Citation - Rivington's New York Gazette: 1783.11.22

RNYG.783.181
22 Nov 1783:23 (747)
ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET,
By Dr. Johnson, Author of the Rambler, Lives of the Poets,
&c. &c. &c.
Condemne'd to hope's delusive mine,
As on we toil from day to day,
By sudden blasts, or slow decline,
Our social comforts drop away.
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