1 Stay gentle Muse, and deign to smile,

A little with us dwell,

Let us invoke thy aid awhile,

To make our last – FAREWELL.

2 Reform, search History's page and see,

What in this age befell,

When to this great Monopoly

The country bids – FAREWELL.

3 The bill dictates by sweeping lines,

And LEADENHALL MONARCHS tell

Their trade with ORIENTAL climes,

Must henceforth bid – FAREWELL.

4 For when the great concern's broke up,

With some it may be well,

While others taste the bitter cup

Of life, and say – FAREWELL.

5 Some quit the soil which gave them birth,

To cross the ATLANTIC swell,

And fly, perhaps, from bad to worse,

When they pronounce – FAREWELL.

6 ‘Tis hard to leave our native strand,

Or cottage in the dell,

To seek for bread in distant land,

And say to friends – FAREWELL.

7 In age to emigrate is vain,

Do not your birthright sell,

But trust in GOD, and you will gain

Your bread, nor say – FAREWELL.

8 But when Death's fatal arm shall strike

The blow which sounds your knell,

May we soar up to regions bright,

No more to say – FAREWELL.

the change which has taken place exceeds that upon which the most prudent calculator could have justly reckoned. Not only has the Company's exclusive privilege of trade to China been abrogated (it was generally expected that such would be the case), but the Company's trade is wholly to cease. That could scarcely have been expected.