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BG.746.004
25 Mar 1746:11,12,21 (1254)
From the Maryland Gazette, Jan. 14. 1746. To the publisher
&c.
I shall make no excuse for the following ode: I amagine,
the intention of it is sufficient to cover a multitude of
poeticall faults, and give it a candid reception, with every
true Briton. If it should excite others of greater ability
to exert themselves, in celebrating the glorious New-England
Expedition, I have my wish. . . [2 paras., signed:] Philo-
Musus.
AN ODE, IN HONOUR OF NEW-ENGLAND (on their important
conquest of Cape Breton from the French) of ever glorious
memory.
Shall brave New-England's glory fly
Thro' earth, air, sea, and fill the sky,
Resounding loud applause:
Shall distant Poets raise the strain,
And neighb'ring muses on the main,
Be silent in the cause?
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