Index Entry | Lyric, Negro [beg] My charming youth! Why fly's thou me? |
Location | Boston |
Citation | BG.735.005 3-10 Feb 1735:32 (788) ON A Negro GIRL MAKING HER COURT TO A FAIR YOUTH: My charming youth! Why fly's thou me? Who in loves flames consumes for thee. I'm black, tis true, and so is night; And love doth in the dark delight. . . . [8 more lines] THE BOY'S ANSWER. Negro, complain not, that I fly' When fate commands antipathy. Prodigious might that union prove, When day and night together move. . . . [10 more lines] |
Generic Title | Boston Gazette |
Date | 1735.02.10 |
Publisher | Boydell, John |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1735 |
Bibliography | B0004570 |