Classic Poem

Tho' Greece boasts Socrates, and Cæsar, Rome;
Carthage, her Hannibal's immortal name;
The realms of Albion does a star illume
Great as the greatest, and not less in fame.

Athens' Demosthenes, ne'er glow'd with zeal
More patriotic in a nation's cause,
Or Philip reign in Macedonian weal,
More lov'd or honour'd, by a world's applause.

Then him the theme of Calliope's verse,
Oppression's terror, and the public's choice;
Whose worth historians shall with pride rehearse,
And hail the patriot with a gen'ral voice!
And proud appear the page that vaunts his name,
Enrich'd by bearing records of his fame!