Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1736.11.18

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Index Entry Life's but a feast, and when we die [fl] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PG-P.736.059
11-18 Nov 1736:12,21 (414)
PARAPHRASE.
There are a number of us creep
Into this world, to eat and sleep;
And know no reason why they're born,
But merely to consume the corn,
. . . [11 more lines, then another verse in Latin, which is
then translated:]
Life's but a feast; and when we die,
Horace would say, if he were by,
Friend, thou has eat and drank enough,
'Tis time now to be marching off:
. . . [4 more lines]


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1736.11.18 
Publisher Franklin, B. 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1736 
Bibliography B0035144
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