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[A Volunteer Song

A Collection of Pieces in Verse Numbered I.-XI. By Francis Wrangham]

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[THERE are who, corkless, may defy]

THERE are who, corkless, may defy
Old Ocean's wildest roar:
The scoundrel, doom'd by hemp to die,
From shipwreck floats ashore.
So Boney (to his fate in pawn)
May safe reach Britain's strand,
By destiny's strong cable drawn;
But 'tis—to die on land.