"About, or not about a case,

"To this, or that, or t'other place;
"And if another man, for fun,
"Should fire a pistol (viz.) a gun,
"And he, the first, by knowing not
"That he, the second man had shot,
"Should undesign'dly meet the bullet,

Against the throat (in Greek) the gullet, "And get such mischief by the hit

"As should unsense him of his wit,

"And if that after that he died,

"D'ye think the other mayn't be tried?

"Most sure he must, and hang'd, because "He fired his gun against the laws:

"For 'tis a case most clear and plain,

"Had A. not shot, B. had not been slain:

"So had the dog not chased the hare,

"She never had been drown'd-that's clear.

This logic, rhetoric, and wit,

So nicely did the matter hit,

That PORTER-tho unheard, was cast,

And in a halter breathed his last.

The justices adjourned to dine,

And whet their logic up with wine.

While with patriot pride,

To our laws we're allied,

No foe can subdue us, no faction divide;

CHORUS.

For ne'er shall the sons of COLUMBIA be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

Our mountains are crown'd with imperial oak,
Whose roots like our Liberty ages have nourish'd,

But long e'er the nation submits to the yoke,

Not a tree shall be left on the soil where it flourish'd. Should invasion impend,

Every grove would descend,

From the hill tops they shaded, our shores to defend.

CHORUS,

For ne'er shall the sons of COLUMBIA be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

Let our patriots destroy vile anarchy's worm,

Lest our liberty's growth should be check'd by corrosion, Then let clouds thicken round us, we heed not the storm, Our earth fears no shock, but the earth's own explosion. Foes assail us in vain,

Tho their fleets bridge the main,

For our altars, and claims, with our lives we'll maintain.

CHORUS.

For ne'er shall the sons of COLUMBIA be slaves,

While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

Should the tempest of war overshadow our land,

Its bolts can ne'er rend FREEDOM's temple asunder; For unmoved at its portal would WASHINGTON stand, And repulse with his breast the assaults of the thunder, His sword from its sleep,

In its scabbard would leap,

And conduct with its point every flash to the deep.

CHORUS.

For ne'er shall the sons of COLUMBIA be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

Let FAME to the world, sound AMERICA's voice,

No intrigue can her sons from their government sever; Its wise regulations, and laws are their choice, And shall flourish till LIBERTY, slumber for ever. Then unite heart and hand,

Like Leonidas' band;

And swear by the GOD of the ocean, and land;

CHORUS.

That ne'er shall the sons of COLUMBIA be slaves,
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

SONG.

Tune--Anacreon in Heaven.

TO COLUMBIA, who gladly reclined at her ease,
On ATLANTIC's broad bosom, lie smiling in peace,

MINERVA flew hastily, sent from above,

And addrest her this message from thundering JOVE:
Rouse, quickly awake,

Your FREEDOM's at stake,

Storms arise, your renown'd INDEPENDENCE to shake, Then lose not a moment, my aid I will lend,

If your sons will assemble your RIGHTS to defend.

Roused COLUMBIA rose up, and indignant declared,
That no nation she had wrong'd, and no nation she fear'd,
That she wished not for war, but if war were her fate,
She would rally up souls independent and great.
Then tell mighty Jove,

That we quickly will prove,

We deserve the protection he'll send from above;

For ne'er shall the sons of AMERICA bend,

But united their RIGHTS and their FREEDOM defend.

MINERVA Smiled cheerfully as she withdrew,

Enraptured to find her AMERICANS true,

"For, said she, our sly MERCURY oft times reports, That your sons are divided"-COLUMBIA retorts,

"Tell that vile god of thieves,

His report but deceives,

And we care not what madman such nonsense believes,

For ne'er shall the sons of AMERICA bend,

But united their RIGHTS and their FREEDOM defend."

JOVE rejoiced in COLUMBIA such union to see,
And swore by old Styx she deserved to be free ;

Then assembled the GODS, who all gave consent,
Their assistance if needful her ill to prevent;

MARS arose, shook his armour,

And swore his old Farmer

Should ne'er in his country see ought that could harm her, For ne'er should the sons of AMERICA bend,

But united their RIGHTS and their FREEDOM defend.

MINERVA resolved that her Ægis she'd lend,
And APOLLO declared he their cause would defend,
Old VULCAN an armour would forge for their aid,
More firm than the one for ACHILLES he made.
JOVE Vow'd he'd prepare,

A compound most rare,

Of courage, and union, a bountiful share;

And swore ne'er shall the sons of AMERICA bend,

But their RIGHTS and their FREEDOM most firmly defend.

Ye sons of COLUMBIA then join hand in hand,

Divided we fall, but united we stand;

Tis ours to determine, tis ours to decree,

That in peace we will live INDEPENDENT and FREE;

And should from afar

Break the horrors of war,

We'll always be ready at once to declare, That ne'er will the sons of AMERICA bend,

But united their RIGHTS and their FREEDOM defend.