VIII.

And see! o'er gentle André's tomb,

The victim of his own despair,

Who fell in life's exulting bloom,

Nor deem'd that life deserv'd a care;

O'er the cold earth his relicks prest,

Lo! Britain's drooping legions rest;

For him the swords they sternly grasp, appear

Dim with a sigh, and sullied with a tear.

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