| Index Entry | Lyric, sentimental [beg] Whilst in the dark on thy soft arm I hung |
| Location | New York |
| Citation | RAG.780.206 26 Dec 1780:22 (334) [verse inserted in the middle of an anecdote on lovers' trials and the tribulations of courting] Whilst in the dark on thy soft arm I hung, The seeming Venus, the Syren in thy tongue, What flames, what darts, what anguish I endur'd; But when the candle came---I soon was cur'd. |
| Generic Title | Royal American Gazette |
| Date | 1780.12.26 |
| Publisher | Robertson, Alexander |
| City, State | New York, PA |
| Year | 1780 |
| Bibliography | B0043744 |