Citation - Providence Gazette: 1765.03.02

PGCJ.765.017
2 Mar 1765:42 (124)
When Dr. Swift was first appointed Dean of St. Patrick's, he
was informed by one of the chapter, that the Beadle of the
Cathedral was a poet. . . asserting that he wrote only for
his bell. . . The following were the lines repeated under
the Dean's window:
  To-night's the day, I speak it with great sorrow,
  That we were all t'have been blown up to-morrow;
  Therefore take care of fires and candle-light,
  'Tis a cold frosty morning, and so good night.