Citation - Rivington's New York Gazette: 1779.01.02

RNYG.779.006
2 Jan 1779:33 (236)
To the Loyal American Refugee who made the Musical Offering
to the British Light Infantry in the last Gazette.
Facile volat verbum, tamen numquam redit.
And so, you've been counting the muses, my boys,
I'm sorry they proved so exceedingly coy.
The town said this prayer, when your ditty was read,
"May God bless his heart, and replenish his head!"
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