(SOUTHEY)
Come, little Drummer Boy, lay down your knapsack here:
I am the soldiers' friend—here are some books for you;
Nice clever books by Tom Paine the philanthropist.
Here's half-a-crown for you—here are some handbills too;
Go to the barracks and give all the soldiers some:
Tell them the sailors are all in a mutiny.
[Exit Drummer Boy, with Handbills and Half-Crown.
—Manet Soldier's Friend.]
Liberty's friends thus all learn to amalgamate,
Freedom's volcanic explosion prepares itself,