Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1770.01.05

NHG-P.770.003
5 Jan 1770 (690)
A RHAPSODY ON RUM.
Great spirit, hail! confusion's angry sire,
And like thy parent Bacchus born of fire;
The jail's decoy, the greedy marchant's lure,
Disease of money, but reflection's cure.
We owe, great dram! the trembling hand to thee,
The headstrong purpose, and the feeble knee;
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