The Embargo, Or, Sketches of the Times: A Satire |
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admire arms Breaks cauſe chief clime COLLEGE LIBRARY Columbian commerce council Country dark Debts deep dire Draw EMBARGO erft fage's fair faith fall fame fate fcorn fecret feel fervile fhall fhed fhores fight fink fire flag fled flies flock flouriſh flow foes foil follow fome forlorn fpread freedom ftate fubfiftence fupported fway Gaul glory glow hand HARVARD COLLEGE head Heaven Hence high in air hour Howe'er huge hurl influence injur'd keen labourers laid land laurels laws Leaves Liberty LIBRARY lies Lift mift mind morn mourn Mufe naked o'er obfcurity OVERDUE FEE Patriot plain profpects proftrate quit rage receive reigns rife roar roll Rome's proud ruler SATIRE Send ſky ſmiles ſtalk ſtate terror Thou threat thronging thunders thy country's Till toil trade true truth TURN tyrant's unborn age urge vain valour views Whofe wide wings wrong zeal
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Page 4 - Ill-fated clime! condemn'd to feel th' extremes, Of a weak ruler's philosophic dreams ; Driven headlong on, to ruin's fateful brink, When will thy country feel, when will she think...
Page 6 - And thou, the scorn of every patriot name, Thy country's ruin, and her council's shame! Poor servile thing! derision of the brave! Who erst from Tarleton fled to Carter's cave; Thou, who, when menac'd by perfidious Gaul, Didst prostrate to her whisker'd minion fall; And when our cash her empty bags...
Page 5 - Oh, ye bright pair, the blessing of mankind! Whom time has sanction'd, and whom fate has join'd, COMMERCE, that bears the trident of the main, And AGRICULTURE, empress of the plain; Who, hand in hand, and heav'n-directed, go Diffusing gladness through the world below; Whoe'er the wretch, would hurl the flaming brand, Of dire disunion, palsied be his hand! Like 'Cromwell damn'd to everlasting fame,' Let unborn ages execrate his name!
Page 11 - His fields with fruit, with flocks, his pastures crown'd. Thus in a fallen tree, from sprouting roots, With sudden growth, a tender sapling shoots, Improves from day to day, delights the eyes With strength and beauty, stateliness and size, Puts forth robuster arms, and broader leaves, And high in air, its branching head upheaves.