[Poems by Tompson in] Benjamin Tompson : Colonial Bard | ||
EPITAPHIUM.
GReat, Good, and Just, Valiant, and Wise,New-Englands common Sacrifice:
The Prince of War, the Bond of Love,
A True Heroic Martial Dove:
Pardon I croud his Parts so close,
Which all the World in measure knows.
We envy Death, and well we may,
Who keeps him under Lock and Key.
[Poems by Tompson in] Benjamin Tompson : Colonial Bard | ||