Note 695:A — Chapter XCIV
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Colonel Bland, in some verses written during this year, alludes thus to Mr. Jefferson:—
On yonder height I see a lofty dome;[695:B] But, hapless fate, the master's not at home. His high aspiring soul aloft had towered, That like a God he was by men adored. But envy now has placed him in Jove's car To rule the tempest of the mighty war, That he, like Phaëton, may tumble down, And by his fall astonish all the town.