head. And plagues in Providence's Itead, Performed with equal Ikill and beauty, Th' avenging angel's tour of duty. Brought all the elements to join, Andltars t' aflift the great defign, As once in league with Kifhon's brock, Famed Ifrael's foes the/ fought and took. Then proud to raife a glorious name. And em'lous of his country^s fame, He bade thefe prifon-walls arlfe, tike temple tow'ring to the Ikies, Where BHtifh Clemency renown'd, Might fix her feat on facred ground ^ (That Virtue, as each herald faith, Of whole blood kin to Funic Faith) Where all her Gcdiike'powVs unveilingj She finds a grateful fhnne to dwell in, Then at this altar for her honor, .Chofe this Highpriefl to wait upon her, Who with juil rites, in antient riiifes, Prefents thefe human facrificcs ; Qreat Loring, famed above laym n, A proper Pried; for Lybian An vnon. Who, while Howe's gift hie ^rev s ad^rns^ Had match'd that deity in he 1113, Here ev'ry day her vot'ries tell {Jhe more devours than th* idol Bel ; '■'" ■ * ■ ' And C •» I And thirfts more rav'noufly for gore,' 'j han aiiY'Worihipp'd PoVr before. That antient Heathen Godhead, Moloch^ Oft lt;iy*d his ftomaqh with a bullock, Or if his morning rage you'd check firftj One child fufficed him for a breakfaft* But Britiilv Clemency with zeal Devours her hundreds at a meal. Right well by ^at'ralifts defined, A Being of carniv'rous kind. So erlt *Gargantua pleas'd his palate, And car his pilgrims up for fallad. 3Not bleft with maw lets cercmonioiis, The wide-mouth *d whale that fwallov/'d Jonas ^ Like earthquake gapes, to death devote. That open fepulchre, her throat ; , The grave, or barren wonib you'd flufF, And fooner b/ing to cry, enough j Or fatten up to fair condition, jThe leanflefli'dkine of Pharaoh's vifiono Behold her temple where it ftands Eredl by famed Britannic hands •, * Tis the blackhole of Indian ftrutturj, New-built with Englifh architedlure. On plan, 'tis faid, contrived and wrote^ By Clive, before he cut his throat ; ^ Who ere he took himfelf in hand, Wis her Highprieft in Nabob-land : Avid when with con q' ring glory crown'd, He'd V ell enflav'd the nation round, ^ W'th pitying heart the gen'rous chief, (Since flav'ry's worfe than lofs of life) Bade defobtion circle far, And famine end the work cf war ; ■ Thus ^': See Mb^hh'shiRory o{tU ihntCzTiiMUi I t a .) - Thui loofed iheir chains and for their m^ritg t)ifmifs*d them free to worlds of fpirits : Whence they yrith j?ratitude and praife, Returned ? to attend his latter days. And hov'ring round his reftlefs bed. Spread nightly vifions o'er his head. " Now turn, he cried, to nobler fights. And mark the prowefs of par fights : Behold like whelps of Britifii Lyon, The warriors, Clinton, Vaughan and Tryon, March forth with patriotic joy, . * To ravifh, plunder, burn, deltroy. Great Gen'rals foremoft in the nation. The journeymen of Defolation ! Like Samfon's foxes each affails. Let loofe with firebrands in their tailsj, And fpreads deftruclion more forlorn. Than they did in Philiftine com. And fee in ftames their triumphs rife. Illuming ail the nether fkies, • And ftreaming, like a new Aurora, The weilern Jiemifphere with glory I What: towns in afhes laid confefs Thefe heroes* prowefs andfuccefs [ ; What blacken'd walls, or burning fane, f'or trophies fpread the ruin'd plain ! What females caught in evil hour. By force fubmit to Britifli power. Or plundered Negroes in di fatter Confefs king George their lord and matter | 'Vtfhzt crimfon corfes ftrew their way Till fmoajcing carnage dims the day ! Along * Cllvc In the latter years of his life conceived himfelf perpetually haunted by the ghofts of thofe, vho vcrc the Vi^ims of his British