Citation - Royal American Gazette: 1780.12.26

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Index Entry Lyric, sentimental [beg] Whilst in the dark on thy soft arm I hung 
Location New York 
Citation
RAG.780.206
26 Dec 1780:22 (334)
[verse inserted in the middle of an anecdote on lovers'
trials and the tribulations of courting]
  Whilst in the dark on thy soft arm I hung,
  The seeming Venus, the Syren in thy tongue,
  What flames, what darts, what anguish I endur'd;
  But when the candle came---I soon was cur'd.


Generic Title Royal American Gazette 
Date 1780.12.26 
Publisher Robertson, Alexander 
City, State New York, PA 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0043744
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