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BG.734.002
18-25 Mar 1734:22 (742 Postscript)
To the Publisher of the Boston Gazette, Sir, When I had
wrote the following lines; agreeable to a common custom, I
desired a friend to bestow an encomium on the; which he
declined; telling me I might as well do it my self; and that
not without a late example. This I took for a friendly
intimation that they did not deserve one. However, have
ventured to send them to you, and if you'l allow them a
place in your paper, you'l oblige Your humble servant.
To the author of the poetry in the last Weekly Journal.
Illustrious bard! (whoe'er thou art,)
Whom Human's joys have made so part;
That 'cause the Hony-moon is gone,
And nuptial troubles not come on;
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