hiimanitjr in the Eaft-Indi^s, xie. I ^6 } Along the (hore for fure redudion They wield their befom of deilru£lioQ» Great Homer likens, in his Ilias, To dogftar bright the fierce Achilles 5 But ne'er beheld in red proceflion. Three dogflars rife in cuniteilation ; Or faw in glooms of cv'ning miily. Such (igns of fiery triplicity. Which far beyond the comet's tail. Portend deftru£bion where they fail. Dh had Great-Britain's godlike fliore. Produced but ten fuch heroes more. They'd fpared the pains and held the ilatioi^i* Of this world's final conflagration, ^ Which w^hen its time comes, at a itand, Would find its work all done t* its hand I Yet tlio* gay hppes our eyes may blefs 5 iti i^nant fate forbids fuccefs ; Like morning dreams our conqueft flies, Diioers'd before the dawn arife." ?! 're Malcolm paus'd ,; when pond'ring long'* Grt f thus gave utterance to rny tongue. * ** Where fhrink in fear our friends ailmay'd. . And all the Tories^ pfomis'd aid, ''' Can none amid thefe fierce alarms AfTift the pow'r of royal arms ?'* ^* In vain, he cried, our king dependS| On promis'd aid of Tory-friends. When our own efforts want fuccefs, ]Friends ever fail as fears increafe. As leaves in blooming verdure wove, In warmth of fummer cloath the grove. But when autumnal frofts arife. Leave bare their trunks to wintry flcies ;. So while your pow'r < n a . Was muffled deep in evening veil : Scarce viliblc in dulky night, Advancing redcoats rofc to fight ; The lengtnenM train in gleaming rows Stole iileiit from their flumbVing foes, Slow moved the baggage and the trainj Like fnail crept noifeicfs o*er the plain; No trembling foldier dared to fpeak, And not a wheel prefum'd to creak. My lccf!cs my new furprize confefs'd, . Till by great Malcolm thus addrefs'd :*' •' Spend not thy wits in vain refearches ; *Tis one of Clintoii*s moonlight marches; From Philadelphia now. retreating, To fave his anxious troops a beating, With hafby ilride he flies in va?n, His rear attacked on Monmouth plain : With various chance the mortal fray Is lengthen 'd to the clofe of dsy, When his tired bands o'ermatch'd vn fighf*/ Are refcued by defcending nighi. ; He forms his camp with vain parade, Till ev'ning*fpreads the world u'ith fiiadc,- Then {lill, like fome endanger'd fpark. Steals ofFon tiptoe in the dark ; Yet writes his king in boaRing tone, How grand he march'd by light of moon, t fee him •, but thou canftnot; proud He leads in front the trembling croi;d, And wifely knows, if danger's near, !TwiU fall the heavieO: on hia rear. H Qi I 90 1 Co on, rrreat Gcn'ral, nor rcp^ard The feoffs of evVry fcribliriff Bard, Who fi'i>r how Gods that fatal night Aideci by miracles your flight. As once they ufed, in Homer s day. To help weak heroes run away ; Tell ho'A^the hours at awful trial, Went back, as erflon Ahaz' dial, Whi]«: Briiifli Jofhua (lay'd the moon,' On Monmouth plains for Ajalon : Heed not tbt ir fneers and gibes fo arch|^ Becaufe (he fet before your march. A fmall miftake, your meaning right. You take her influence for her light j Her influence, which {hall be your guidtf/ And o*er your Gen'ralfhip preiide. Hence ftill (liall teem your empty IkulJ, With vi£i:*ries when the moon's at full. Which by tranfition yet more ftrange, Wpne to defeats beiore the change ; Hence all your movernen's, all your notion^ Shall (leer by like excentric motions, Eciips'd In many a fatal crifis, And dimmed when Walhington arifes. And fee ho v Fate, herfelf turned traitor, Inverts the ainient courfe of nature. And cb<'r.p:e3 manners, tempers, climes. To fuii the i^enius of the times. See Bourbon forms his ^en*rous plan, Firft giiardim of the rights of man. And prompt