The Battle of Brentford Green, A Poem in Two Cantos.

A few years since, in the autumn of 1818, a serious affray took place between those illustrious rivals, Warren, and Day and Martin, ⁽³⁴⁾ on the subject of their respective pre-eminence. The parties, as I learn from the black-letter record of the fray, met at Brentford, and after & “a well-foughten field,” victory was decided in favour of the former chieftain. In the present commemoration of that chivalrous event, I have taken the liberty of adding a few particulars and persons, for the purpose of elevating my subject, a principle which induced me to raise a fictitious superstructure on the historical groundwork of Marmion. With respect to localities, it may be proper to observe, that the scene of Canto I. is laid in the refectory, or banquet-hall of Number 30, Strand; while the operations of the Second are carried on in the vicinity of Brentford. The time of action employed in each Canto occupies one day.