Citation - New York Chronicle: 1769.10.05

NYC.769.100
28 Sep-5 Oct 1769:1841 (1/23)
ON A FRIEND'S WISHING TO HAVE FOUR WIVES.
In a vein of good humour, says Hal to his wife,
Thou balm to my soul, & thou joy to my life,
Five years now are past, or perhaps something more,
By my happy reck'ning 'tis nearer a score,
Since the priest,'for the altar, united our hands
And rivotted both in the conjugal bands:
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