THE THIRD PSALM PARAPHRASED, ALLUDING TO HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY.
Look down, O God! regard my cry! On thee my hopes depend: I'm close beset, without ally; Be thou my shield and friend. Confed'rate kings and princes league, On ev'ry side attack To perpetrate the black intrigue But thou canst drive them back, Long did I fear their wink and nod; In close cabals they cry'd, _There is no help for him in God_; His kingdom we'll divide. Amid their army's dreadful glare Thou gav'st me inward might, Teaching my arm the art of war, My fingers how to fight. Tho' vet'ran troops my camp invest, Expert in war's alarms, Calmly I lay me down to rest In thy protecting arms. Nor will I fear their empty boasts, Tho' thousands thousands join; Since thou art stil'd _the God of hosts_, And victory is thine. Arise, O God, and plead my cause, O! save me by thy pow'r; If e'er I reverenc'd thy laws, Guide this important hour! 'Tis done!--they shudder with dismay; My troops maintain their ground: Lo! their embattl'd lines give way, And we are victors crown'd! Success, ye kings, is not your gift; To heav'n it does belong: The race not always to the swift Nor battle to the strong.
_New Amer. Mag._, No. IV-78, Apr. 1758, Woodbridge in N. J.
SPEECH OF THE PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK TO THE HANOVERIAN AND HESSIAN TROOPS.
To injured troops thus gallant BRUNSWICK spoke; 'Shall we with tameness bear the _Gallic_ yoke! 'Will ye, O Veterans, inur'd to pains 'And toils of War, drag ignominious chains? 'Turn and behold! behold where hostile bands 'Seize on your properties, lay waste your lands, 'Your daughters, wives, snatch'd forcibly away, 'Slaves to proud _Gallia's_ sons, to best a prey! 'Hark! how with piercing Cries, the tender Maid, 'By force subdu'd, implores her father's aid; 'In agonies repeats her brother's name, 'To flay the ruffians and preserve her fame! 'Rouze! GERMANS! rouze! a glorious vengeance take; 'Religion, honour, freedom, all's at stake!' ... "Enough," they cry'd, "let FERDINAND proceed, "We dare to follow, where he dares to lead." Fir'd by their country's wrongs, to arms they fly, Resolv'd to save her, or resolved to die.
_New Amer. Mag._, No. IV-80, Apr. 1758, Woodbridge in N. J.
ON A CARGO OF FRENCH MUFFS SEIZ'D BY THE PRUSSIANS.