Ambition on our mimic stage will rise,
Trueman survives, when Barnwell yields his breath,
Emilia raves, when Desdemona dies;
The bleeding captain emulates Macbeth.
For thee, who mindful of thy brethren dead,
Dost in these lines their useful toils relate,
If chance by curiosity misled,
Some gentle critic shall enquire thy fate,
Haply the leader of the band may say:
“Oft have I seen him standing there aloof,