OD E. 13

By Dr. GEORGE SHAW.

HIGH where yon rock aspiring towers,
Britain, thy holy guardian stands.

First his prophetic prayer he pours,

Then views with lofty scorn thy foe's audacious bands.

O Thou, by whom the chosen race
With feet unwetted pass'd the sand,
While wat'ry walls around them hung,,
Upheld by Thy all-powerful hand;
Guard with Thy shield Britannia's patriot train,
Or whelm yon frercer Pharaoh in the main !

Eager to meet the fiend of France,
See Britain's fiery sons advance;
Tyrant, avaunt! no land of slaves

Before thy haggard glance appears;
No sad Egyptian race to stoop,
And shed unpitied tears.

In this green isle's protected ground,:
Heav'n spreads its choicest sweets around,

There Liberty in triumph reigns,

Fresh as the verdure of the plains.

No tribes like thine unhallow'd must intrude;"

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Or welter round her sea-girt coast, and tinge the waves with blood,

View on her shores yon proud array,

And measure back thy wat'ry way;

O'er crowds of slaves, a fell usurper, reign,
While ruined millions gnaw the galling chain.

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Monster! by Heayen's mysterious will,
Perchance one fatal glory waits thee still.
Than fits thy crimes a brighter destiny!

To fall on England's shore! by British hands to die!

See o'er the gloomy tyrant's face

The yellow paleness paler grow!
See, thro' the change of mad despair,
Yon cheek assumes a feeble glow!
"Tis done!-thy doom is seal'd; thy race is run;
Thy laurels blasted, and thy trophies gone!

Thus may Ambition's sons accurs'd
For ever fall and die;
Thus Britain's sons for ever guard
Their land of Liberty!

INSTRUCTIONS
For the conduct of VOLUNTEERS dur-
ing Invasion; extracted from the
Regimental Orders, issued by LIEUT.
COL. HOPE, to the first regiment of
Royal Edinburgh Volunteers.

IN the view of the regiment being called into actual service, the Lieutenant Colonel thinks it necessary to issue orders applicable to that event.-As it is the first duty of a commanding officer to attend to the health of those under his charge, the Lieutenant-Colonel assures the regiment, that he will not permit a single gentleman, officer, or private, to march out of Edinburgh on service, unless he is provided with a flannel under-dress. This is at all times the best clothing for a soldier; but for a winter campaign, in such a climate as this, and with constitutions not accustomed to hardships, it is essentially necessary, and on no account to be dispensed with.

In this regiment, the officers cannot be permitted to have any indulgences or accommodation beyond the privates. They must therefore march with their

whole baggage on their backs, of which the Lieutenant-Colonel shall set the example, never mounting his horse, but for the purpose of conimand. In camp or quarters no distinction of tents or rooms will be permitted. Officers and privates must fare alike, but the officers will mess together, as it will give opportunities, not otherwise to be easily obtained, of conversing on many points of regimental duty.

The horses, which by the King's regulations, are allowed to the officers, will be appropriated to general purposes. The only exception to this is to be in favour of the chaplain, adjutant, and