"But short was the Hero's immortal career,
For as the battle was nearly o'er
He fell by a ball from a French musketeer,
Which bath'd his breast with gore.
"When wounded he leant on a soldier nigh,
And the victory just was won,—
For he heard aloud the cheering cry,
'They run! they run! they run!'—
"He faintly ask'd from whence that sound,
And being answer'd, 'The Enemy fly,'