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On  the  1.)  li  A  T  H  of 


Major-Gen'  James  Wolfe 


To  which  is  added, 


Some     Particulars     of     his      L     I     F     E. 


O  could  I  fmg  In  verfe  of  equal  ftrain. 
With  the  Sicilian  bard  or  Mantuan  fwain, 
Or  melting  words,  and  moving  nunibers  chufe. 
Sweet  as  the  Britifh  Coiin's  mournful  mufe. 
Then  might  I  raife  my  voice  (fecure  of  fkill) 
And  with  melodious  wo  the  vallies  fill. 

C  O  N   G  R  E  V  E. 


L    O    N    D    O    IT  : 

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GENERAL  WOLFE, 


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MONODY    is    mod    humbly    dedicated 


By  Her 


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Moft  obedient  Servant, 


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Nov.  2.  1759. 


The  Author. 


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As  late  Britannia  o'er  the  nodding  wave 
Proclaim 'd  her  empire,  and  her  bulwarks  brave 
The  hoftile  force  of  Gallia's  lifted  arm, 
Fair  Victory  crowns  her,  and  her  foes  difarm, 
This  truth  fhe  feels ;  for  this  let  Albion  mourn, 
*'  And  fable  clouds  her  chalky  clifFs  adorn."* 


In 


f     CONGREVE. 


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MONODY; 


» 


In  Virtue  s  lift,  behold  the  Hero  fland, 

The  firft  and  foremoft  in  the  rolls  of  Fame  ;, 

Nor  foe,  nor  precipice,  his  arm  oppofe, 
Alike  they  dread,  alike  revere  his  name,. 


Prone  to  refped  Britannia  waves  her  hand. 
And  guardian  angels  the  glad  fignal  wait ; 

she  fignals  Wolfe  upon  the  hoftile  ftrand, 

And  bids  them  ftill  retain  their  wonted  charge. 


But,  O  ye  pow'rs ! 


O  whither  did  ye  fly  ? 


Could  ye  forget  from  whence  your  mandate  fprung  ? 
Could  ye  forget  'twas  Wolfe  you  had  in  charge  ? 
How  could  ye  let  him  fall,  and  fall  unfung  ? 


Virtue 


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MONODY. 


Virtue  and  Honour  has  a  pati'on  loft, 
Britain  a  patron  dear, 
Their  rlfmg  hopes,  how  crofs'd ! 
Her  vitals  pluck'd,  how  near  I 


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Rife  Edward,  Henry,  Marlbro',  rife, 
Shake  off  the  ghaftly  ftiroud,. 

And  join  with  plaintive  eyes 
The  mourning  multitude. 


Ah,  mourn  Britannia,  mourn, 
In  fable  deck  the  throne  j. 

Come,  fanaify  his  urn, 

And  make  him  all  thy  own  : 


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U    O    N    O^    D    Y. 


He  once  was  thine,'  &f  thee,  he  fell 

In  glorious  battle  fled 
To  heav'xi,  and  bade  the  angels  tell. 

He's  number'd  with  the  dead. 


'  i ,.  .  *  i 


Accept  ye  manes  this  gen'rous  lay. 
Let  Iris  to  the  tomb  convey, 

And  read  em  o'er  and  o'er'; 
With  laurels  wreath  the  facred  flirine, 
Immortal  ivy  round  it  twine, 

Tell  Gallia,  Wolfe'^s  no  more  f 


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she  hears  and  feels  a  gefnVoti^  V7oe> 
Tho'  Vidlory  crown  d  his  death  J 

Yet,  fini  can  GallJa  mourn  a  foe, 
And  weep  his  lateft  breath/ 


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O  Wolfe  !     untimely  loft  ! 

Yon    manfions  of  eternal  day, 
Since  Howe  *  was  fnatch'd  away 

Have  not  beheld  fo    fair  a  ghoft. 


*    The    Lord  Vicount  George  Augustus    Howe,  who   was 
Hain  in  a   fklrmifh  near  Ticonderago,    the     fixth    day   of    July 


1759- 


While 


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M    O     N    O     D    Y. 


While   we  remain  in  AlbiOp's   fevourM  land, 
Our  conftant  theme  be  thy  viaorious   hand ; 
Nor  Time,  nor  Death,  thy  mem'ry  fhall  erafe, 
The  BtitiQi  annals   iTiall  record  thy  praife. 


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Some 


SOME 


PARTICULARS 


IN      THE 


L  I  F  E  of  Major  General  WOLFE, 


TH  E  late  Major  -  General  WOLFE 
was  born  at  Wefterham  in  Kent,  in  the 
year  172.6,  He  entered  upon  his  military  life  in 
1740,  when  he  fliould  have  gone  with  his  Father 
in  the  expedition  to  Carthagena,  but  being  fuddenly 
took  ill,  was  prevented. 


At 


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At  fcarce  twenty,  he   diftinguiflied  himfelf  in  the 

battle   of  Fontenoy,  where  he  drew   encomiums  on 

his   admirable  condua' from    His    Royal    Highnefs. 

