No one forbad; his father shook his hand,
Within it leaving what he could command.
“He left his home, but I will not relate
What storms he braved, and how he bore his fate,
Till his brave frigate was a Spanish prize, 630
And prison-walls received his first-born sighs—
Sighs for the freedom that an English boy,
Or English man, is eager to enjoy.
“Exchanged, he breathed in freedom, and aboard
An English ship, he found his peace restored;