The world, my dear Myra, is full of deceit, /And friendship's a jewel we seldom can meet;/ How strange does it seem that, in searching around, /This source of content is so rare to be found?

Bolton & Co. Verse:: 76
Full Text: The world, my dear Myra, is full of deceit, /And friendship's a jewel we seldom can meet;/ How strange does it seem that, in searching around, /This source of content is so rare to be found?
Listed on Page Number: 265
Sampler Worked By: Lucy Ripley
Date of Sampler: 1802
Place Sampler Made: Hartford, CT
Sampler Listed on Page: 215
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Pope, Alexander/ See Notes…written for a performance /England/1758
Notes: Written for a 1758 performance at Ranelagh Pleasure Gardens and sung by Catherine (Kitty) Fourmantel. Composer: James Oswald https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/The_world,_my_dear_Myra_(James_Oswald "The world my dear Myra is full of deceit " (sampler may say Mary) Pg. 265 says Mary