AMERICA INVINCIBLE.
A N
HEROIC POEM;
IN Two
BOOK I. AMERICA afferts an
INDEPENDENCY of GREAT-
BRITAIN. Raifes Troops to
fupport it. A Battle at BUN-
XER-HILL. The AMERI-
CANS gain the Day.
TO
WHICH IS
Books.
ST.
Book II. An Invafion into CA-
NADA is determined upon, in
two different Directions.
JOHN's and MONTREAL are
taken; and QUEBEC form-
ed. MONTGOMERY is flain.
PREFIXE Dj
A concife HISTORY of the Former WARS in
A M
ERIC A.
DEDICATED TO HIS
EXCELLENCY
HORATIO GATES, Efquire.
By an OFFICER of Rank in the CONTINENTAL ARMY.
NUMBER
I.
all published
DANVERS,
PRINTED
near BosTON:
AND SOLD BY E. RUSSELL, AT HIS PRINT
ING-OFFICE, NEXT THE BELL-TAVERN, M,DCC,LXXIX,
1779


To HIS EXCELLENCY
HORATIO GATES.
MAJOR-GENERAL and COMMANDER in Chief
O F
THE
NORTHERN ARMY
O F
THE
UNITED STATES,
THE
FOLLOWING
PRODUCTION
IS DEDICATED
BY
HIS MOST OBEDIENT,
AND HUMBLE SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.


THE
PREFACE.
A great
9
POEM of the Epic kind requires
great ftrength of judgment and ima-
gination; to render it perfect, the fub-
ject fhould be fomewhat ancient the
books entire ; the fcenes not very exten-
five;
and the characters properly diverfi-
fied. The fubject of the prefent Produc-
tion, I own, is modern; but the impor-
tance and interefting circumftances of it,
I hope, will in fome meaſure make up
defect. I have endeavored to make the
fcenes in each book as complete and en-
tire, as the actions would admit; and as
to the characters there needs no apology.
Ιστόνελ som blood)
the
It is near a year fince I began the follow-
ing Work, which has been purfued only at
leifure hours when free from bufinefs. To
follow

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follow the examples of Mafters in this
kind of writing, each book fhould contain
about five or fix hundred lines; but I
chofe rather to conform to the circum-
ftances of the fubjects. That the mind
might be prepared for the Work, a Con-
cife HISTORY is prefixed, that may ferve
to give an idea of the rifing greatness of
AMERICA; which Performance the Rea-
der will confider as a diftinct Piece.
Fuftion and bumbaft I have endeavored
to guard againft, and have let looſe to high
painting chiefly in defperate and ftriking
actions. Two books only are at prefent
offered to view; The actions at TRENTON,
SARATOGA, &c. will be expofed at a fuit-
able time, if what is now exhibited to
light fhould meet a favorable reception
in the world.
AMERICA, Aug. 1778.

A
CONCISE HISTORY, &c.
N former ages view a Grecian Bard,
I'S
Singing in matchlefs ftrains of deeds unheard,
While filent envy wonders at the plan,
His Epic beams to grace the acts of man:
The world's great Heroes there their arts difplay, 5
Blaze forth in arms, and glitter on the day:
As when an Ajax thunders o'er the main,
And when Achilles' wrath like lightnings flame;
Neftor experienc'd counfel to impart,
Ulyffes winding in the maze of art.
IO
Do we feek thofe whom prudence has adorn'd,
Do we feek thofe whom wifdom has enthron'd:
Or thofe who bend to nature's kind defires,
Whom each juft paffion of the heart infpires a
Or thoſe whofe ftrength the Hydra's power
difdain'd,
15
And land and fea with blood of thouſands ftain'd
In vaft renown they all refplendent beam,
In Homer's fubject, and in Virgil's theme.
BUT

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BUT how can deeds now rufting in the page,
Thus gain the praife and wonder of our age? 20
Let nobler fubjects grace our modern lays,
And modern fubjects fhine in nobler praife.
Behold this land, too late the feat of beafts,
The difmal cottage; and infernal feafts-
A trackleſs way where Pagans us'd to roam,
Where howling noifes echo'd thro' the gloom :
Where truth and juftice fhun'd the open day,
To jealous ftrength and envious zeal a prey.
A great decree that look'd thro' nature's maze,
Wrought out the plan, and time brought forth
the praife:
30
A Goddefs fent from yonder realms of light,
Parent of Freedom, confcience' great delight,
Prepar'd a way for nations yet unheard,
In manners polifh'd, and in arts rever'd.
25
GREAT Albion's fons, who fcorn'd to fear
their laws, 35
Or worship Tyrants with divine applaufe,
Witnefs'd, as Martyrs, with their dying blood,
Their claim was Freedom, and their caufe of GOD.
Still ufurpation rag'd without restraint,
And pitying juftice made its vain complaint; 40
'Till

