The Sacred Lamp Of Day

With Living Colours Give My Verse To Glow: The Sad Memorial Of A Tale Of Woe!

In The Time Of Battle The Hammocs, Together With Their Bedding, Are All Firmly Corded, And Fixed In The Nettings On The Quarter-deck, Or Whereever The Men Are Too Much Exposed To The View Or Fire Of The Enemy.

Freedom From Care And Anxiety Of Mind Is A Blessing, Which I Apprehend Such People Enjoy In Higher Perfection Than Most Others, And Is Of The Utmost Consequence.

Mental Agitations And Eating Cares Are More Injurious To Health, And Destructive Of Life, Than Is Commonly Imagined, And Could Their Effects Be Collected, Would Make No Inconsiderable Figure In The Bills Of Mortality.

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.