The Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers, 1690-1783:
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DATE  LOCATION  CITATION  TEXT INDEX ENTRY 
1764.01.28  Providence  CITATION Lyre, Apollo's, in lyric [beg] Far in a wild retired gloom 
1778.06.11  Charleston  CITATION Lyre, engraved on cornelian seal 
1778.06.18  Charleston  CITATION Lyre, engraved on cornelian seal 
1779.10.21  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Again thy sovereign tyranny's display'd 
1730.02.19  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Ages our land a barb'rous desert stood 
1743.02.28  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Amuse the meanest of the vocal throng 
1778.04.10  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] And so, as I told thee before, my dear wife 
1752.10.23  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] As late I stray'd on H--m--d's lonsome plain 
1769.08.10  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Assist my muse, to tune the mournful lyre 
1741.12.15  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Awake! awake, my slumb'ring muse 
1771.12.27  New Haven  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Awake my soul; resume the lyre 
1771.04.04  Edinburgh  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Bless'd be the fields, renown'd in ancient days 
1783.04.16  Chatham  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Blest notes of peace! with joy your sound I hear 
1768.04.21  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Bright o'er the green hills rose the morning ray 
1780.05.18  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] By various means the tuneful choir 
1767.04.18  New Haven  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Celestial music (such Jesides' lyre 
1739.07.09  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Come all ye fair, in sable weeds appear 
1739.07.26  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Come all ye fair, in sable weeds appear 
1775.05.30  Baltimore  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Come inspiration, from thy vernal bow'r 
1775.03.02  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Come, muses nine, come string my lyre 
1776.09.13  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Could I on airy pinions soar 
1772.02.27  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Coxcomb once in Handel's parlour found, A 
1772.03.17  Hartford  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Coxcomb once in Handel's parlour found, A 
1772.03.27  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Coxcomb once in Handel's parlour found, A 
1774.01.13  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Depress'd my muse, unstrung my lyre 
1775.01.13  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Descend ye nine! descend and sing 
1751.05.06  Charleston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Fairest nymph where all are fair 
1781.11.01  Prussia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Fierce God of War! to thee I tune my lay 
1783.12.27  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] For earthly monarchs, in their grandeur vain 
1775.12.30  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] For thee, bless'd maid, I'll tune the youthful lyre 
1751.03.04  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Friend, when a rival poem you peruse 
1778.05.30  France  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] From fair America's insulted coast 
1769.08.12  Providence  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Genius and learning happily combine 
1782.09.23  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Great bards divine! attune your willing lyre 
1782.07.27  Jamaica  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Hark! hear Apollo strikes his lyre! 
1761.02.12  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Humble muse, unus'd to rude alarms, An 
1775.03.11  Ireland  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] If e'er in shady grot or bower 
1760.03.06  Annapolis  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Lo! to new worlds th'advent'rous muse conveys 
1733.03.10  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Long a ago, ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow 
1776.03.16  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Mourn, mourn, my lyre, in each string 
1767.03.23  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] No more by Schuylkill's gentle stream 
1767.04.11  New Haven  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Now may the earth with acclamations ring 
1773.08.16  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] O thou whose gentle voice and magic lyre 
1770.11.12  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Oh! for a touch of nobler fire 
1751.01.31  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Once could I tune the Sapphic lyre 
1759.12.20  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Once more we strike the long neglected lyre 
1759.12.20  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Once more we strike the long neglected lyre 
1769.02.02  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Open heart, the polish'd mind, The 
1737.12.01  Charleston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Orpheus to seek his wife decreed 
1774.07.21  Norfolk  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Permit a friend in verse devoid of art 
1780.04.28  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Retirement, nurse of wisdom, hail! 
1778.04.01  Trenton  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Say-on what hallow'd altar shall I find 
1750.10.08  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Scarce in an age one twigg of laurel grows 
1772.07.20  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Science! the source of all our earthly joys 
1746.01.14  Annapolis  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Shall brave New-England's glory fly 
1732.02.26  Charleston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Since, th' am'rous Bard has thus essay'd 
1774.01.31  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Some seraph teach my daring song to rise 
1769.03.20  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Sons of Leda, and of Jove I sing 
1725.03.04  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Stream on my eyes, with generous grief o'er flow 
1773.11.25  Norwich  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Strike, my muse, the vocal lyre! 
1770.04.30  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Strike, strike the strings,---a martial strain 
1770.06.07  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Thou sacred spot! within whose hallow'd deep 
1751.01.14  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Though long extinguish'd the poetic fire 
1765.06.13  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Tis done--your patient ear we greet no more 
1774.07.12  Hartford  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To music string the vocal lyre 
1766.05.27  Charleston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To scenes of woe I tune the mourning lyre 
1752.02.13  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To stay the barb'rous hand; to check the stride 
1774.01.13  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To strike the magic touch the attentive ear 
1772.04.14  Hartford  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To thee, incarnate God, I tune the Lyre 
1734.03.25  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To thee, my fair, I string the lyre 
1734.04.18  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To thee, my fair, I string the lyre 
1734.06.22  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] To thee, my fair, I string the lyre 
1761.08.20  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Twas at the nectar feast of Jove 
1762.08.26  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Twas evening mild-the sun's refulgent ray 
1769.11.16  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Venus the gay, the smiling queen of love 
1771.03.21  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] What sound seraphic, strikes mine ear! 
1767.05.14  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] When David mov'd the ark alone 
1762.02.25  Oxford  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] When first the kingdom to thy virtues due 
1772.05.19  Hartford  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] When I drain th' oblivious boul 
1772.07.02  Annapolis  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] When late, I view'd Maria's face 
1781.06.04  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] While many a servile muse her succour lends 
1737.12.15  London  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] While secret-leaguing nations frown around 
1771.09.23  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] While suppliant crouds in grateful zeal contend 
1760.02.25  New York  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Whilst other muses tune the sounding lyre 
1774.10.06  Williamsburg  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Ye mournful bards! Why are your lyres unstrung! 
1783.08.02  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Ye thoughts of bliss which fir'd my breast 
1783.09.22  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] Ye thoughts of bliss which fir'd my breast 
1730.08.11  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in lyric [beg] You ask, Dear Friend, that I resume the lyre 
1755.08.29  Norfolk  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1755.09.05  Norfolk  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1755.12.18  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1755.12.25  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.02.16  New York  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.02.23  New York  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.05.13  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.05.17  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.05.24  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.05.31  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.06.10  Boston  CITATION Lyre, in Microcosm, or the World in Miniature, played by clockwork 
1756.01.01  Philadelphia  CITATION Lyre, of Microcosm, described in lyric [beg] In the almighty's pow'r 
1756.03.01  New York  CITATION Lyre, of Microcosm, in lyric [beg] In the almighty's pow'r, how great is man 
1750.06.04  New York  CITATION Lyre, of muse, reference in lyric [beg] In this judicious piece, the work of 
1761.11.30  Boston  CITATION Lyre, of Orpheus, in lyric [beg] Like priests of Baal they crav'd the muses 
1779.04.29  Providence  CITATION Lyre, of Timotheus, in lyric [beg] Descend my muse, on airy wings sublime 
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