Index Entry | Contest, The [t] [beg] Muse! raise thy voice, attune thy song afresh |
Location | Norfolk |
Citation | VGW(HU.767.111 17 Dec 1767:31 (865) A description of the town of Norfolk, extracted from the second canto of a manuscript poem entitled "The Contest, in three cantos, " which you have leave to publish in your next paper. The description begins with an invocation of the muse, as follows: Muse! raise thy voice, attune thy song afresh, To Norfolk's praises, in ambitious verse! Norfolk! "where wealth lifts up its golden head, " Unbarr'd I found thy hospitable gates: . . . [35 more lines] |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
Date | 1767.12.17 |
Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1767 |
Bibliography | B0048365 |