| William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842. | | | | On the Death of Gen. Montgomery |
| | Written in England, shortly after that lamented event |
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DECK’D be his tomb with ever-verdant bays! | |
| And statues to the hero’s memory raise! | |
| High on the splendid lists of deathless fame | |
| Erect the patriotic soldier’s name! | |
| No Greek, no Roman name shall brighter there | 5 |
| Effulge; not Wolfe’s, to grateful England dear: | |
| One place to both was fatal; and it gave | |
| Alike to each, his glory and his grave. | |
| Late time shall doubt which more deserved applause, | |
| Which fell the braver, in the nobler cause. | 10 |
| The generous poet’s tears take, mighty shade! | |
| Who weeps for thee, who weeps for virtue dead. | |
| “Tears shed for me!” (methinks the hero spake,) | |
| “For me they’re vain, but for my country’s sake!” | |
| Pardon, great spirit; I my error see, | 15 |
| For who but wishes to have bled like thee? | | | |
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