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NYJ-N.769.151
30 Nov 1769:41 (1404)
Verses in the Character of a Corsican, at Shakespeare's
Jubilee, at Stratford upon-Avon, Sept.6, 1769. By James
Boswell, Esq;
From the rude banks of Golo's rapid flood,
Alas! too deeply ting'd with patriot blood;
O'er which dejected, injur'd freedom bends,
And sighs indignant o'er all Europe sends:
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To celebrate great Shakespear's wond'rous fame,
And add new trophies to the honour'd name
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Had Garrick, who dame nature's pencil stole,
Just where old Shakespeare dropt it when his soul
Broke from its earthly cage aloft to fly,
To the eternal world of harmony;
Had Garrick shewn us on the tragick scene,
With fame embalm'd our deeds of death had been;
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