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RNYG.783.019
29 Jan 1783:23 (662)
ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL KEMPENFELT
Humbly dedicated to his Brother
Gustavus Adolphus Kempenfelt, Esq;
_______________ Rough in battle
As the first Romans when they went to war;
Yet after victory, more pitiful
Than all their praying Virgins left at home.
Dryden's All for Love.
Curse on the venal pen, that hands to fame,
In flattering strains, the worthless and the proud;
That dares exalt the Tyrant's hateful name,
Or raise the villain 'bove the vulgar crowd.
. . . [10 more verses of 4 lines each, signed] Clio.
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