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66 UNFTED STATES
Battle of LiSkKe £rie.
When late Columbia's patriot brave,
Sail'd forth on Eric's tranquil wave.
No hero yet had found a grave.
Within her watery cemetry.
But soon that wave was stain'd with govt
And soon did every concave shore.
Re-echo with the dreadful roar
Of thundering artillery.
Behold ! two hostile fleets appear!
l^he eager shouts of battle hear.
No heart is there appall'd by fr'ar;
All pant for glorious victory
His torch the (iod of battles lights.
For naval glory Britain tights.
For " Freedom and the sailor's rights,
Columbia combats gallantly.
The Lawrence's deck6 are strewed with K»i*
And many a gallant spirit fled.
And many a hero's nobly bled.
To vyijn a wreath of victory.
Alas! and can no prowess save.
Our ship, a wreck upon the wave.
And snatch the corses of the brave.
From an impious conqueror
Ah, yes! that youth with eagle eye.
Though heaps of slain around him lie.
Through detith and carnage will descry
The path that leads to victory