Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1779.01.05

CC-H.779.002
5 Jan 1779:32 (728)
The inclosed literary performance, as a specimen of the
remarkable genius in John Honeywood, an orphan lad of 15,
now in charity, a member of the freshman class in this
college,. . . [signed] Wm. Robinson, Tutor.
Yale College, Dec. 29, 1778
  In sable robes the night her curtains drew,
  Her guards, light dreams, 'round drowsy mortals flew,
  In gentlest sleep my weary limbs I laid,
  Beneath the covert of your cooling shade:
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