the winged lightnings fly;
Quick as thought, the flashes glance
Thro' th' immensurable wide expanse--
So nimble warriours flew,
When they gave their foes the rout,
With this universal shout,
"Pursue! pursue! pursue!"
O'er carcasses of heroes slain,
The mighty victors rode,
Where shiver'd armour strew'd the plain
Empurpled o'er with blood;
Now thund'ring on their broken rear,
He spreads destruction, death and fear,
Till day forsakes him, and the sullen night,
In thickest gloom of hov'ring shades, descends
To the assistance of her ghastly friends,
And screens the _vanquish'd_ from the _victor's_ sight!

_Amer. Mag. and Mo. Chron._, I-240, Feb. 1758, Phila.

[Footnote 35: We have taken the liberty to make two or three
small alterations here, which we flatter ourselves the
ingenious author's judgment will approve of and excuse, as
they do not affect the sense.]

ODE ON THE LATE VICTORY OBTAINED
BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA,
By the same [_i. e._, Annandius].

I.

Hail matchless monarch! prince renown'd!
Long be thy head with laurels crown'd,
By victories obtained!
For liberty long hast thou stood,
In crimson fields of war and blood
That peace may be regain'd.

II.

When Austria and aspiring Gaul
Determin'd kingdoms to enthral,
Lo Prussia's pow'rful prince!
With watchful eye and warlike hand,
Makes them aghast and trembling stand,
Rais'd up by providence.

III.

As when a Lion rears his head,
The forest wide is fill'd with dread,
Each creature seeks his den;
Or when Leviathan the great
Displays himself in finny state
He terrifies the main.

IV.

In fair record shall long remain
The DAY, when on _Thuringia's_ plain
SOUBISE before him fled;
When HILBOURGHAUSEN'S num'rous band
'Gainst Prussian valor could not stand,
With terror almost dead.

V.

With haste they fled, and bless'd the night,
Which hid them from the victor's sight,
And favoured their retreat.
Near Freybourg walls, the _Unstrut_ pass'd.
On hills of Eckersberg harras'd,
They mourn'd their adverse fate.

VI.

O glorious prince! O