To Captain Miller

DEAR SIR, The following ode is on a subject which I know you by no means regard with indifference. Oh, Liberty, "Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day." ADDISON. It does me so much good to meet with a man whose honest bosom glows with the generous enthusiasm, the heroic daring of liberty, that I could not forbear sending you a composition of my own on the subject, which I really think is in my best manner. I have the honour to be, Dear Sir, &c. R. B.