*T Henry, Parody on the Death of General Wolfe (montgomery)
*U Poem http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/writing/poetry/montgomery.htm
*U Grammar http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/xmasresearch/grammarhenry.htm#montgomery
*U Search http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/xmasresearch/searchablehenryspoems.htm#montgomery
*C MSS p51, PJ 15 Aug 1787, by R (date confusion - WST says 30 May 1787)


In a mouldering cave where the wretched retreat
Columbia sat wasted with care
She wept for her chief then exclaim'd ag' fate
And gave herself up to despair.
The walls of her cell she had sculptured around
With exploits her Montgomery had done
And even the dust as it lay on the ground
Was engraved with the deeds of her son.
When sudden the radiance of Heav'n appear'd
Around the disconsolate dame
And sweeter than music a cadence was heard
And this was the rapturous strain
"All gallant in arms thy Montgomery shone
When leading the patriot band
"But now in the skies he's advanced to a throne
"And the least of his glory - command."