Citation - Independent Gazeteer: 1783.07.19

IG.783.091
19 Jul 1783:41, 42 (90)
A Poem on the consequences of an unlimited trade, and the
disbandonment of our army, or the anticipation of what some
patriot bard will probably sing---perhaps in a very few
years after the present peace.
  Scarce had Columbia raised her head
  O'er half-ruin'd Britain--when her virtue fled;
  No longer faith or honour were her boast, 
  Her faith grew dubious, and her honour lost!
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