What millions died-that Caesar might be great! — Thomas Campbell · Skopia

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What millions died-that Caesar might be great!

Thomas Campbell

1799

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Campbell, Thomas. "Pleasures of Hope, Part II." The Pleasures of Hope; With Other Poems. Edinburgh: Jones Bull, c. 1800.

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