He  was    prefent   in  almoft  every   other  adion,    da- 

'"rlncr  the  whole  war,  and  every  where  gave  proofs  of 

military  genius. 

•'•At'tL''en¥of  thewar,  he  was  made  lieutenarnt- 
colonel  of  Kingfley's  regiment,  which  he  formed 
and  difciplined.  This  regiment  particularly  dif- 
tinguiflied    itfelf    in     the    late    battle    at    Minden 

. indifp-atably    owing    to    the    tuition   of  Mr. 

Wolfe. 

'  •  -'  .  -     •  i 

In  One   thoufahd'  feven   hundred  and  fifty-feven, 
he  was  promoted.      In' the   expedition   to   Rochfort 

he  embarked.  Here   he  offered  to  land,    not 

defiring  to  know  the  enemy's   numbers,  ha  if  there 


It 


ere  any^  where    were 


they 


In 


G  E1SI  ^  R  A  L  T  W  O  L  F  E.       15 


In  the  Expedition  to  Louisbourg,  he  was  fecond 
in  command  ;  and  here  he  did  what  he  would 
have  done  at  Rochfort.  The  fenior  officer  had  the 
honour  of  obtaining  this  valuabk  acquifition  5  but^ 
truly  the  gallant  Wolfe  deferved  it.  He  landed 
on  a  fhore  which  the  enemy  thought  was  inac- 
ceffible  ;  and  he  gained  the  fummit  of  a  precipice, 
they    thought   infurmountablc.    .  , 


,  \  t  f  (* 


Thus    was  Cape  Breton  taken  by   the  intrepidity 
and   heroic  ardour  of  General    Wolfe, 


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I  J     -'  3  *    ' 


No  fooner  was  -he  returned  from  this  ^.important 
conqueft,  than  he  was  ordered  to  command  the 
expedition  to  Quebec.  .  Here  fhone  all  his  illuftri- 
ous  qualities,  through  a  multitude  of  difficulties. 


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The  fuperiority  of  tHe  enemy's  rjumbers,  the 
flrength  and  fituation  of  the  place,  added  to  his 
own  ill  flate  of  health,  might  have  disheartened 
the  braveft  general  from  undertaking  fo  momentu- 
ous  an  enterprlze.  But  Wolfe  knowing  the  Ser- 
vice  of  his  country  demanded  all  his  diligence,  ufed 
every  ftratagem  of  war  to  force  the  enemy  from  their 
entrenchments  ;  which  not  having  the  delired  efFedl, 
I)ei  ALONE,  Jungly  in  opinion^  formed  that  noble 
refolution  to  land. 


Another  precipice,  like  another  Louisbourg,  pre- 
fented  itfelf  to  hirni.  He  was  the  firft  who  endea- 
voured to  gain  its  fummit  ;  with  difficulty  he 
accompliflied  this  arduous  attempt  by  the  help  of 
the  grafs,  boughs,  &c,  his  men  followed  the  noble 
example,   and  he  affiftcd  them  one  by  one. 


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GENERAL     WOLFE.      17 


What  he  did  afterwards  needs  here  no  recoun- 
ing,  fince  it  is  recent  in  all  our  memories.  But  let 
it  be  remembered  to  latcft  poftcrity,  that  when  he 
received  a  ball  in  his  wrift,  he  only  wrapped  up 
the  wound  in  his  hankerchief,  and  continued  on 
the  ficlci  of  battle;  and  foon  after  another  went 
through  his  body,  which  necefiitated  him  to  be 
carried  off.  When  in  the  laft  agonies  of  expiring 
life,  he  heard  the  chearful  found  they  run!  he  cried 
with  emulation,  who  run?  and  being  told  the  ene- 
my, he  faid,  then  thank  God  I  die 
CONTENTED,  and  died  immediately. 

So  lived  and  died  the  Conqueror  of  CANADA. 

Nat.  II.  Jani   1726.      Ob.   13.  Sep,   1759. 


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A  J  O  R  General  WOLFE  fcarce  needs  an 
higher  encomium  than  the  public  opinion.         i 


He  was  one  of  thofe  few  generals  that  never  gave 
his  country  caufe  of  complaint,  —  but  by  his  deatk 

He  was  one  of  thofe  intrepid  heroes  that  fought  to 
brave  every  danger  where  the  fervice  of  his  coun- 
try called  him. 


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And  he.  \Yas  one  of  thofe  deliberate  officers  that 
well  -  weighed  the  nature  of  his  enterprize,  his 
enemy's  pofition  and  numbers,  and  regulated 
every  Manoevre  by  that  penetration  he  fo  happily 
acquired  from  nature. 

His 


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HI".     CHARACTER.       19 


His  country  has  caufe  to  mourn  the  lofs  of  fuch  a 
friend,    and    the   army  fuch  a   chief. 


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Still  in  the  Britirta  annals  it  will  be  faid,  ^'  He 
*'  fell  covered  with  laurels,  in  the  arms  of  vidory  ; 
"  green  in  age,  but  ripe  in  glory." 


I      N      I       S. 


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