Citation - New York Mercury (Lewis): 1781.12.07

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Index Entry Contentment [t] [beg] What a folly is riches, your gold what a jest? 
Location New York 
Citation
NYM(L.781.018
7 Dec 1781:33 ((119)
CONTENTMENT.
What a folly is riches, your gold what a jest?
Not millions have pow'r to make a man blest,
The mind that's contented, from ambition free,
'Tis that man alone which can happiness see;
. . . [20 more lines, signed] S.W.


Generic Title New York Mercury (Lewis) 
Date 1781.12.07 
Publisher Lewis, William 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1781 
Bibliography B0030779
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