Who commanding a Ship of War in the British Fleet
Under Admiral Anson,
In an Engagement with the French, was
Mortally wounded upon the Thigh
By a Fragment of his shattered Ship;
Yet with his last Breath had the Bravery to cry out,
How much more desireable is it thus to meet Death,
"Than, convicted of Cowardice, to meet Justice!"
May this noble Instance of Virtue
Prove instructive to an abandoned Age,