Citation - Independent Gazeteer: 1782.11.12

IG.782.109
12 Nov 1782:41 (40)
THE WISH.
Grant me, ye Gods, some calm retreat, 
Where I may pass my days;
Far from the low, mean follies of the great;
Free from the vulgar's envious hate, 
And careless of their praise.
. . . [1 verse follows.]