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COLUMBIAN. 13

Th' expeared fuccoiirs fafe arrive in port, FhII fraught with implements of deadly fort : The brazen tubes with loud difplodcd roar, Bcllow'd tremendous on the hodile fhore : Dread harbinger of fate! the voice of war! The tyrant's thunder, threatening from afar.

CANTOIW

-I HE Congrefs now, in folemn council fate, Revolv'd each fcheme, and urg'd the clofe debate. Franklin in politics grown old and fage-^ Whofe name adorns the pbiiofophic page! The main-fpring he, to great Columbia's caufe, Mature in svifdom, w^on th' world's applaufe! Randolph harangu'd, and charm'd th'- admiring throng, ^' Gcod fenfe and truth ilow'd from his tuneful tongue. Waihington, for noblefi deeds by heaven delign'd, Ponder'd each fcheme in his capacious mind; Clad in bright arms, he rufh'd into the field, Againft the foe his conquering fword to wield. Jefferson, who pefl'd the glorious plan, Of Independence and the Rights of Man. Adavis, the Cato of our modern days, Perfuafive fpoke, and gain'd deferved praife, Dickinson was fmooth, his thoughts were mucli for peaces Like Lucias fpoke, and wiih'd the war to ceafe : Yet he was prompt at freedom's powerful call, Refolv'd with her to rife, or nobly fall. Kinssyy formodell worth we all revere, — Gadsden the prince of eloquence was there, hivingst{i7iy for pointed wit and jefts fevere i And Qlark^ for biting farcalms we fear, H h