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RAG.778.044
30 Jun 1778:31,32 (83)
From the Royal Pennsylvania Gazette, of May 26.
In the Meschianza, given to General Sir William Howe, K. B.
The following lines were intended to have been delivered by
the Herald, after the Knights had approached the Pavilion,
in which were the General and the ladies, holding a laurel-
wreath in his hand, with the following inscription; but in
delicacy to the General, were then suppressed.
Mars, conquest-plum'd, the Cyprian Queen disarms,
And victors vanquish'd yield to beauty's charms.
(He hangs the crown on the front of the pavilion, and
proceeds)
Here then the laurel.-- here the palm we yield,
And all the glories of the tilted field:
Here, whites and blacks, with blendid homage, pay
To each device the honour of the day.
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