in firm alliance joins. To aid the Rebels proud defigns. Behold from realms of eaflern day. His fails innumVous fhape their way. In warlike line the billows fv/ecp, And roll the thunders of the deep. S-5i5' T3 C 9< 9 See low in cquino6lial ncies. The Wellem Iflands fall their prize. See Briti(h flags o'ermatch'd in might. Put all their faith in inllant flight, Or broken fquadrons from th* affray, Drag flow their wounded hulks away. Behold his chiefs in daiing fetts, D'£ftaing8, De Grailes and Fayettes, Spread thro* our camps their dread alarms, ^.nd fwell the fears or rebel-arms. Yet ere our empire fink in night, One gleam of hope (hall ftrike the fight 5 As lamps that fail of oil and fire, Colle£t one glimmring to ex -re. Andlo where fouthern llio' 3 extend, Behold our union'd holls <"^ ^, Where Charlcftown views varying beams^ Her turrets gild th' encircling iii'^ams. There by fuperlor might compeli'd, pehold their gallant Lincoln yield. Nor aught the wreaths avail hini now, PluckM from Burgoyne's imperious brow. See furious from the vanquifh'd llrand, Cornwall is leads his mighty band ! The fouthern realms and Georgian (hore Submit and owii the victor's pow'r. Lo funk before his walling way, The Carolinas fall his prey ! In vain embattled hofts of foes Effay in warring ftrife t* oppofe. See (hrinking from his conq'ring eye. The rebel legions fall or fly ; And withering in thefe torrid Ikies, The northern laurel fades and dies. . With rapid force he leads his band ^ To fair Virginia's fated ilrand, Tn\xmph^t % \ \ ■^> \ ^ ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /> ^^ /^i m ^ '/.. ^ 1.0 1.1 Ui|2|i 125 li£ 12.0 lit lit u IL25 III 1.4 HI' I 1.6 ^ \ ^S / y FhotogFaphic ^Sciences CorpoMon ^v •SJ 23 WIST MAir* STMIT VinnSTIR,N.Y. MSM (716)t72-4S03 7 i Before bim went his fun'ral pall, His grave ftood dug to wait his fall. i darted, and aghaft I cried, *^ What means thisfpe6lrc at their fide r "What danger fnom a Pow'r fo vain, And why he joins that fplendid train ?** • ** Alas, great Malcolm cried, experienc«^ Might teach you not to truft appearance. Here (lands, as drcft by fierce Bellona, The ghoft of Continental Money, Of dame Neceflitv defcended, With whom Credulity engendered. Tho' born with conftitution frail, And feeble (Irength that foon mull fail i Yet ftrangely Vers'd in ma^ic lore. And gifted with^transformjng powV. His (kill the wealth Peruvian joins With diamonds of Brazilian mines. As erft Jove fell by fubtle wiles On Danae's apron thro' the tiles, In fliow*rs of gold ; his potent hand Shall flied like lho>y'rs thro' all the land. Lefs great the magic art was reckon'd, Of tallies call by Charles the fecond, Or Law's famed Mifliffipi fchemes. Or all the wealth of 8outhfea dreams. For he of all the world iilone Owns the longfought Philof'pher's fl:one,' Ileftores the ^b'lous. times to view. And proves the tale of Midas true. O'er heaps of rags, he waves his wand. All turn to gold at his command, provide for picfent wants arid future, Raife armies, vi£^ual, clothe, accoutre, Adjourn our conquefls by efToign, Check Howe's advance and take Burgoyne,' Then makes all days of payment vain, And turns all back to rags again. . • N In I 9» J fn vain great Howe fhall play his parj. To ape and counterfeit his art 5 < tn vain (hall Clinton, more belated, A conj'rer turn to imitate it j With like ill luck and pow'r as narrow^ They'll fare, like for'cers of old Pharaoh, Who tho* the art they underftood ' • Of turning rivers into blood, And caus*d' their fro^s and fnakcs t' cxift, That with fomc merit croak*d and hifs'd» Yet ne'er by ev'ry quaint device, ' ' ' Could frame the true Mofaic lice. He for the Whigs his arts