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'Till fome refolv'd with zeal and virtuous care,
To leave the eaftern for the weſtern ſphere.
For Liberty they left their native plain,
Plowing the waves, they dar'd the raging main,
To feek this land where wildeft horrors rofe, 45
And favage Indians were their ruthlefs foes.
THRICE fifty years the golden fun has roll'd,
Since fam'd Columbia's fons, e'er uncontrol'd,
Firft beat the thicket with unweari'd pain,
Subdu'd the foil the earneft of their gain.
Oft has my mind look'd thro' the facred page,
To the first period of the Roman age
50
In lawless fancy we may fee them war
With Savages that thicken'd from afar :
Vanquish'd their power, fpread conqueft o'er
the land, 55
And gently bow'd them to their mild command.
Juft as fair Afia bloom'd on Europe's coaft,
And Trojan forces drove the Latian hoft :
So we may fee Great-Britain's glory rife
In a new world, beneath thefe weftern fkies;
While potent arms fubdu'd a favage race,
In manners rough, unfeeling of difgrace.
B
IN
60

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IN martial ftrains fain would I now relate
The fmiles of fortune and the frowns of fate,
While armies clafh and warlike thunders found 65
From Georgia's fands, to fair Canadia's ground.
THE bloody Abnequi and Piquot's * tribes,
Inflam'd with rage, ftalking with horrid ftrides,
Roam'd through the northern lands, until at length
New-England's valor crufh'd their favage ftrength.
Thus in the fouth the rueful Pagan fhook
His horrid lance, lefs horrid than his look;
Till Carolina's and Virginia's arm
Oppos'd with vigor the impending harm.
71
OUR Anceſtors were now fecur'd in peace, 75
While conqueft gave renown and gentle eafe;
When pale Britannia's ghoft fhook o'er this land
A Tyrant's rod, the cruel James's hand!
Then was a North array'd in pomp of ftate,
(From whom deriv'd the North of modern date) 80
To be a fcourge to a fucceeding age;
His life defpis'd, and blacken'd in the page.
But, while America was thus oppreft,
Her freedom failing, the defpair'd of reft;
Kind
The Indians that formerly lived in and rear New England
+Miniller in James's reign.

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85
Kind fate reduc'd a Tyrant's mighty fway
By a brave * PATRIOT, blooming on the day.
Our altars then with facrifices blaz'd :
While endless trains thro' all the temples prais'd
Zion's high KING; by whofe propitious hand,
They might enjoy the bounties of the land. 90
O happy time! New-Albion now revives,
Quaffs deep in pleafure, and in freedom lives.
BUT, as the Sun, array'd in glory bright,
Darts through the clouds the red'ning ftreams
:base of light,
Before his eaftern courfe has reach'd the plain, 95
Or beam'd his grandeur o'er the azure main :
Thus did our ancient deeds reflect their rays;
But were obfcur'd by a fuperior blaze.
For greater fcenes we then will tune our fong,
And view new fubjects rifing in a throng.
O'ER Europe mars extended lawleſs fway,
From the great Baltic to the middle fea
In hoftile arms, and defolations wide,
Sweeping the nations like a roaring tide:
100
When
King WILLIAM III.

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When to Eugenio with a Marlbro' join'd, 105
Heaven dar'd intruft the caufe of human-kind.
Then firft the crown of France began to awe,
And by its artful wiles had given law
To thefe domains-but, lo! our Fathers rofe,
Invade New-Scotland, and fubdue their foes. ΠΙΟ
Infpir'd with vigor their defponding hearts,
Arm'd them with courage, and reviv'd their arts;
In hopes of future fafety, fee them fly
To arms: They'll conquer Canada, or die.
With this defign were weighty counfels plan'd; 115
Each ftep review'd, and ev'ry motive fcan'd:
'Till wisdom clos'd the plan, and gave command,
That armed force fhould travel o'er the land:
While others with their fleet fhould fcour the main,
Along St. Laurence to Quebec's domain-
Yet ill fuccefs attended all their ways;
Nor did they gain their long expected praife,
But great difgrace enfu'd their toil and pain,
With much expence and labor ſpent in vain.
See thoſe baſe Leaders deaf to trump of fame; 125
(Who then perform'd what cowards juftly claim)
When the great Gaul in glory ftalk'd around;
Difdain'd their ftrength o'er fam'd Canadia's ground.
FROM
120

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FROM that great period none could e'er behold,
(While years on years in long fucceffion roll'd) 130
Thofe hoftile acts, that dy'd Columbia's foil,
But quiet eafe, inftead of martial toil.
Near thirty annual circuits Phoebus ran,
When Mars his active fcenes again began;
When Britain's glory glitter'd from afar
With pow'r, and grandeur, and with arts of war.
135
In vain fhould I attempt here to rehearſe
In lines heroic, or in Epic verfe,
The num'rous deeds, that fwell the pomp of fame,
To raiſe the Patriot's and the Hero's name.
Their matchlefs fcenes in diff'rent acts difplay'd,
From north to fouth our hofts their hofts invade.
140
SAY where the fplendor firft began to fhine,
In northern, fouthern, or the middle clime ?
Where did the blooming Hero first arife, 145
To found in arms unrival'd for the prize?
Virginia hears! Virginia claims the fame ;
For there began the lamp of war to flame.
O'er hills and woods th' intrepid fons of war
Oppos'd the Gauls that threaten'd from afar. 150
There fhone the youth adorn'd with heavenly fkill,
And with each virtue that the foul can fill-
His

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His name rever'd! great WASHINGTON I fing,
Decreed by fate in future deeds to ring.
His glory bloom'd while Braddock left the light, 155
Spurn'd by the Pagans to the fhades of night.
On that pale day, near proud Ohio's ftreams,
What numbers flaughter'd! O what dying fcreams!
Thouſands of limbs there fed the beafts that roam
Their whiten'd bones now glitt'ring in the fun. 160
'Twas this that rous'd the foul with godlike fire,
And arm'd the Britons with their ancient ire :
Call'd forth their virtues to oppofe the foe
In after ills, and fcenes of urging woe.
164
HEAV'N firft propos'd and fate obey'd command,
That hoftile gloom ſhould fhade the northern land.
View fhips on fhips then plowing in the waves.;
Each adverfe youth the murm'ring danger braves.
How Bofcawen's pow'r then ftrided on the main :
And Wolfe and Amberft lorded on the plain! 170
For Louifbourgh the great defign was fram'd,
For this their ſtrength, for this their courage arm'd
With fourteen thousand there our Leaders fteer'd;
And near the bafon the vaft fleet appear'd:
While foes incenfate plac'd the cannon round; 175
Oppofe our troops from lighting on the ground.
Here

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Here Wolfe the brave, in fpite of hoftile band,
Plows thro' the furf, and num'rous forces land.
Batteries are form'd, and thund'ring cannons roar ;
Both land and fea are ftain'd with human gore. 180
For thee, fair Louifbourgh, to yield a prey,
Heav'n e'er decreed before the folar day,
Thus fell the city by our bold alarms,
A place of commerce and the pride of arms.
No fate like this adorn'd our weftern deeds, 185
Where Lake Champlain from George's Lake proceeds.
But there an Abercrombie's fell defire
Urg'd on his ruin with an artless fire.
And as the boar, that rages far around,
That feeks for plunder, foaming o'er the ground, 190
Leaves all its prey, and haftens from the plains,
Graz'd by an Indian dart along it's reins :
Thus, fcarce our Hero felt the hoftile pow'r,
But fwiftly fle'd to George's fouthern fhore.
DISGRACE apart. The next fucceeding year 195
(When two triumphant Leaders did appear)
With wonder view: how Amberft fcours the lakes!
The foes he conquers, and the forts he takes,
Our deeds procure what e'er we lack'd of fame,
Feats for our loffes, honor for our fhame.
200
Amberft

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Amberft was now to join with all his force
The troops of Wolfe in fwift St. Laurence' courfe :
But long delay prevented what was plan'd
And Wolfe alone must fight the hoftile band.
Here the bright lamp of truth with pomp
difclos'd
205
What dangers and what legions he oppos'd;
To take poffeffion of the neighb'ring plain,
And ftorm Quebec with all it's awful train.
This weighty fcheme infpir'd his copious mind,
For fame and conqueft by his GoD defign'd: 210
And tho' the bloom of fummer now was o'er,
He fpread his conqueft round Canadia's fhore.
215
ALONG the banks the rocky heights impend,
Impervious ways th' oppofing troops defend.
Thence by delufion he decoy'd the foe,
Blind to his art, referv'd for future woe:
For, when the fable veil of night was fpread
With gloomy darkneſs o'er each mortals head,
Up, by a tracklefs path, he led his train
To Abram's heigths; and marshal'd on the
plain. 220
And now the fun juft beaming glory round
The eaſtern morn, and glitter'd o'er the ground,
When

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When lo! what fcenes, what fhocking fcenes
appear!
The foes affrighten'd, as our Chief draws near.
The warlike legions fhine in grand array: 225
And fate hangs trembling on that awful day.
Now cannons roar, and thunders burft the ſky ;
And whistling balls fpread havock as they fly,
The fun is hid by fmoaking darkness' round,
And blood in torrents ftreams along the ground. 230
O, tell me now, what difmal groans arife!
Here dying fhrieks-and yonder female cries.
Monkton was wounded, Wolfe was roll'd in night:
Who pafs'd the gloom to realms of endless light.
Fame! thou great meffenger of endless days, 235
Tell the fucceeding years our Hero's praife:
For then a radiant glory deck'd his face ;
Dying, he fmil'd in conquefts fair embrace !
Then did the foes within the walls repair,
While Britons triumph'd in the field of war. 240
The three first Chiefs were of the vanquifh'd flain,
And did Montcalm then fall upon the plain ?
Brave man!A prey for worms to feed !
Oft has the mind furvey'd his valiant deed:
And feign'd the dauntlefs wolf that roams the land,
And lords it o'er the Herdfman's tender band;
C
244
'Till

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'Till the fierce bull applies his ftrength around,
And beats him wounded gafping on the ground.
WHAT now remains, but to conclude the tale
Of the laft war, where ſcenes cou'd find no vail ? 2go.
But not enough. Our virtue ftill did fhine
In diftant land, towards the fouthern fign:
And where the circling line is made to roll
As far from fouth as from the northern pole,
Cuba is fix'd-the pride of Indian feas,
255
Renown'd for ftrength, for riches, and for eafe.
There reigns Havannah, queen; the feat of gain,
Near a large bafon by the thund'ring main.
For this our country's youth, by war's alarms,
Brav'd the deep ocean with their founding arms:260
For this they war'd and fuffer'd ev'ry pain,
While the brave Pocock marfhal'd on the main.
And did the powerful fortrefs yield? And cou'd
Our Heroes triumph where the vanquifh'd ftood?
The city falls, and hides beneath our creft,, 265
Admires! then weeps at virtues in our breaft.
AME

AMERICA INVINCIBLE.
BOOK I.
AMERICA afferts an INDEPENDENCY of
GREAT-BRITAIN. Raifes Troops to Jup-
port it.
A Battle at Bunker's-Hill.
AMERICANS gain the Day.
The
ARMS, and the Man, in humble ſtrains I
found,
Whofe righteous deeds thro'out the land refound;
Who from the Senate gain'd the laurel'd praife,
And god-like fhines in thefe defpotic days.
WITH caution fean the diftant date of times, 5
Sulli'd with vice and tarnish'd o'er with crimes;
From ancient Era thro' fucceeding years,
Were bafely rent the eaft and weftern fpheres.
Affyria

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10
15
Affyria rolling in luxurious peace,
Fofter'd oppreffion that proceeds with eafe,
From land to land transfufing deadly force,
Beyond the Indies to the Danube's fource :
So on the marshy banks of fwelling Nile,
The mould'ring carcafe of the crocodile
Infefts the air with an envenom'd fmell,
While tides on tides in quick fucceffion fwell.
Britain's in awe, and totters from her bafe,
While blooming Freedom feems to claim the place,
Where free born fons, now confcious of their right,
Rous'd to fupport its juftice with delight;
Who form'd young Senates with their tender laws,
And call'd new Gatos to their Country's caufe:
For while the Tyrant fcorn'd a virtuous claim,
And arm'd his legions to oppofe the fame,
A gen'rous warmth fpread thro' their minds
ferene,
25
In prudence firm, not diffident nor mean;
As when a Greece defpis'd a Perfia's boaft,
And with their zeal repuls'd th' invading hoft.
20
O SACRED mufe! in ftarry realms rever'd,
To join in feeble fong thy ftrains unheard; 30
Whom

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Whom eaſtern Bards ador'd in tender lays,
Nor call'd in vain for you to guide their
ways;
O thou! whofe pow'r, as Aramanthine drops,
Gently diftills along Parnaffus' tops,
35
Fill all my foul with thy celeftial fire.
To tell the wonders that in deeds confpire.
And, as the oak, that waves its head around,
Whiftles the eddies circling o'er the ground,
So fhall my fong found thy immortal name,
Mark'd in the page immortal as thy fame. 40
THE filent Patriot views with juft furprize
New fcenes of glory in a CONGRESS rife s
To whom intrufted with the care of States
All bend attentive in their firft debates;
For whom the task to trace the winding
courfe
45
Of Freedom oozing from its cryftal fource.
THEIR ripen'd counfels into edicts fhine,
And paint the Statefman through the whole
defign:
That

