For this, heroic Greece thy martial charms adored.
Rival of Greece, in arms, in arts,
Tho’ deemed in her declining days,
Britain yet boasts unnumbered Hearts,
Who keenly pant for public praise:
Her Battles yet are firmly fought
By Chiefs with Spartan courage fraught:
Her Artists, with Athenian zeal, unite
To trace the glories of the prosp’rous fight,
And gild th’ embattl’d scene with Art’s immortal light.