Miscellanies in Prose and Verse By Mrs. Catherine Jemmat |
On General BLAKENEY's Defence of Fort St. PHILIP.
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On General BLAKENEY's Defence of Fort St. PHILIP.
The Gaul, in tactics, long the palm has bore,But now the palm the Gaul shall wear no more;
The conqu'ror's badge shall Blakeney's brows adorn,
And Europe laugh the vapouring foe to scorn:
Blakeney has practis'd more than Blondel thought,
Than Louis thunder'd, or his Vauban taught.
The Irish annals shall sound forth his fame,
And distant ages hail his sacred name.
Whilst Dukes and Princes undistinguish'd die,
Blakeney's immortal deeds shall reach the sky.
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