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That each encircling State fhou'd make its laws,
And raife its Heroes to fupport the caufe; 50
That SULLIVAN the Hampshire forces fway,
And THOMAS Majachusetts arms difplay;
That from Rhode-Ifland GREEN fhould lead the
band,
While in Connecticut the joint command
Fell to a SPENCER's and a WORSTER'S
care;
55
And thofe on Hudfon to MONTGOMERY'S
fhare.
In former days with martial courage fill'd,
To wield the fword was GATES divinely fkill'd;
Important was his lot among the troops,
To give affiftance and confirm their hopes.
Three, being ordain'd, the general orders held
To regulate the conduct of the field:
60.
A LEE, on enterprizing fcenes. intent,
His genius pure, European his defcent,
And prudent WARD, with the bold PUTNAM
join'd,
65
Who to their Country all their care confin'd.
Confpicuous then o'er all a Chief was plac'd,
Whofe various actions proper virtues grac'd,
And

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And WASHINGTON adorn'd with private eafe,
With all his riches and domeftic peace, 70
Now left Virginia 'midft the rifing States,
And firft inhabited, as fame relates,
To lead the num'rous train against the hofts,
And gain fair Freedom, and reftrain their boafts:
ALONG the western fhore on
Bay, 75
on Bofton's
From diff'rent quarters join'd, the forces lay :
Their Leaders now parade them on the field,
And all attentive to their mandates yield.
A part were pofted on the rifing ground,
That on the north o'erlooks the country
round;
80
While on the eaft a confin'd ftrait oppos'd,
And British troops beyond were well difpos'd:
And fome were plac'd along on Cambridge Plain,
To watch their motions from the neighb'ring
main ;
When on the fouth the reft affum'd their
poſts,
85
To guard around the ftations of the hofts.
The

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The work went on with emulated zeal,
And various movements for the public weal
Trenches were made, and batt'ries rais'd along,
every part with
part with
And every
ftrong. 90
guards
encompass'd
The adverfe troops poffefs'd their ground fecure,
While nought remain'd but the decifive hour.
Gage and his Leaders long their counfels weigh'd,
And order'd all his troops to be array'd.
Compos'd of Heroes bold, a chofen band, 95
Were join'd with Howe, who had the chief
command,
To force their way and gain a paffage o'er,
To take the field upon the neighb'ring fhore,
The valiant Chief intent on great defigns,
Then fteer'd his courfe to gain the land that
joins
100
A little eaft to Bunker's rifing ground,
And with his party hail'd the martial found.
The fign was giv'n with yonder hoft to cope,
When courage mixed with their rifing hope:
And now the time arriv'd to prove their
right,
105
As dubious fate hung trembling on the fight.
IN

[ 25 ]
IN folemn pomp they all purfu'd their way
To gain the height where their oppofers lay,
And nearly now fucceeded in their aim,
When the grim battle mixed on the plain. 110
Difgorged balls in thicken'd tempefts fly
And noife of cannon ecchoes thro' the fky.
The hills attentive-then repeat the founds,
And the blood gufles from a thousand wounds.
The Britons thrice retreat, and thrice return, 115
And in th' attack with martial fury burn:
But not their art with all their courage join'd;
Not all their grandeur curiously refin'd;
Not Charlestown's flame that fpiring high arofe;
Nor all the fmoke that aided to oppofe; 120
Could thake the firmnefs of COLUMBIA'S
Band,
To yield fubmiffive the adjacent land.
HEAV'N pois'd the fight with equal balance
long,
As 'twas with Greece in the Maonian fong.
Many the Chiefs who left the realms of day, 125
And to the jaws of death refign'd a prey:
D
Among

26 ]
Among that number, firft a WARREN's lot,
WARREN the Hero, Statefman, Patriot :
Among the Britons, Pitcarn fhar'd his fate,
Who wish'd for conqueft 'till it was too late. 130
on
WE'VE heard how ftorms from diff'rent parts
engage,
And o'er the Cafpian airy conflicts wage.
At first, the clouds in gentle order roll,
mud
At length, the thunders ring from pole to
pole :
Clouds mix with clouds, and ftorms with. ftorms
11 confpire, 135
And light'nings brandish in the darken'd air
Until their mutual force had all decay'd,
When calm ferene around the Heav'ns array'd.
Thus perfever'd the troops, and thus engag'd,
And thus the heat of battle was affuag'd: 140
b'ngiler dissb to sws
AME-

