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BEP(P.782.005
5 Jan 1782:43 (1/12)
From the Pennsylvania Packet.
The following piece is an humble imitation of Dryden's
Alexander's Feast: you are welcome to publish it. Yours,
[signed] A Southern Exile.
AN ODE.
1.
'Twas for the contest 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:
. . . [6 lines]
Happy, happy, happy state,
None but the good,
None but the good,
None by the good are truly great.
. . . [4 more verses of irregular lengths]
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