to theMEMORY OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
Who has not felt exulting rapture's glow
For England's triumph o'er her haughty foe?
Who has not wept for England's gallant train,
The slaughter'd victims of degen'rate Spain?
Of ev'ry aid, of hope itself bereft,
Their firmness and their valor only left,
Let yon ensanguin'd plain their triumph tell;
Too dearly purchas'd—for their leader fell!
For England's triumph o'er her haughty foe?
Who has not wept for England's gallant train,
The slaughter'd victims of degen'rate Spain?
Of ev'ry aid, of hope itself bereft,
Their firmness and their valor only left,
Let yon ensanguin'd plain their triumph tell;
Too dearly purchas'd—for their leader fell!