AMERICA INVINCIBLE.
20
bre
BOOK II.
An Invafion into Canada is determined upon in
en
two different Directions. St. John's and
Montreal are taken; and Quebec formed.
MONTGOMERY is flain.
A
Placid eafe thro'out the camp prevail'd,
While all, great WASHINGTON as Lea-
der, hail'd.
The righteous Hero, bent on deep defigns,
To meditation long his foul refigns:
At length the Senate of his Chiefs convene ; A 5
To whom he fpeaks, and opens thus the fcene:
"OUR's is the talk to lead th' intrepid
UO "band,
"And vindicate the Freedom of the land.
edmie
"See

[ 28 ]
See how the foes, by all their vig'rous aim,
"Have gain'd but Bunker to adorn their
" fame :
10
"Health thro' the camp, and fortitude of foul,
66
Infpire our troops difdainful of controul.
"Let us be firm, not rafh nor impotent,
"To guard the rights of this vaft Continent.
"Our armed legions well fecure the coafts, 15
"And terror awes the weſtern Pagan hofts;
"But in the north th' unpolifh'd race refide,
"Who bafely yield to Britain's lawlefs pride :
"Led blindly on to interrupt our weal
By threats of tyrants, and by prieftly zeal, 20
"The tawny Savage, and the Gallic band,
66
May pass the lakes and penetrate our land :
"Wiſdom invites this Senate to prepare,
"And make Canadia's land the feat of war.
"Shou'd forces now be rais'd without delay, 25
And to that northern clime direct their way,
"A calm ferene might footh the Peafant's mind,
"From harm fecure, and to his toil refign'd.
"Cou'd we but once pervade that rueful land,
"We might redeem the virtuous by our
" hand;
30
Shake

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"Shake the proud tyrant with his cringing train,
"Reduce his grandeur, and our caufe maintain.
"Some active Hero with undaunted mind, baA
"With fenfe pervading, and with ſkill refin'd,
"Will undertake the dang'rous enterprize, 35
"Who in achievements as a Chief outvies :
"Perhaps MONTGOM'RY's worth deferves the
66
choice,
"And well may merit our united voice."
En AD
THE Senate of the Chiefs attentive heard,
Who with applaufe unanimous appear'd.
40
MONTGOM'RY, warm'd with patriotic zeal,
Confented only for the public weal. og bak
At first he waver'd and his mind recoil'd,
But then reflected how Rinaldo toil'd:
At length he hazards all in dangerous fate, 45
For the rewards that virtuous deeds await.
O'er full three thoufand acting in command,
What e'er was ufeful he with wifdom plan'd..
All now prepar'd; he view'd thofe pleafing trains
Of pleaſures, free from interrupting pains; 50
610 odw
w bris bebojsh
Thofe
20
One of the principal Heroes in Tao's Jerufalem delivered.

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Thofe fcenes of friendship and domeftic peace,
His tender offspring and the lap of eafe.
And for his Confort then renew'd his care,
And thus addrefs'd her mov'd with anxious fear.
"In equal fhares we fpend connubial life, 55
"Unmix'd with rancor or the gall of ftrife
"While fragrant gardens and the winding
"ftreams,
BRA
<< And meadows blooming in the funny beams,
Impreft remain the emblems of our love,
CC
"And filent whiſper to the neighb'ring grove. 60
"But now no more-why fhou'd we dream of
"eafe
And pleafures that reciprocally pleafe.
" Hence I muft fly and face the northern bear,
"To the Canadian land, where tyrants rear
"Their haughty fceptre in oppreffion's caufe, 65
"To trample juftice and infult our laws.
66
My Country calls to arm against their might,
"And war for Freedom confcious of her right."
HE faid; when fhe, ne'er ill-difguis'd by art,
Appear'd dejected and with penfive heart; 70
soll Isqaning lad to
And

[ 3 ]
And while emotions ftrove within her breaft,
With plaintive foftnefs him the thus addrefs'd:
66
And can you bid farewell to charming eafe,
Conjugal fweetnefs, and the fcenes that pleaſe!
Or will you leave me here alone to spend 75
busto,
bom od W
My days in fadnefs, abfent from my Friend?
"Our tender Son has juft began to know,
"How rich the treaſures that from virtue flow :
"Where will he have a pattern to parfue, W
**So juft an emblem as appears in You. 1980
I feign how founding cannons pierce my ears,
"And of my flaughter'd Friend the fhade
appears."
once
Thus melting faid: To whom he then repli'd:
"The fun may once in annual circuit glide,
"Before the trump of fame my deeds fhall
"found, 85
66
66
And Freedom bloffom on Canadia's ground.
Then you will more rejoice when I return,
My life thus refcu'd from the fatal urn.
Difpel thofe cares that fluctuate thy breaft,
"While Heav'n commands, on his appointments
66
66
66
reft.
90
DIA
But now adieu !-let us once more embrace;
And when apart our mutual virtues trace."
39
Thus

