"Whether we will or no, / Thro' Reason's Court doth It [the word 'Lord'] unquestioned go / E'en on the mention, and of course transmit / Notions of something excellent, of Wit / Pleasing, tho' keen, of Humour free, tho' chaste, / Of sterling Genius with sound Judgment graced, / Of Virtue far above temptation's Reach, / And Honour, which not malice can impeach?"
Independence. A Poem.
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1764, 1765).<br>
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<u>Independence. A Poem. Addressed to the Minority. By [Blank]</u> (London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly; J. Coote, in Pater-Noster-Row; W. Flexney, near Gray’s-Inn Gate, Holborn; C. Henderson, at the Royal-Exchange; J. Gardiner, in Parliament-Street, Westminster; and C. Moran, under the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, 1764). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T37135">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004804499.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Searching <u>Poems of Charles Churchill</u> ed. James Laver (London: The King's Printers, 1933). 