| Index Entry | Loyalist, author of lyric [beg] When at first this land I prest |
| Location | New York |
| Citation | RNYG.780.050 12 Feb 1780:21 (352) The following piece is supposed to be written by a Loyalist without the lines. When at first this land I prest, Pleasing rapture fill'd my breast, Swains in carrols, sweet and free, Sung the praise of liberty; Now their Halcyon days are o'er, Fled to some more favour'd shore, There, from evil discord free, Dwells the Goddess Liberty. . . . [3 more verses of 8 lines each] |
| Generic Title | Rivington's New York Gazette |
| Date | 1780.02.12 |
| Publisher | Rivington, James |
| City, State | New York, NY |
| Year | 1780 |
| Bibliography | B0043003 |