Citation - Pennsylvania Ledger: 1776.08.31

PL.776.049
31 Aug 1776:41 (84)
From the Lyon's Mouth.
The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span.
In his conception wretched, from the womb, so to the tomb, 
Curst from the cradle, and brought up to years with cares
and fears;
Who then to frail mortality shall trust, 
But limns the water or but writes in dust.
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