Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1789 edition. Excerpt: ... certainly laugh with me. I have marked the pages where I have literally translated his own phrases, that you may not suppose I have invented the strange things he fays--and I fend you his pamphlet that you may compare the one with the other verses Written at Hyeres, on reading a pamphlet called vhifioire du Siege de Gibraltar, par un ojjicier de I' Armee Francaise, imprimee d Cadix, Van 1783. qweet Muse, who hast with fragrant roses spread The thorny path of life, which mortals tread; Who hast, with fancy's gayest varied flowers, Bedeck'd with many a wreath my youthful hours; If e'er and oft thy song beguil'd my care, Smiling maliciously, O Muse appear Apollo form'd this sea-girt orange-grove, Fit haunt for playful Muse, or happy love; Here myrtle-blossoms gracefully entwine, And mix their perfume with th encircling vine And this, a youthful poet might suppose, The spot where Venus from the waves arose----O Muse, approach, with all thy mirth and fire', While Momus, laughing, shall new-string my lyre, That I may briefly sing in numbers gay, What I have heard a prosing Frenchman fay; His country's disappointment to assuage, He tells a tale, of fam'd Gibraltar's siege; A Tom-Thumb story of this siege relates? Of Gallic fame, heroic Gallic feats; Of Crillon's Duke, and all his conquer'd men, Who stalk'd out with him--to stalk home again. My lyre be strong, for chords perchance may break, When Frenchmen of their arms and valour speak; While wond'ring worlds of Elliot's justly ring; Thus spoke the grieving Frenchman, thus I sing: Page 5. line 1. Seven thousand men, and eke York-Town, Artillery immense our own, Lately all taken by my nation, I. 3. Has added to its reputation--The conquest of St. Kit's adorn'd, . Names henceforth never to be...
