So the strong bayonet deals resistless law;
And fly before that conflict hand to hand
Of bone and muscle, ere a breath they draw,
The sons of France, a wrongful Tyrant’s band,
Who fight not heaven-inspired for Freedom in the land.
XIII.
Unconquered yeomen, England’s strength and pride!
Who ne’er have yet been wanting at her call
Against the world to stand, or dashing ride
’Gainst odds that all but Britons would appal!