General! immortaliz'd by virtuous fame!

England's brave foe! to France how dear thy name!

O'er our young Senate hasten to preside;

Rule a glad land; our Saviour and our Guide.

Govern by law; and shew admiring men

(Envy may howl) OUR noblest citizen.

Wise, valiant! may thy name still brighter grow;

And make mankind to worth and virtue bow;

Steady in justice to thyself and friends;

Happy that people, which thy worth commends.

Instruction shall descend from sires to sons;

No name so great, so dear, as Washington's.

Generous and just! we dread from thee no wrong;

Thy gallant deeds have silenc'd Envy's tongue.

O! to the warrior's add the statesman's praise,

Nor scorn once more a drooping land to raise.

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A bard, beyond the mountains, with firm toil,
Who near Ohio cultivates his soil,
Sends thee those verses, which thy deeds relate;
How small his talents! but the theme how great!
Unfavor'd by the nine his youth he past;
These his first rhymes, and these perhaps his last.
Hear the glad wish, which animates this line;
Be thou the people's shield!--and virtue thine!