fhall try. Their fii-ft, and long theitfolc ally ; A patriot Arnci, while breath he draws^, He*ll periHi In his country's caufe ; ' And when his ma^ic labours ceafe, J^ie buried in ptenlal peace, ' \ ' Now view the fcenes in future hours, That wait the filmed European Pow'rsy See where yon chalky cliffs arife. The hills 01 Britain (Irike your eyes ; Its fmall extenfibn long fupplied, By vaft immenfity of pride j So fmall, that haci it found a ftation In this new world at firft creation, ' Or were by Juflice doom'd to fuffer. And for Its crimes tranfported over, s We'd find full room for't in lake Eri, op That larger waterpond^ Superiior, Where North on margin taking ftand* Would not be able to fpy land. No more, elate with powV, at eafe She deals her infults round the feas ; See dwindling from her height amain, What piles or ruin fpread the plajn'; \ With mould'ring hulks her pofts are fill'd^ Aad bri^mbles clothe the cultur'd field ! Sep See on her cliffs her Genius lies, his handkerchief at both his eyes. With many a deepdrawn figh and groan^ To mourn her ruin and his own ! While joyous Holland, France and Spain, With conqVing naviei rule the main, ' And KufTian banners wide unfurlM, Spread coinmeroe round the eaftern world. And fee (fight hateful and tormenting) ' Th* Amer*can empire proud and vaunting, From anarchy (hall change her crafis, And fix her pow*r on firmer bafis ; To glory, wealth and f^me afcend, Her commerce rife, her realms extend j Where now the panther guards his den. Her def irt forells fwarm with mCn, Her ciiies, tow*rs and columns rife. And dazzling ter/iples meet the fkies ; Her pines defcenciing to the main. In triumph fpread the watry plain, Ride inland lakes with fav'ring gales, ^ And croud her ports with whit nmg fails i Till to the fkirts of weftern day, ' The peopled regions own her fway." Thus tar M'Fingal told his tale, When ^hundring ihouts' bis cars all'ail. And ft rait a 'i ory that flood centry, Aghaft rufliM headlong down the entry, ' And with wild outcry, like magician, DifpersM the refidue of vifion : For now the Whigs in"t»ll*gence found Of Tories muftring und'^r ground. And with rude bangs and loud uproar, *Gan thunder furious at the door. ' The Jights put out, each Tory calls Tp coyer him, on cellar walls, * Creeps lioo 3 Creep* in cacli box, or biiii or tuby 'To hide his head from wrath of mob| Or lurksi where cabbages in row AdornM the fide with verdant (Jiow^,^ M*Finjjal deem'd it vain to (lay., • 'r,\. And riik his bones in fecoVid fray ^ But chofc a errand retreat ^rpm iocs, In litVal fenfe, beneath their. nofe. , The window then, whicTi none clfc kncw^ He foftly open'd and crept thro' , And crawling flow in deadly fear, . , By movements wife made good his* rear. Then fcorning all the faftic of martyr. For Bollon took hfj fwift.departure^ . Nor dar*d look back on fatarfjpot. More than the family df Lot. Not North in more diftrefs'd condition, Outvoted fi^ft by oppoiition : Nor good king George when that dire pha O ^ Independence comes to haunt him. Which hov'ring round by night and day, . Not all lu3 con/fcrs yet can lay. His friends, aTI'embled for his fak^^ * :, ,,, He wifely left in pawn 'at ftakei;» v To tarring, feath ring, kicks and drubs Of furiouaydifappointcd mobs. Arid with^ their forfeit hides to pay Tor h im', , thei r leader, crept away. So when wife Noab fummon'd greeting^ All animals to gen*ral meeting ; From ev'ry.fidc tlie mcmfcers fent- AH kinds of beads to reprefent ;, Each from tj>e flp^d tookvcare tf cmbaik^* And fave his cai-qafe ip tW ark $ j^ut as it fares innate and churehi iicft his conftftuenj? in thfi lurch. . :) ntort^ ■ <-j *;•» 51.. FIN r s. s-^.