The Captain Of The Gun

wuu'-ajogas-- bmhmiii iimiii im- y- JHirijipt Jiips, FVoji Ihol'hlIadslphlñPrw. }! never trod the quur er ileck ide if high cotnoiand lío gold on i6 di'. ;iil shoulders gleamcd; Ko it. ; i ■ ■ graeej liia :;:ni; Biíl n braver c:i'.r:'. of 'a gun Dl ! ne'cr by irunnion etand! li'1 Iml, perov.nnoe; bat l'.tUc gr;ieo Oi learcing.or óf inien; Ui&üODsciDoe m: Wie gnn, lue tliuught, H ia du'y lay botween, And wit ii liis irtmost skil'. he slruvc, Aliko, lo keep (hem cluau, He f.nglit ns fighl Oolumbin'e trs Her eaign ovji'bead; Hit clcnr e e o'er lus smoking gun A olieery rmliimcc ttvedi A bIwII oraahed thro' llia port; oh! GoJI Ilis liii;b liui! by :i stred! I teil you, had the Jahls of o'.d Belield the Iioro then, 'ilcir bcar.da had gleamed with tenrs of Fhosc iron hearted menl [prido - Anil all Vajlhalla's warrior halls Had tung witfa 8hout gain! He ennrTed tt( -iulwari nearj bit eja i; h oAmiog deatb w;is Jim; He drew liis olasp knife fortb, 3 Deatb No terror had for him, And strove. with finn, thu' fueb'.e hand, To Bever his torn limb! He strove in vain! Thoy borc hira thence, Still jearning to abiile The oom bat' issue, at his post; "Measmatea," he feebly eried, "We'U beat theru! ayel we'll surely beat, I Irost!" anl 30, lie diodl Charles D. Gaepette Thomas Wii.son', aaplain of a gun on board the stram frigate IV'oJasA, killed in the aotiuD at Port Royal.