 And fortune still that crowns the brave shall guard us over the gloomy wave. A fearful heart betrays a knave. Success to the Hyder Ali. Songs are written about Hyder Ali. He's the toast of the American continent, truly. After the victory at Yorktown, made possible in part because Hyder Ali had the British busy in India, at a Patriots dinner in Trenton, glasses are raised to Hyder Ali as the great and heroic Hyder Ali.