| Index Entry | J, J, author of lyric [beg] Why toils the world so eager after fame? |
| Location | New York |
| Citation | NYP-N.776.022 11 Apr 1776:41 (1/15) THE VANITY OF MORTAL THINGS. Why toils the world so eager after fame? Glory, at best is but an empty name, Precarious as Chinese brittle ware, Fleeting as bubbles blown into the air. . . . [26 more lines, signed] J.J. |
| Generic Title | New York Packet-New York |
| Date | 1776.04.11 |
| Publisher | Loudon, Samuel |
| City, State | New York, NY |
| Year | 1776 |
| Bibliography | B0031087 |