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Thus fpake: Encircling with his gentle arms,
He feals her lips, and foft affection warms.
WITHOUT delay the troops obey'd
command, 95 onbei av 5
Who mov'd in order to the hoftile land.
The fun had now declin'd to Virgo's fign,
When fwains to Ceres their firft fruits refign)
Near to St. John's they then affum'd the ground,
A marfhy foil, and level far around.
b'ishdgmil
100
'MEANTIME was ARNOLD with his chofen
:bulget,ad od morw o hist guilem 50
Band,
A Race renown'd in the United Land,
Infpir'd with deeds immortaliz'd to fame,
As well the victors emulated name.
The plan was fix'd for them to take the
courfe,
105's al
Along the eastern main unto the fource
M
Of the refounding ftreams of Kennebec ;
From thence thro' defarts to the fair Quebec.
As did Amilcar's fon with deathless rage and
Against the Romans furious conflicts wage; 110
T
As

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As the brave youths with Carthaginian ftrength
Through woods and forefts pafs'd Hifperia's length;
Who crofs'd the fnowy Alps, and try'd their fate
E'en thro' Campania to the Roman gate :
So did thefe troops endure fatigue and toil, 115
Until they gain'd the long expected foil.
But as Quebec was on th' oppofing fhore:
As boats were wanting for a paffage o'er ;
The lofty city being compafs'd round,
The foes defy'd them on the neighb'ring ground.
Prefumpt'ous then to hazard all their force,
To welcome danger and to fall of courfe !
119
BUT NOW MONTGOM'RY's prudent art prepar'd
The batt'ries that about St. John's appear'd.
The fort at firft all proffer'd terms difdain'd, 125
A lengthen'd fiege was, therefore, well maintain'd;
While through two figns the fun had roll'd away,
Being ftrongly coop'd without affiftance lay,
At length with famine and with labor prefs'd,
For terms of peace MONTGOM'RY they addrefs'd :
Yielded as prif'ners, with their all refign'd, 131
In the United Land to be confin'd.
Scarce had the news of this reach'd Carlton's ears,
When he, imprefs'd with perturbating fears,
E
Anxious

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135
W
Anxious revolv'd on his precarious ftate,
And the revesfe of fluctuating fate gow
How vaft confufion threaten'd all for loft,
His Province b'ing infefted by the hoft.
E'er long he found the hoftile band approach'd,.
And on St. Laurence with their arms incroach'd.
For him his pow'r and grandeur then to quit, 141
And to an unrefifting law fubmit,
Might feem to tarnish o'er that noble mind,
no pot ed
Which in his fphere confpicuoufly thin'd:
Rather than this he chofe a fecret flight; 145
And pafs'd the inattentive guards by night,
In a fmall fkiff along St. Laurence' courfe,
In filence wafted by it's gentle force.
Th' Americans enfur'd by what was done,
Poffefs'd the Country gloriously won.
150
At Montreal the troops were chiefly plac'd,
Whofe former deeds fucceeding pleaſures grac'd:
The magazine and arms being fafely gained,
With all the public ftore to them remain'd.
BUT when their fpirits were reviv'd by
reft, A55 o awan si: 55
New hopes of glory animate their breaft:
MONT-

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MONTGOM'RY's counfels thus divinely laid,
His orders were fubmiffively obey'd:
Purſuant then th' dauntless youths prepare,
160
165
And follow on to where the Britons are.
Quebec now ftrikes their view, fo fam'd of old
For fcenes of war, as are in ſtory told.
Scarcely a city in the modern age,
So well fecured from the hoftile rage;
High on a point of land fublimely fix'd,
Where are two rivers by their conflux mix'd:
From ftream to ftream a circling wall is rear'd,
Not thofe of Thebes or Troy to be compar'd.
The troops poffefs th' adjacent country round,
And fpread their tents upon the neighb'ring
ground.
170
Here ARNOLD, joining his intrepid Band,
Who next MONTGOM'RY ranked in command;
Who prudently their fortreffes difpos'd,
T'attack the city near to them oppos'd.
A rugged fiege diftrefs'd the adverfe place, 175
With all the danger of a harden'd race;
But yet, the hoftile force fecurely lay,
As various plenty favor'd their delay.
NIGH

