*A 2143
U.S, REVOLUTION —-ALLEGORIES,
Day, Thomas, 1748-1789, |
The devoted legions: a poem, Addressed to Lord George Germaine, and the commanders of the forces. against America, [Anon,] London, Printed for | J, Ridley, ,.M,DCC,LXXXVI,
(4), 8p, 27 om,
This poem is based on the disastrous expedition of Crassus and the Roman legions against the Parthians, and on Atteius's denunciation of that expedition and is meant to be symbolical of the
war with America,