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£6 COLUMI3IAD.

Fearlefs of danger, or great TVashhigton, To take them by furprife the chief prepares;^ Each leader anxious, in the danger fiiares : Jud as Aurora ting'd the eullern fky, Columbia's hoft and matchkfs chief drew nigh; In terrors clad, theyrufh'd into the field : Succefs attends—the haughty Britons yield! —

Delufive hope had luU'd the Britifli chief. His foul indir^nant, fcorn'd to yield beliei: Thus far out-witted by an abler hand : lie flariip'd, he ravM, and madden'd round thclaiid He vainly thought the foe an eafy prey; And -watch'd impatient for the break of day : The nightly fires the Britifh hoft deceives. They fure of conqueft, took their wonted eafe : Vainly fecure, and fcorning all furprife. Supine repofe, and clofe their weary eyes. Delufive dreams, weak phantoms of the night, Prefc-nts the foe in wild diforder'd flight! And now furrounded by their puiffint bands, Before therabcnd, and raife their fuppliant hands.

Tbi^s vificns oft the fons of men deceive. And pleafmg dreams the troubled fouls relieve : Bnt no vv when morning rofe, amaz'd they found The foe they fought decamp'd from off the ground! PerpleyJd with doubts, alive tc every fear. Intent they flo^d — and trembled for the rear. Nor Hood thciy long, to camp n foldier came, Vvlihhsiir erect 1 and blazM Columbia's fame.