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Industrious pirate! see him sweepThe lonely bosom of the deep,And daily the horizon scanFrom Hatteras or Matapan.Be sure, before that pirate’s old,He will have made a pot of gold,And will retire from all his laboursAnd be respected by his neighbours.You also scan your life’s horizonFor all that you can clap your eyes on.
A MARTIAL ELEGY FOR SOME LEAD SOLDIERS
For certain soldiers lately deadOur reverent dirge shall here be said.Them, when their martial leader called,No dread preparative appalled;But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled,I marked them steadfast in the field.Death grimly sided with the foe,And smote each leaden hero low.Proudly they perished one by one:The dread Pea-cannon’s work was done!O not for them the tears we shed,Consigned to their congenial lead;But while unmoved their sleep they take,We mourn for their dear Captain’s sake,For their dear Captain, who shall smartBoth in his pocket and his heart,Who saw his heroes shed their gore,And lacked a shilling to buy more!
THE GRAVER THE PEN:OR, SCENES FROM NATURE, WITHAPPROPRIATE VERSES