M'fingal Author:John Trumbull Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: M'FINGAL : CANTO FIRST, The TOWN-MEETING, A. M. Yankies', fkill'd in martial rule, Firft put the Britifh troops to fchool ; Inftrufted them in warlike trad... more »e, And new manoeuvres of parade ; The true war-dance of Yanky-reels, And manual exercife of heels ; Made them give up, like faints complete, The arm of flem and truft the feet, And work, like Chriflians undiflcmbling, Salvation out, by fear and trembling'; Taught Percy fafhionable races, And modern modes of C hevy-chaces : chapter{Section 4From Bofton, in his beft array, Great 'Squire M'Fingal took his way, And graced with enfigns of renown, Steer'd homeward to his native town. His high defcent our heralds trace To Offian's famed Fingalian race: For tho' their name fome part may lack, Old Fingal fpek it with a Mac ; Which great M'Pherfon, with fubmiffion We hope will add, the next edition8. His fathers flourifh'd in the Highlands Of Scotia's fog-benighted iflands; Whence gain'd our 'Squire two gifts by right, Rebellion and the Second-fight". Of these the firft, in ancient days, Had gain'd the nobleft palms of praife, 'Gainft Kings flood forth and many a crown'd head With terror of its might confounded; Till rofe a King with potent charm His foes by goodnefs to difarm, Whom ev'ry Scot and Jacobite Straight fell in love with, at firft fight; Whofe gracious fpeech, with aid of penfions, Hufh'd down all murmurs of difienfions, And with the found of potent metal, Brought all their bluft'ring swarms to fettle6; Who rain'd his minifterial mannas, Till loud Sedition fung hofannahs; The good Lords-Bifhops and the Kirk United in the public work9; Rebellion from the Northern regions, With Bute and Mansfield fwore allegiance19; And all combin'd to raze as nuifance, Of church and ftate, the conftitutions; Pull down the ...« less