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MUSICAL MISCELLANY. fj
By thirfl and hunger oft he's preft.
Yet fcorns to droop his head.
Ambition from within his bread
He fubftitutes as bread.
Then oh ! ftretch forth your friendly handy
In juftice to his merit,
How cheerful he'll march through the land.
And blefs your generous fpirit !
For you through fields of blood they'll feek
Your foes of ev'ry nation ;
'Tis there bold anions loudly fpeak
Their worth in ev'ry ftation.
Firm as a flinty wall they'll ftand,
Obferving ftri£t decorum.
Until their leader gives command
To beat down all before 'em.
Then oh ! ftretch forth th' aflifting hand,
In juftice to their merit,
When they return unto their land.
They'll blefs your noble fpirit.
"Well, now they've threftiM the foe, we'll fa jj
Did all within their power.
But little more than blows have they^
And one farthing an hour.
Little within the Frenchman's fob
To recompenfe their labours *,
Why then it proves a forry job.
Little better than their neighbours^
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