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ON PRESENTING
THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY
In a gold box to a great General.8
he Board is met—the names are read;
Elate of heart, the glad committee
Declare the mighty man has said
He’ll take “the freedom of the city.”
He thanks the Council, and the Mayor,
Presents ’em all his humble service;
And thinks he’s time enough to spare
To sit an hour or two with Jervis.9
Hurra! hurra! prepare the room—
Skaats!10 are the ham and oysters come?
Go—make some savory whiskey-punch,
The General takes it with his lunch;
For a sick stomach, ’tis a cure fit,
And vastly useful in a surfeit.
But see! the Mayor is in the chair;
The Council is convened again;
And ranged in many a circle fair,
The ladies and the gentlemen
