Gazette Of The United States

FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.

The following SONG, by PETER PINDAR, prepared for the occasion alluded to, and humorously given as the production of the memorable Thomas Paine.

COME good fellows all—Confusion's the toast,
And success to our excellent cause :
As we have nothing to lose, lo! nought can be lost,
So, perdition to monarchs and laws!
France shows us the way—an example how great!
Then like France let us stir up a riot :
May our names be preserved by some damnable feat,
For who but a wretch would lie quiet?
As we all are poor rogues, 'tis most certainly right,
At the doors of the rich ones to thunder,
Like the thieves who set fire to a dwelling by night,
And come in for a share of the plunder.
Whoever for mischief invents the best plan,
Be it murders, sets fire, and knocks down,
The votes of our club shall be given to that man,
And Hemlock shall form him a crown.
Our empire has towered with a lustre too long,
Then blot out this wonderful sun;
Let us arm then at once, and in confidence strong,
Complete what dark Gordon begun.
But grant a defeat—we are hanged and that's all,
A punishment light as a feather;
Yet we triumph in death, as we Catalines fall,
And go to the devil together.