Citation - Independent Ledger: 1781.07.09

IL.781.044
9 Jul 1781:41 (4/162)
WISDOM AND FOLLY.  A Fable.
Wisdom and folly on a day,
By chance met each upon the way;
After some compliments were past,
Minerva thus held forth at last.
. . . [12 lines]
Leave routs, and balls, and cards, and dice,
And every other thing call'd vice.
. . . [18 lines]
When Folly bursting from the throng,
Humming a soft Italian song,
Then roll'd her head and cock'd her eye,
And cried, "My dear, well let me die,
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