LinesOnTheCommemorationOfRodney'sVictory

linesonthecommemorationofrodney'svictory

insteadofasong,boy's,i'llgiveyouatoast;

here'stothememoryofthoseonthetwelfththatwelost!—

thatwelost,didisay?—nay,byheav'n,thatwefound;

fortheirfameitwilllastwhiletheworldgoesround.

thenextinessioni'llgiveyou'stheking!

whoe'erwouldbetrayhim,onhighmayheswing!

andhere'sthegrandfabric,ourfreeconstitution,

asbuiltonthebaseofourgreatrevolution!

andlongerwithpoliticsnottobecramm'd,

beanarchycurs'd,andtyrannydamn'd!

andwhowouldtolibertye'erprovedisloyal,

mayhissonbeahangman—andhehisfirsttrial!