Excerpt from Jane McCrea: A Dramatic Poem

A Dramatic Poem.

Jonathan.

I will withdraw it, for her dear sake alone,
For her good wish, Id sacrifice my own,
I had forgot by playing such a part,
I'd wound thy lady's gentle, loving heart.

David.

"Tis well, but I must now begone,
To-night I meet her in the grove alone,
There will I tell, what we intend to do,
I well can trust her, for her heart is true,
Then will I join thee, and well haste away,
And reach the army by the break of day.

Scene II.

The banks of the Hudson. Moonlight. Enter David Jones and Jane McCrea.

Jones.

"Tis hard to part, but I must go,
And help to quell the rebel foe,
Who would against our King arise,
And all his noble laws despise.
With all their wild, fanatic zeal,
Can they withstand old Britain's steel?
No, they must fall, for woe the cause,
That dare to spurn our sovereign laws.
To save my country from that shame,
I will Great Britain's right maintain,
And crush the project in the bud,
Ere all the land be stained in blood.

Jane.

Alas! I fear it long will be,
Ere thou wilt come again to me,
And thou may'st be in battle slain,
And never more return again.
Oh! that this cruel war would cease,
And bring again, sweet, smiling peace,

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