| Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784). Poems on Various Subjects. 1773. | | | | To Captain H——d, of the 65th Regiment |
| | | SAY, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight | |
| The warrior’s bosom in the fields of fight? | |
| Lo! here the christian, and the hero join | |
| With mutual grace to form the man divine. | |
| In H——D see with pleasure and surprize, | 5 |
| Where valour kindles, and where virtue lies: | |
| Go, hero brave, still grace the post of fame, | |
| And add new glories to thine honour’d name, | |
| Still to the field, and still to virtue true: | |
| Britannia glories in no son like you. | 10 | | | |
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