With Living Colours Give My Verse To

The Admirals Of His Majesty's Fleet Are Classed Into Three Squadrons, Viz. The Red, The White, And The Blue.

The Admiral, Or Commander In Chief Of A Squadron, Being Frequently Invested With A Great Charge, On Which The Fate Of A Kingdom May Depend, Ought Certainly To Be Possessed Of Abilities Equal To So Important A Station And So Extensive A Command.

The Anchors Now Made Are Contrived So As To Sink Into The Ground As Soon As They Reach It, And To Hold A Great Strain Before They Can Be Loosened Or Dislodged From Their Station.

The Simplicity And Uniformity Of Rural Occupations, And Their Incessant Practice, Preclude Any Anxieties And Agitations Of Hope And Fear, To Which Employments Of A More Precarious And Casual Nature Are Subject.

The Effect Of Sailing Is Produced By A Judicious Arrangement Of The Sails To The Direction Of The Wind.