Then JEFFERIES be silent, for faith you had need, Since you and your colleagues committed those crimes Which sullied your master, caused thousands to bleed, And call'd for an ORANGE to cool those hot times; Like his mind we suppose, His Majesty's nose Truly Roman, his creed tho' is tout antre chose, As you'll find when he gloriously comes to entwine The emblems of UNION with LIBERTY's shrine. One fifth of November, a gunpowder plot When freedom her ensign unfurl'd in Torbay; Our laws ne'er shall vary, Cried Britons, when welcoming WILLIAM and Who landed the Olive and Myrtle to twine, With emblems of UNION round LIBERTY's shrine, Then Then ne'er may the fruit of that landing be lost, And long may Britannia with gratitude own, The views of her enemies ne'er were so crost, As when WILLIAM and MARY ascended the throne. May the throne long endure, And it's virtues ensure That union which only these realms can secure, While the Sham'rock, the Rose, and the Thistle, entwine, Peace, Commerce, and Plenty, round LIBERTY'S shrine. Aided by France, the self-expelling King With mingled clang of arms round Erin's coast. Towns* won and lost precede the eventful day, Which well she husbanded, the regal sway, Kilmore, Coleraine, Inniskilling, Londonderry, &c. &c. were beseiged by one or both parties, and desperately contested. The The crown'd opponents meeting either side, Was pledged for WILLIAM with the foe to treat, * General Hamilton had been accredited from King William to make proposals to the Earl of Tyrconnel; he betrayed his trust, and joined him. IIe behaved most gallantly in the field, and was wounded. When taken prisoner, and brought before the King, he was asked whether he thought the Irish would make any further resistance; he answered, "Upon my honor I believe they will, for they have still a good body of horse." William, eying him significantly, replied, "Your honor! Your honor!" an dturned away. He afterwards ordered his wounds to be taken care of. BURNET, FIELD OF MARS, &C. NASSAU NASSAU who on that day's impatient eve And France (her subjects to deceive,) With gay And cannons far proclaiming sound, Gave note of what had not yet taken place : Close to the hero SCHOMBERG's† son and sire With warmth their own each patriot breast inspire; Here * William had part of his clothes, and the flesh of his shoulder, carried away the night before the battle, while in a reconnoisance. This was observed on the opposite side of the river by James's Army; the death of William proclaimed with loud shouts; the news sent off to France; and Paris was actually illuminated on the occasion. FIELD OF MARS, &C. ↑ Duke Schomberg, when General Hamilton, at the front of King James, had nearly routed a wing of King William's army, put himself at the head of a corps of French Protestants; and, pointing to the enemy, said, "Gentlemen, these are your persecutors." He then led them with an impetuosity which turned the fortune Here GEORGE, of Denmark, grasps a British lance, Each cloven helm to cleave again; fortune of the day in that quarter, though himself slain in the contest. Ilis death was the more lamented, as he had parted from the Council of War rather hurt at the rejection of his advice with respect to the disposition of the field, in points where he was afterwards judged to have been correct. To |