Citation - Pennsylvania Chronicle: 1769.01.16

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Index Entry Johnson, Samuel, author of lyric [beg] What hopes, what terrors does thy 
Location London 
Citation
PC.769.015
9-16 Jan 1769:4441 (105)
Verses, said to have been written by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
at the request of a gentleman, to whom a lady have given a
sprig of Myrtle.
  What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create, 
  Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate!
  The Myrtle (ensign of supreme command
  Consign'd by Venus to Melissa's hand)
  Not less capricious than a reigning fair, 
  Oft favours, oft rejects a lover's pray'r:
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Generic Title Pennsylvania Chronicle 
Date 1769.01.16 
Publisher Goddard, William 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0033454
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