CGI. U M B I A D.
Burgoync with liaily ftrides aiul proud array,
Through Canada purlu'd his haplefs way.
Led on by thirft of fame, and martial hear,
Scornlnf^farprife, nor dreaming of defeat :
To Sitratoya's plains the warrior canie,
There loii; his army, and there died his fame;
Esch Briton too a deadly wound received;
Their pride was piqu'd, and all their hopes deceiv'd.
An army captur'd 1 — A Britifh army too I—
Iir;polIib!e!— but is it really true?
True as the Gofpel! — Terrible to tell
Ilo-r/ the fain'd lion of Great Britain fell I
ButO, forbear, and fpare her ancient fame,
And clofe the lips at JVolj'i immortal name!
Search all the records of devouring time.
Each dry hiftorian, and each book of rhyme j
Nor will you find that Britons ever wore,
Since Cefir's time, a foreign yoke before.
That day wasfiital to her boundlefs fway,
No more her laws Columbia's fons obey 1
On Freedom's broad eternal bafe they {land.
Nor own the guidance of a foreign land!
The fair inheritance her fons fnall fhare,
And Washington ihall be their polar (lar;
Like him refiltlefs crufli the invading foe.
Or wife in peace, contemn parade and fhow!
Now fay, O niufe 1 what other worthies fonght, And for their country glorious honors bought? Who ilem'dthe torrent of Burgoyne^i career. Who taught the haughty foe at laltto fear!
