FAREWELL, old friends, if I may call
One man among you friend,
Assembled to recount my fall,
And mourn my lively end.
If you would know what has me sent
To drown in this ship Spirm,
'T was being greedy and so bent
On getting a Third Term.
Throughout my life I have been lucky;
Yes, luck has made my mark.
I got West Point by being plucky,
In grinding up tan bark.
With heart as hard as any flint,
I battled through our wars,
And earned my shoulder-straps by dint
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