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BPB.760.005
21 Jan 1760:11 (127)
Written on the death of General Wolfe.
While raptur'd bards from ev'ry corner spring
And strive to paint the hero that they sing,
Shall Harvard's sons alone their praise deny,
Nor crown his tomb with one poetic sigh;
Shall you the muses fav'rite seat forbear,
. . . [8 lines]
Yet a young bard demands a tender part;
In pity to his youth excuse his lays
Tho' his faint voice but lisps the hero's praise,
No fabled muse shall patronize my verse
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