Consign all braggart pugilists to shame,
And show the Fancy Sam is thorough game!”
Thy spirit warmed by the exciting theme,
Nobly Dutch Sam thy pledge thou didst redeem,
And soon beneath Dick Curtis’ fostering wing,
Blaz’d like a meteor in the battle-ring.
Fortune upon thy hardy efforts smil’d,
And Victory hail’d thee as her favourite child.
Beneath thy prowess prime, which nought could quell,
The liveliest of the kids, Ned Stockman, fell;