‘Campaign at Carlton House—is’t that you say[23]?’
‘Aye, aye, dear Dad, you take me—that’s the way.
‘Who gets Promotion now? tell me who hears?
‘Do the poor Subs who’ve fought so many Years?
‘A Captain, now and then, may make a shift
‘By some odd accident to get a lift.
‘I know a man[24] of whom ’tis truly said
‘He bravely twice a Storming party led;
‘And Volunteer’d both times—now here’s the rub,
‘The gallant fellow still remains a Sub.’