Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1763.02.10

NYGWPB.763.012
10 Feb 1763:21 (1049)
O reputation! dearer far than life,
Thou precious balsam, cheering to the heart!
Thy cordial drops, once spilt by some rash hand,
Not all the owner's care, nor the repeating toil
Of the rash spiller, can e'er collect
To its first purity and native sweetness.