Citation - Pennsylvania Evening Post: 1777.01.28

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Index Entry B, A, author of lyric [beg] What theme propitious to the lay 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PEP.777.015
28 Jan 1777:451 (3/307)
TO THE MEMORY OF HUGH MERCER, ESQ; BRIGADIER GENERAL OF THE
CONTINENTAL ARMY, WHO FELL (GLORIOUSLY FIGHTING FOR THE
DEFENCE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY) AT THE BATTLE OF PrinceTON,
JANUARY THE THIRD, 1777.
What theme propitious to the lay, 
What gallant hero shall we chuse, 
Whose name the sounding chord shall sway, 
And fire the glowing muse?
. . . [62 more lines]
[signed] A.B.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Evening Post 
Date 1777.01.28 
Publisher Towne, Benjamin 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1777 
Bibliography B0034028
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