Had not Washington warn’d her to stay.
Best and wisest of men! when counsell’d by thee,
Could thy people their treasure withhold?
When ruled by another, then could they agree
To lavish their millions untold?
By Genet insulted, by slander aggrieved,
If thy wrongs unrevenged could remain,
For denouncing the men whom false he believed,
By a mob could thy Lingan be slain?
Can the voice of the country for whom he had bled,