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THE BIRTHDAY ODE, 1743, SELECTION by COLLEY CIBBER

First Line: OF FIELDS, OF FORTS, AND FLOODS, UNKNOWN TO FAME
Last Line: SING, BRITONS, THO' UNCOUTH THE SOUND.
Subject(s): BIRTHDAYS; COURTS & COURTIERS; ODES (AS POETIC FORM); ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;
OF fields, of forts, and floods, unknown to fame,
That now demand of Cæsar's arms a name,
Sing, Britons, tho' uncouth the sound.



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