They pass’d the English frigates,

They heard their sentries’ feet,

They heard, “All’s well!” call’d out to tell

How fool’d had been the fleet.[9]

And then their stroke was bolder:

For Warwick Point[17] they bore.

A coach and pair were there to bear

Their captive far from shore.

Here[17] Prescott broke the silence:

“Your push was boldly plann’d.”