Citation - New York Evening Post (DeForeest): 1750.03.05

NYEP(D.750.008
5 Mar 1750:11,12,21 (250)
From the London Gazetteer, October 19, 1749.
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE Prince OF WALES.
. . . [1 line in Latin, from Propert.]
Accept, great Prince, in these degenerate days,
The willing tribute of impartial praise:
No venal bard that flatters to be fed,
And like the ballad-monger, sings for bread:
Sues for a place in prostituted notes,
And sells his patron rhimes for want of votes.
This muse to merit pays her sole regard,
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