Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1777.01.06

NYM(G.777.001
6 Jan 1777:23 (1315)
[Translation of an inscription proposed for a statue of
Voltaire]
Behold Voltaire! who well deserves this stone,
To make his various talents better known;
Great was the poet, the historian small,
The reasoner least, the Christian--none at all.
. . . [8 more lines, signed] Canterbury, Sept. 19, 1776.