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C O L U M B I A D.

Defp-tl;roated tabes flircharge their pond'rous balls,

Down fall the battlements and {Irong-buiit walls!

Expos'd to view, and now a furer mark,

Thehaplefs Britons dread each latent fpark;

Worn down with toils and harrafs'd out with care^

Wiidum demands the gallant troops to fpare :

Sad facrince for Britifh pride to make!

The precious fruits of blundering North's miflakc.

Longtime they fought, and brave repulsed the foe^

Norfrom hispofta fmgleman would go. *

But now by thoufands prefs'd, by toil worn down,

Cornwallij laRconfents to yield the town :

The unwilling tear drop'd from his half-clos'd eye-,

Kis mighty foul oftheav'd a troubled figh;

The terms were fuch as Lincoln late received,

Wild beyond hope— the vanquifh'd Britons live!

The troops march'd forth opprefs'd with m.ighty woes^

And fallen murmur'd 'midil ten thoufand foes.

Now gentle Peace her downy pinions fpread. And fair Columbia rais'd her lofty head : Moor'd fafe in port, the bark of freedom rides. Firm at the helm great JVashhtgicn prefides; And as a rock deep rooted on the Ihore, Unmov'd he hears the fons of riot roar; Loud bawling patriots when they feek to rife, l^ut curs'd with power prove tyrants in difguife. May heaven in mercy to our infant ftate, Prolong his life, and (lop the courfe of fate 1 Gently then lead him down the vale of life. Free from corroding cares, and anxious (Irlfe j