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John Dickinson, "Ode, On the French Revolution," 1798

BY circling Time in order roll'd
The Years beging–long since foretold
OLD FRAUD, and CRUELTY, and HATE
Look at the signs–and dread their fate.
Oppression's guilty chiefs alarmed
Their hordes in impious union arm'd
Freedom's brave sons in chains top bind,
And blast the hopes of human kind.

Their country's banners then unfurl'd
To combat for a suff'ring world
Those sons the hostile legions sought -
Let Alps and Plains tell how they fought.


Credit: John Dickinson, A Caution; or, Reflections on the Present Contest Between France and Great-Britain, (Philadelphia), 1798.
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