Citation - New York Weekly Journal: 1750.10.08

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Index Entry Choir, of muses, in lyric [beg] Scarce in an age one twigg 
Location New York 
Citation
NYWJ.750.023
8 Oct 1750:11 (876)
Scarce in an age one twigg of laurel grows
T'adorn the tuneful poet's sacred brows;
Yet every chiming fool his title pleads,
As if it sprang as plentiful as weeds.--
Invoking Phoebus, and the muses choir,
The ambitious fop attempts the hallow'd lyre;
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Generic Title New York Weekly Journal 
Date 1750.10.08 
Publisher Zenger, John 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1750 
Bibliography B0031773
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