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NHG-P.771.007
15 Feb 1771:13 (748)
Messieurs Fowles, The following poem was sent me by a
friend; perhaps it is my fondness for him that makes me
think it worth a place in your useful paper; Your inserting
it in your next, will much oblige your customer.-----Verax.
Province of Main, Feb. 8.
ON READING THE LATE SPEECH OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM.
Firm as the isle whereon he stands,
Deep as the seas that it commands
His soul; wide as extreams of day,
Calm as the night in smiling May:
Awhile from toil great Pitt removes,
No more to guide the state he loves.
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