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FJ.782.042
8 May 1782:21, 22 (2/55)
Mr. Bailey, Reading Capt. Barney's late gallant exploit in
your and other newspapers, I could not restrain myself from
scribbling the few following stanzas relative to that
affair. . . [3 lines, signed] Rusticus. Dover, April 26,
1782.
To the tune of The Tempest; or, Hosier's Ghost.
Oe'r the waste of waters cruising,
Long the General Monk had reign'd;
All subduing, all reducing,
None her lawless rage restrain'd:
Many a brave and hearty fellow
Yielding to this warlike foe
When her gun began to bellow,
Struck his humbled colours low.
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