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NYJ-N.770.091
26 Jul 1770:41 (1438)
(Continued from our last.)
--The Goddess Liberty from silence broke,
And thus, thro' Thompson's charming tongue she spoke:
And now behold! My fabrick stands complete
The palace of the laws. To different ranks,
Responsive place belongs, yet equal spreads
The sheltering roof o'er all; while plenty flows,
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. . . and her awful voice,
Majestic thus she rais'd--" To Britons hear
"This closing strain, and with intenser note
"Loud let it sound in their awaken'd ear.
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