"Thy triumphs, George, the western world resounds, And Europe scarce thy paper _glory_ bounds! Paper that trumps abroad thy martial toils, And copious harvest of Canadian spoils: _Tyrtæus-like_, how Burgoyne fights his men, Belligerent alike with _sword_ and _pen_! How Gates retires: and, as you rattle louder, One Arnold sickens at the smell of powder! How brave thine admirals! and so discreet They never risk the honour of the fleet; Nor trust the dangers of the middle-main, Where Britain bids her thunder roar in vain; But wisely _coasting_, give some privateer A broadside; making her both feel and hear. And sure, if _paper_ can so cheaply win, The harmless war of paper is no sin. * * * * * Proceed, great Sir! and, breaking all restraint, Embrace the _scarlet whore_, and be a _Saint_ _Sworn_ to maintain th' _established church_, advance The cross of Rome, the miracles of France; And leave us, though our liberties be lost, In pious bills the privilege to _roast_.[173] In breaking oaths be like Alcides strong; Be weakly right, but obstinately wrong: Be all the bigot martyr was before-- A blessing for the nation yet in store! See other _Hampdens_, other _Cromwells_ rise, And modern _tea-acts_ mimic _ship-supplies_: Hark! the glad sounds revive of _me_ and _mine_,[174] And stale prerogative of _right divine_! ONE REVOLUTION RAIS'D YOU TO THE CROWN; ANOTHER REVOLUTION MAY--DETHRONE."[175] [173] In 1778 Sir George Saville introduced a Bill to enable Catholics in England who abjured the temporal jurisdiction of the Pope to purchase and inherit land, and to free their priests from liability to imprisonment. The outcome of this was the Gordon Riots. [174] "My subjects! My army! My dominions! My colonies! the odds, however, even at St. James's are, that we shall hear no more of _my_ colonies from the same quarter."--Note by the author of the lampoon. [175] Peregrine the Elder: _An Heroic Epistle to an Unfortunate Monarch_. CHAPTER XIX ENGLAND AND AMERICA. III: THE LOSS OF AMERICA