Citation - New Jersey Journal: 1780.02.02

NJJ.780.002
2 Feb 1780:11 (51)
[Verse submitted by] Steadfast.
  And shall we tamely yield ourselves to bondage,
  Bow down before these holy purple tyrants,
  And bid them tread upon our slavish necks?
  No;--let this freeborn American hand
  First dig its grave in innocence and honour;
  And though I found but one more thus resolved,
  That honest man and I would die together.
[signed] Rowe.