{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/wikisource_Bellfast_mountains_Peterhead_The_second_of_August/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/wikisource_Bellfast_mountains_Peterhead_The_second_of_August","id":"wikisource_Bellfast_mountains_Peterhead_The_second_of_August","license":"Public Domain / CC-BY-SA (see source)","rights_basis":"wikisource_site_inclusion_policy","source":"wikisource","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bellfast_mountains_(Peterhead)/The_second_of_August","summary":null,"tags":["Chapbooks","Headers_applying_DefaultSort_key","Main_pages_with_authority_control_data","PD-old","Scottish_poetry","Subpages","War","Works_using_categories_parameter"],"text":"THE SECOND OF AUGUST.\n\nOn the \u017fecond day of augu\u017ft,\n\nEighteen hundred and one,\n\nAs we \u017failed with Lord Nel\u017fon,\n\nto the ports of Toulon\n\nFor to cut out \u017fome \u017fhipping,\n\nwhich proved all in vain;\n\nBut to our mi\u017ffortune\n\nthey were all moor'd by chain.\n\nOur boats being well manned,\n\nby a eleven at night,\n\nAnd \u017fent them into harbour\n\nnot intending to fight;\n\nBut the grape from their batterys\n\n\u017fo \u017fmartly did play,\n\nNine hundred breve \u017feamen\n\nkill'd and wounded their lay.\n\nAs we hoi\u017fted our colours,\n\nand \u017fo boldly them \u017fpread,\n\nWith the Briti\u017fh flag flying\n\nat the royal ma\u017ft head.\n\nFor the honour of old Scotland,\n\nwe \u017fhould always remain;\n\nWhile the bold Briti\u017fh \u017feamen,\n\nploughs the watery main.\n\nExpo\u017fed to their firing,\n\nof our enemys we lay:\n\nWhile ninety bright pieces\n\nof cannon did play\n\nWhile many brave \u017feamen.\n\nlay bleeding in their gore;\n\nWhile the \u017fhot from their battery\n\nlike thunder did roar.\n\nOur noble commander,\n\nwith his heart full of grief,\n\nU\u017fed every endeavour\n\nto grant us relief.\n\nNo \u017fhip could a\u017f\u017fi\u017ft us,\n\n\u017fo well as we know,\n\nIn this wounded condition\n\nwe were to\u017f\u017fed to and fro\n\nAll you that relieves us,\n\nthe Lord may you ble\u017fs,\n\nFor relieving poor \u017failors\n\nin the time of di\u017ftre\u017fs.\n\nMay he put an end\n\nto all cruel wars;\n\nThen peace and contentment\n\nto all Briti\u017fh Tars.\n\nThis work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.\n\nPublic domainPublic domainfalsefalse","title":"Bellfast mountains (Peterhead)/The second of August","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":258}