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FJ.782.027
3 Apr 1782:11, 12, 13 (50)
THE POLITICAL BALANCE; or, The Fates of Britain and America
Compared. A Tale.
Deciding fates, in Homer's stile, I shew,
And bring contending Gods once more to view.
As Jove the Olympian (who, both I and you know,
Was brother of Neptune, and husband to Juno)
Was lately reviewing his papers of state,
He happen'd to light on the records of Fate:
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Her genius, a female, reclin'd in the shade,
And, merely for music, so mournfully play'd,
That Jove was uneasy to hear her complain,
And order'd his blacksmith to loosen her chain:
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