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NIGH to the fouthern fign of Capricorn
The fervid chariot of the fun was borne; 180
When horrid froft, that damps the martial fire,
Imail'd the earth, congeal'd the nitrous air.
MONTGOM'RY then perceiv'd the fiege was vain,
While ill fuccefs wou'd that projection ftain.
A defp'rate fcheme with animated mind, 185
He now to ARNOLD'S counfel thus refign'd.
"WHAT have we gain'd," fays he, " by
" our delay,
"By fleepless nights, and with our toils by day?
"No profpect that the city e'er will yield,
"Or foe engage us in the open field : 190
"Nor can our fpirits brook a bafe return,
"For fools to laugh, and for the wife to fpurn.
"Our troops, tho' few, are harden'd for the
"fight,
"To face all danger with redoubled might.
"With fouls united, and with fecret pace,
195
"We'll mount the wall, and take the filent
66
place:
Shou'd we fucceed, fuccefs our toil will crown;
"Or fhou'd we fall, we fall in great renown."
THUS

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THUS he propos'd the meaſure he had laid,
To whom the Warrior in concurrence faid; 200
64
"IN this event I'll rifk eternal eafe,
For fuch allotments as the fates may pleafe :
My foldiers will rejoice at what is plan'd,
Inur'd to hazard thro' the defart land."
205
THE period fixed for the enterprize,
Before the fparkling beams of light fhou'd rife,
The meffengers of the approaching fun
Op'ning the fcenes and labors that are done,
On that fame night a fadden'd gloom was ſpread
O'er all the Leaders with unufual dread : 210
And tho' at length repofe their cares diffolv'd,
Th' approaching act MONTGOMERY revolv'd.
He paints the fatal dangers in his breaft, T
While fcenes of woe anticipate his reft W
He turns his thoughts to that preceeding
215
deed,
When Warriors fought and on the plain did bleed;
How Wolfe refign'd his life, fo much renown'd,
And how Montcalm there fell upon the ground.
Such

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Such views as thefe call'd forth his gen'rous love
Of glory, that thefe dang'rous labors prove: 220
No hoftile arm to antedate his doom,
And nought but fate condemn him to the tomb.
THE time now urged on this great event,
As thro' the camps his preffing mandates went :
The Heroes rofe, and courage fwelling high, 225
For fake of conqueft cou'd e'en wish to die.
In thicken'd fnow, while rapid tempefts fly,
Largely emitted from the nitrous fky,
In piercing cold, and the nocturnal gloom,
The men prepar'd, intentive on their doom. 230
A grand detachment from the corps was made,
To país with ARNOLD o'er the palifade
Into the city, on the northern fide,
Lying contig'ous to St. Charles's tide
234
To meet within the walls MONTGOM'RY's Band,
Which were to enter from the weſtern land.
In the mean while MONTGOM'RY led his train
Along St. Laurence on the filent plain :
Near to the firft redoubt he gain'd the ground;
But now fupprefs'd his pace; and view'd a-
borong round
249
His

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His fcatter'd troops, then loitering behind;
To whom he fpake with an undaunted mind.
"FEAR not, my Friends, to hazard dubious fate
"For all thofe glories that e'er long await.
"None, but the bafe, will even dare to fly ; 245
"None, but the brave, had rather nobly die.
"You, that are valiant, follow as I lead
"Ours is the conqueft, or for us to bleed:
"We'll ne'er difdain with Heav'n to truft our
"caufe,
"And from our Country to derive applaufe." 250
255
SUCH words as thefe infpir'd his finking troops,
Revived with invigorating hopes.
But, confcious of the plan, the foes, alarm'd,
Manned the poft with their artill'ry arm'd,
At an interior fortrefs ftrongly laid,
From whence the cannon o'er the paffage play'd.
Juft to this place the Hero had attain'd,
The only way where entrance cou'd be gain'd:
He paus'd a moment, and delay'd his pace
When fatal dangers ftar'd him in the face;
260
Yet

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Yet now too far, the enterprize to yield,
Rightly affur'd the city wou'd be held,
Cou'd he but pafs the narrow mift of woes.
Fill'd with the unremitting zeal of foes
He then proceeds; and calmly meets his fate, 265
By much more happy, had it been more late.
MONTGOM'RY fell-and with him alfo dy'd
The brave MAC'PHERSON, falling by his fide.
As the bold lion in Arabia's land
Stalks thro' the country in the defart fand; 270
At whofe approach the fhudd'ring beafts retire,
Struck by the prefence of his awful ire;
When he by chance b'ing at a diftance fpy'd,
By a Barbarian, that, with ftrength appli'd,"
And aim unerring fends his whizzing dart,
Which, thro' his ribs, pervades his fwelling heart:
Juft fo this Chief march'd thro' Canadia's plain
And fo at length, by fate decreed, was flain.
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