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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Verse: ‘Westward the course of Empire’

George Berkeley (1685–1753)

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WESTWARD the course of Empire takes its way.

The four first acts already past,

A fifth shall close the drama with the day:

Time’s noblest offspring is the last.