[83] "The rage of Europe."—Ib.
[84] "Mast."—Ib.
[85] "Took one sad survey of your wanton waste."—Ib.
[86] "Lost all your honours—even your memory dead."—Ib.
[87] This and the five following lines omitted in edition of 1795.
[88] An allusion to the brutal execution of the patriot, Isaac Hayne, of Charlestown, by General Rawdon, in the summer of 1781. The guilt of this crime rests almost wholly upon Rawdon. Yet "his first excuse for the execution was in the order of Cornwallis which had filled the woods of Carolina with assassins."—Bancroft.
[89] "Gog-magogs."—Ed. 1795.
[90] "From depth of woods this hornet host he drew."—Ib.
[91] "Envenom'd ruffians."—Ib.
[92] "The mean invader."—Ib.