CANTO I.
“It timor, et major Martis jam apparet imago.”
Virgil.
TO
THOSE ILLUSTRIOUS HEROES,
WHOSE LAURELS ARE THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS
OF THE
BRIGHTEST VICTORY
WHICH HAS EVER GRACED THE ANNALS
OF THE
BRITISH HISTORY;
WHOSE NAMES THE BARD GLORIES TO CELEBRATE,
AND FAME DELIGHTS TO IMMORTALIZE;
THIS POEM
IS DEDICATED,
BY THEIR YOUTHFUL, BUT ARDENT ADMIRER,