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FJ.782.048
5 Jun 1782:41 (2/59)
SIR GUY CARLETON'S ADDRESS TO THE AMERICANS.
From Britain's fam'd island once more I come over,
(No island on earth is in prowess above her)
With powers and commissions your hearts to recover!
. . . [7 verses]
Too proud to retreat, and too weak to advance,
We must stay where we are at the mercy of chance
'Till fortune shall help us to lead you a dance.
. . . [3 verses]
Break the treaties you made with Louis Bourbon;
Abandon the Congress, no matter how soon,
And then, all together, we'll play a new tune.
. . . [8 more verses, signed] G. C., May 30, 1782.
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