Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1772.09.22

CC-H.772.060
22 Sep 1772:41 (404)
From a late London magazine. 
THE PRESENT AGE.
Of all the ages every known
The present is the oddest;
For all the men are honest grown, 
And all the women modest.
Nor lawyers now are fond of fees,
Nor clergy of their dues;
No people at the play one sees.
At church no empty pews.
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