Citation - Massachusetts Spy-Worcester: 1783.07.24

MS-W.783.024
24 Jul 1783:41 (639)
From the Edinburgh Evening Post, dated September 4, 1782 
[6 lines of introduction]
AN ODE IN IMITATION OF ALCAEUS.
What constitutes a state?
Not high rais'd battlements or labour'd mound, 
Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; 
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