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MS-W.778.005
26 Feb 1778:21 (356)
Parnassian Packet. . . [4 lines prose introduction followed
by 4 line verse introduction.]
Who would not die, in his great country's cause,
Since if base fear, his dastard steps withdraw,
From death we cannot fly, one common grave
Receives at last the coward and the brave.
. . . [13 lines of prose elegy to Hon. Brigadier General
Francis Nash, followed by]
Genious of Freedom! Whither art thou fled;
While fields of death thy form undaunted tread:
Lo! where for thee thy mightiest heroes fall,
And not thy shield to ward the winged ball
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