Today’s extract from the “Naval Chronicle” is from 1816.
POETRY
On reading the Observations in the QUARTERLY REVIEW, on the Voyage
of Captain PORTER, in the Essex, American Frigate, round Cape
Horn, &c., &c., &c.
VAIN boasting PORTER, you deserve this lash,
For giving to the world such lying trash.
'Tis not enough ; for you should feel the smart,
Inflicted by Jack Ketch behind a cart.
24th February, 1816.
XXXV, 253
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