THE ORIGIN OF GROG

"Written on board the Berwick, a few days before Admiral Parker's engagement with the Dutch fleet, on the 5th of August, 1781. By Dr. Trotter. "'Tis sung on proud Olympus' hill The Muses bear record, Ere half the gods had drank their fill The sacred nectar sour'd. "At Neptune's toast the bumper stood, Britannia crown'd the cup; A thousand Nereids from the flood Attend to serve it up. "This nauseous juice,' the monarch cries, Thou darling child of fame, Tho' it each earthly clime denies, Shall never bathe thy name. "Ye azure tribes that rule the sea, And rise at my command, Bid Vernon mix a dra…