Citation - Essex Gazette: 1769.08.15

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Index Entry Lyric, sentimental [beg] Were fortune more civil and business more brisk 
Location Marblehead 
Citation
EG.769.053
8-15 Aug 1769:121 (2/55)
Marblehead, 8th August, 1769.
THE NAKED TRUTH.
Were fortune more civil and business more brisk,
My horse not so phrenzy, or subject to frisk;
Should I chance to set eye on a pretty young lass,
Not too fond of dear self, nor too oft at her glass;
. . . [30 lines follow.]


Generic Title Essex Gazette 
Date 1769.08.15 
Publisher Hall, Samuel 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0016002
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