Citation - Rivington's New York Gazette: 1779.09.18

RNYG.779.145
18 Sep 1779:21 (310)
THE WORD OF CONGRESS, A Poem.
Tartaream intendit vocem.___Virgil.
The word of Congress, like a round of beef,
To hungry satire gives a sure relief,
No trifling tid-bits to delude the pen,
But solid victuals, cut and come again.
Whitfield 'tis said, this simile was thine;
Unapt for thy discourse, it suits with mine.
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