Gosport tragedy, or, The perjured ship carpenter (1801)
“ To you my dear Will! What makes you so severe, To murder your true love, that you lov'd so dear? He said, There's no time disputing to stand, And instantly taking his knife in his hand, He pierced her heart, while the bleed it did flow, And into the grave her fair body did throw He cover'd her body, and home he did come, Leaving none but the birds her death to bemoan ”
