[267] "My struggles and strife."—Ib.
[268] "To worry."—Ib.
[269] In place of these lines, the edition of 1795 has the following:
"Old Argo the ship,—in a peep at her star,
I found they were scraping her bottom for TAR."
[270] "A boy with a feather-bed troubled my rest."—Ed. 1795.
[271] Royal Governor of New York. He arrived in the city March 21, 1780. He was considered harsh and arbitrary by the patriots.
A NEWS-MAN'S ADDRESS[272]
What tempests gloom'd the by-past year—
What dismal prospects then arose!
Scarce at your doors I dar'd appear,
So many were our griefs and woes:
But time at length has chang'd the scene,
Our prospects, now, are more serene.
Bad news we brought you every day,
Your seamen slain, your ships on shore,
The army fretting for their pay—
('Twas well they had not fretted more!)
'Twas wrong indeed to wear out shoes,
To bring you nothing but bad news.