Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1770.11.12

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Index Entry Damon, author of lyric [beg] Say lovely Delia, tell thy gentle swain 
Location New York 
Citation
NYGWPB.770.109
12 Nov 1770:41 (1454)
. . . the following lines, occasioned by a young lady's
saying,"'Tis a folly to love,". . . 
Say lovely Delia, tell thy gentle swain,
If you can take delight in yielding pain?
If to give torment and corroding smart
Can yield a pleasure to thy virgin heart?"
. . . [38 more lines, signed:] Damon.


Generic Title New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy 
Date 1770.11.12 
Publisher Inslee, Samuel, and Anthony Car 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1770 
Bibliography B0027178
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