I Have Never Been Lost, But I

I Had Gained The Summit Of A Commanding Ridge, And, Looking Round With Astonishing Delight, Beheld The Ample Plains, The Beauteous Tracts Below.

May The Same Almighty Goodness Banish The Accursed Monster, War, From All Lands, With Her Hated Associates, Rapine And Insatiable Ambition!

In This Situation I Was Constantly Exposed To Danger And Death.

A Zeal For The Defence Of Their Country Led These Heroes To The Scene Of Action, Though With A Few Men To Attack A Powerful Army Of Experienced Warriors.

Let Peace, Descending From Her Native Heaven, Bid Her Olives Spring Amidst The Joyful Nations; And Plenty, In League With Commerce, Scatter Blessings From Her Copious Hand!