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The Sunderland Volunteers.
THE SUNDERLAND VOLUNTEERS .
BY J . F . S . Xtme , * - Tn Anacreon in Heaven . ' " WHEN the dark clouds of war rise and threaten to pour From their full stores of woe the big deluge around , When hostile swords poiiit to the temperate shore , And the clangour of arms makes the vallies resound .
As the foe sweeps the main , see the herdsman and swain , Change the scythe for the falchion and rush to the plain Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded ani ' guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS . Batavia ' s false fleet and the legions of France , Exultingly vain , menace Britain's domain : They vaunting !) ' boasto ' er the liquid expanse
, To direct their fierce way , and our country profane ; But her sons hear the sound , their patriot hearts bound , And from commerce and tillage they rush to the ground Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS . Let the wan slaves of tyrants , or anarchy's band , Be reluctantly yok'dto Bellona ' s grim car ;
Or torn from their shades by Democracy's hand , Let crowds urge , unwilling , the desperate war ; Be , Britons , your boast , to meet the proud host , And , as Freemen , advance to the dignified post Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS .
When the sons of creation first planted our isle , In the crystalline waters , and bade it be free , A mild constitution was fixed in the soil , Freed from Anarchy ' s maze , or the Despot ' s decree . As the structure arose—British heroes inclose , In impregnable bands , to defend from all foes ; And the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS .
This fabric thus plann'd in the councils of Heaven , Uprear'dand improv'd by the labours of Time , To guard from invaders to us it is given Our fathers ' have bled in a cause so sublime . ' Bouse , Britons , once more—' midst the cannon ' s wide roar—¦ Your Genius precedes you , and points to the shore Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by b ' rave VOLUNTEERS .
Impromptu,
IMPROMPTU ,
On bearing a Song from a Gentleman remarkably thim BY DR . PERFECT . WHO says you sing , or ill or well , - Must say you tune a Focal Shell . AGAIN .
'TIS true he tunes a vocal shell , The thought is good indeed , But might it not be quite as well , To say a Vocal Heed . - - ¦ -
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The Sunderland Volunteers.
THE SUNDERLAND VOLUNTEERS .
BY J . F . S . Xtme , * - Tn Anacreon in Heaven . ' " WHEN the dark clouds of war rise and threaten to pour From their full stores of woe the big deluge around , When hostile swords poiiit to the temperate shore , And the clangour of arms makes the vallies resound .
As the foe sweeps the main , see the herdsman and swain , Change the scythe for the falchion and rush to the plain Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded ani ' guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS . Batavia ' s false fleet and the legions of France , Exultingly vain , menace Britain's domain : They vaunting !) ' boasto ' er the liquid expanse
, To direct their fierce way , and our country profane ; But her sons hear the sound , their patriot hearts bound , And from commerce and tillage they rush to the ground Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS . Let the wan slaves of tyrants , or anarchy's band , Be reluctantly yok'dto Bellona ' s grim car ;
Or torn from their shades by Democracy's hand , Let crowds urge , unwilling , the desperate war ; Be , Britons , your boast , to meet the proud host , And , as Freemen , advance to the dignified post Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS .
When the sons of creation first planted our isle , In the crystalline waters , and bade it be free , A mild constitution was fixed in the soil , Freed from Anarchy ' s maze , or the Despot ' s decree . As the structure arose—British heroes inclose , In impregnable bands , to defend from all foes ; And the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by brave VOLUNTEERS .
This fabric thus plann'd in the councils of Heaven , Uprear'dand improv'd by the labours of Time , To guard from invaders to us it is given Our fathers ' have bled in a cause so sublime . ' Bouse , Britons , once more—' midst the cannon ' s wide roar—¦ Your Genius precedes you , and points to the shore Where the standard of Freedom exalted appears , Surrounded and guarded by b ' rave VOLUNTEERS .
Impromptu,
IMPROMPTU ,
On bearing a Song from a Gentleman remarkably thim BY DR . PERFECT . WHO says you sing , or ill or well , - Must say you tune a Focal Shell . AGAIN .
'TIS true he tunes a vocal shell , The thought is good indeed , But might it not be quite as well , To say a Vocal Heed . - - ¦ -