Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-03
s R E,soNsrRANcE TO THE EaRARGo,
Bu M.Fiingal tie seco1ad.

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Already all your sails you've turl'd,
And cut us off from all the world.
M more our vessels swarm like bees,
In all the rivers, bays and seas
We went whenever we did chooses
Far as the Chinese or HyEdouS
And finest otter skins could boast,
Caurht on the far faIn'd North West coast
cur 9ars with strangcst sights would ply ye;
From Pellev Islands and Owyhee
And told rs what the wild folks do,
) In Zealand and Tongataboo-
The finest seals that ere were born
They brought from seas beyond Cape Horn
Full often would they glad cur view
With gold and riches Of Peru ::
And. Glpd with zeal they oft didtry to
procure the wealth Of wealthy Quito.
And Mexico they often sought,
Whence they huge bars OF silver brought
They got, which is Far better still,
The gold and di monds of Brazil!
they sought the North or Southern gale
To fill their ships with seal or whale;
Or spread their sails in lofty state,
And press'd the bssom OF the PLAfE;
From whence returning, richly tranght'
Hard slellars they by ship-loads brought;
Rich spice, as much as they could pie on
Their ships, they often brought from cey-
ION;
s Coffee they brought as from Bataga,
Su,natra, Mocha too. and Java;
With is'ry. rich, and dust OF gold,
.uhich .Alrica's coasts and streams uRiolc---
Nor quo s'.~y fail, in Western Ind,
he sugar and its svrcE to find;
Nor ever sought our folks in vain
The wines and luscious fruits of Spain.
They show'd their stsjisHssffe s '-,A--- 80
And in these days our maids could dance
In silks Of Italy or France,
usit easy came and handy,
To treat our friends with good French bran
cy;
Nor did cur ladies think't sin
To take sip of good Dutch gin.
Then ey'ry man. not gly'n to sloth,
Gould get coat OF English cloth:
8 But Thou--of this our land the pest
pidst bate to see US go we'll drest;
Didst wish to sec us all SO ragged,
Ortrudge about in homesppn shagged
Now we're fast lock'd in thy hard grippe,
We can't get a tobacco pipe -
Nor gold silver, precious metals
Or even brass to make our kettles!
We cant, think, upon my life,
Make good razor or knife
Therefore our chins, once sleek and blythe,
We row must scrape With an old scytbe.
Without thei tools Our surgeons must go,
No more cut off lame leg or curst toe
Our run dow parts they now can't wind up,
Or rupturcs with their trusses bind up.
Watch-makers too must look like fools,
Fol, they can't work without their fools
We doubt if they, with all Improvements,
Can make. complete, a watch's movements.
Flow viii cur great men live in state?
For we can. make a China plate
And soon tie times will come to such pass,
We sha'n't have British or e'es Dutch glass:
Norlong the thrifty wife shall plant her
Shelves without vine glass or decsnter.
But, what's more shocking still, ifegs,
We shan't have wool to Clcthe our legs
And twou'd appear most truly shocking,
To see o. Iegsin birch.bark stocking
Our coats and breeches, In truce,
Are risen near to double price:
And such this pretty piece Of work,
We can't get salt to cure our pork
But about that We need not quarrel;
For tint worth the salt and barrel:
And true it is we'd just as tief, +
Have barrelpd wood, as balrell'd beef.
But endless 'twould be to deplore
These, and ten thousand evils more. 3
Doom'd on New-England States to fan.
For NUN RER FIVE is worse than all
It Britons tells, & We mean to fleece We
:. For debts, henceforth, you sha'n have spe-
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