A caution; or, Reflections on the present contest between France and Great-Britain.
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A caution; or, Reflections on the present contest between France and Great-Britain.
Author
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
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[Philadelphia] :: Printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, no. 112, Market-Street.,
M,DCCVCVIII. [1798]
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Anglo-French War, 1793-1802.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Songs and music.
United States -- History -- 1797-1801.
Songs.
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ODE, ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
I
BY circling Time in order roll'dThe Years begin—long since foretold,OLD FRAUD, and CRUELTY, and HATELook at the signs—and dread their fate.
Oppression's guilty chiefs alarmedTheir hordes in impious union arm'd,Freedom's brave sons in chains to bind,And blast the hopes of human kind.
II.
Their country's banners then unfurl'd,To combat for a suff'ring worldThose sons the hostile legions sought—Let Alps and Plains tell how they fought▪
Not Salamis,† 1.1 and Marathon,†Mycalè,† and Platèa† won,For the resplendent Grecian nameA title to a fairer fame.* 1.2
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III.
Go on! Go on! heroic bands,And publish to the list'ning landsThe worth of equal rights and laws—The cause of FRANCE is FREEDOM'S cause.Soon shall the branchy olive joinThe laurels that your swords entwine,And well shall teach the blended meeds—PLACE IS ASSUR'D BY GENEROUS DIEDS.
IV.
The prize of valour greatly won,And half the work of glory done;Thy milder virtues, FRANCE, employ,The sources of the purest joy.Let the delighted earth behold,These virtues all their charms unfold;And T••OU, the first of nations, beHUMANE, and JUST, and 〈…〉〈…〉, and GREAT
Notes
† 1.1
The four batties, by which the Liberty of Greece was established.