"HAS the Marquis La Fayette Taken off all our hay yet?" Says Clinton to the wise heads around him: "Yes, faith, Sir Harry, Each stack he did carry, And likewise the cattle -- confound him! "Besides, he now goes, Just under your nose, To burn all the houses to cinder." "If that be his project, It is not an object Worth a great man's attempting to hinder. "For forage and house I care not a louse; For revenge, let the Loyalists bellow: I swear I'll not do more To keep them in humor, Than play on my violoncello. "Since Charleston is taken, 'T will sure save my bacon, -- I can live a whole year on that same, sir; Ride about all the day, At night, concert or play; So a fig for the men that dare blame, sir. "If growlers complain, I inactive remain -- Will do nothing, nor let any others! 'T is sure no new thing To serve thus our king -- Witness Burgoyne, and two famous Brothers!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HAUNTED OAK by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MEN AND BOYS by KARL THEODORE KORNER THE NIGHT COURT by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL SOUL AND BODY by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: THE COURT OF PENANCE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT MESSAGES by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE INSPIRATION by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TO WILLIAM NORTHCOT by WILLIAM COWPER |