The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

SEAT OF THE MUSES.

The following patriotic song was composed by a citizen of Belfast on the Anniversary of the French Revolution.

WHILE tyranny marshals his minions around,
And bids his fierce legions advance,
Fair Freedom! the hopes of thy sons to confound—
And restore his old empire in France.
What friend among men to the rights of mankind,
But is fir'd with resentment, to see
The Satraps of pride and oppression combin'd
To prevent a great Land's being free?
Europe's fate on the contest's decision depends—
Most important its issue will be—
For should France be subdu'd—Europe's liberty ends—
If the triumphs—THE WORLD WILL BE FREE!
Then let ev'ry true Patriot unite in her cause,
A cause of such moment to man—
Let all whose souls spurn at tyrannical laws,
Lend her all the assistance they can.
May the spirit of Sparta her armies inspire,
And the Star of America guide!
May a Washington's wisdom—a Mirabeau's fire—
In her camps and her councils preside!
May her sons, fatal discord no longer divide,
'Mong her chiefs no traitors be found,
But may they united resist the rough tide,
Till their toils be with victory crown'd.
And at length when sweet Peace from her sphere
shall descend,
When the fiends of oppression have fled—
Immortal renown shall those Heroes attend
Who for Freedom fought—conquer'd—and bled.
Blazon'd highly then their deeds shall swell History's
page,
And adorn lofty Poetry's lays;
While the mem'ry of Tyrants—the curse of their
age,
In oblivion's dark Bastile decays.