The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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 | The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys |  |
'Twas then th' undaunted Daytons, sire and son,
With Jersey-blues their diff'rent trophies won:
With these Cadwallader fresh levies brought,
And Dickenson, though Penn's disciple, fought.
Then Huger, Maxwell, Mifflin, Marshalls, Read,
Hasten'd, from States remote, to seize the meed:
Howell's and Davie's swords, 'mid thousand deaths,
The laurels cropt to twine with myrtle wreaths.
While Smallwood, Parsons, Shepherd, Irwin, Hand,
Guest, Weedon, Muhlenburg, leads each his band;
While Thompson, Hogan, Scott, whom adverse stars
Long captur'd held, return to toil in wars;
While Poor and Woodford yield in tents their breath,
Stark rode victorious in the field of death;
The mountains-green, that witness'd first his fame,
From rocks to rocks resounded far the name.
As the tough horn-beam (peering o'er those rocks),
With gnarled grain the riving thunder mocks;
Indignant Allen, manacled in vain,
With soul revolting, bit the British chain.
With Jersey-blues their diff'rent trophies won:
With these Cadwallader fresh levies brought,
And Dickenson, though Penn's disciple, fought.
Then Huger, Maxwell, Mifflin, Marshalls, Read,
Hasten'd, from States remote, to seize the meed:
Howell's and Davie's swords, 'mid thousand deaths,
The laurels cropt to twine with myrtle wreaths.
While Smallwood, Parsons, Shepherd, Irwin, Hand,
Guest, Weedon, Muhlenburg, leads each his band;
While Thompson, Hogan, Scott, whom adverse stars
Long captur'd held, return to toil in wars;
While Poor and Woodford yield in tents their breath,
Stark rode victorious in the field of death;
The mountains-green, that witness'd first his fame,
From rocks to rocks resounded far the name.
As the tough horn-beam (peering o'er those rocks),
With gnarled grain the riving thunder mocks;
Indignant Allen, manacled in vain,
With soul revolting, bit the British chain.
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |