...HEAVEN From distant climes, over widespread seas we come , Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum, True patriots all, for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good . . . And none will doubt but that our emigration Has proved most useful to the British Nation. George...

...not): From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat or beat of drum True patriots all, for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good.5 In common with most convict voyages, the Bensleys, which lasted 186 days, was uneventful. William...