The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Oh, then let vict'ry stimulate the chace,
To free from shameful chains the human race;
To drive these pirates from th' insulted waves,
To ope their dungeons to despairing slaves;
To snatch from impious hands, and break the rod
Which erst defac'd the likeness of a God:
Then seize th' occasion, call the furious gales,
Crack bending oars, stretch wide inflated sails;
On rapid wings of wind the tempest bear,
Make death's deep tubes with lurid lightnings glare;
Like evanescent mists dispel their hosts,
And with destruction's besom sweep their coasts!
To free from shameful chains the human race;
To drive these pirates from th' insulted waves,
To ope their dungeons to despairing slaves;
To snatch from impious hands, and break the rod
Which erst defac'd the likeness of a God:
Then seize th' occasion, call the furious gales,
Crack bending oars, stretch wide inflated sails;
On rapid wings of wind the tempest bear,
Make death's deep tubes with lurid lightnings glare;
Like evanescent mists dispel their hosts,
And with destruction's besom sweep their coasts!
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |