Admiral Strachan’s Victory
Tune—Hearts of Oak.
Though with tears we lament our great Nelson’s demise,
Let the nation rejoice that more Nelsons arise;
’Twas Collingwood finish’d what the hero began,
And brave was the conquest accomplished by Strachan.
Hearts of oak, etc.
The fourth of November, long famous in story,
This year adds a ray to our national glory;
For like Cæsar of old, our Cæsar might say,
He came, saw, and conquer’d in the enemy’s bay.
Hearts of oak, etc.
The Phœnix transform’d, like a bird to decoy,
Led the foe where she knew they would soon find employ;
Only three days before, she had quitted her nest,
To add a fresh Didon to her valorous crest.
Hearts of oak, etc.
Her consort Margarita, though first in the chase,
Both at once pour’d their broadsides full butt in their face;
The Cæsar, the Hero, and brave Courageux,
With cannon and grape shot, soon buckled them to.
Hearts of oak, etc.
To bind the knot firmer, Namur had her share,
By Æolus favor’d, and Revolutionnaire;
Though brave their resistance, they fought in vain,
For they seem’d, when they struck, mere wrecks on the main.
Hearts of oak, etc.
Safe moor’d at Plymouth, no more shall they wander,
And fit for the line of a British commander;
Then France, Spain, and Holland shall threaten in vain,
While our tars fight and conquer again and again.
Hearts of oak, etc.