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[Poems by Pinkney in] The life and works of Edward Coote Pinkney

a memoir and complete text of his poems and literary prose, including much never before published
Pinkney, Edward Coote (1802-1828)

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EPIGRAM

Epigram on a Midshipman mast-headed on board of the Fr[igate] United States

Lo! I have risen by my faults or fates,
To lofty place in the United States:
To me alone, this happy day, 'tis given
To sit thus high, and conversant with heaven.
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