No mere artistic trifler, he has shown

A patriot heart of high heroic trend,

And showered sacrifice with fearless hand

Upon the altar of his Motherland.

I haled him to a "music" hall to hear

The Great Recruiting Song, and watched him wince

And writhe throughout, as though his end were near;

But now I learn that, every evening since,

Brown has been there, in England's sacred cause,

To greet that patriot song with loud applause!