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PP-P.781.130
11 Dec 1781:32 (11/818)
An Humble Imitation of Dryden's Alexander's Feast.
AN ODE.
'Twas for the conquest nobly won.
By fair Columbia's much lov'd son;
Aloft in high estate,
The chief exalted sat,
Admir'd by all, by all carest;
Let truth with chearful praise,
His fame for ever raise,
And virtue be with honours blest.
Crown'd with his country's just applause,
Patron of nature's rights, her laws,
Behold ! the chief in freedom's cause.
Happy, happy, happy state,
None but the good,
None but the good,
None but the good are truly great.
. . . [4 verses and refrains, both of varying lengths. No
burden]
[signed] A Southern Exile.
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