"The moon, who holds o'er night her silver reign" is "Regent of tides, and mistress of the brain"
Gotham
8 entries in ESTC (1764, 1765).<br>
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Issued in 3 "Books" in 1764, each with a separate half-title; collected in Churchill's <u>Poems</u> (1765).<br>
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Text from <u>Poems of Charles Churchill</u>, ed. James Laver. 2 vols. (London: The King's Printers, 1933).