Note 163 — THE FIRST POETIC PERIOD (continued 2)
Reading edition
"Nor shall these upstarts of their loss complain, Since all the debt we owe to Britain's throne Was mere idea, and the rest our own."—Ed. 1786.
Reading edition
"Nor shall these upstarts of their loss complain, Since all the debt we owe to Britain's throne Was mere idea, and the rest our own."—Ed. 1786.