Index Entry | It chanc'd, at Dorset pass'd a tavern door [fl] |
Location | London |
Citation | BG.735.001a 30 Dec 1734-6 Jan 1735:12 (783) Verses spoke by a young gentleman at the last election in Westminster School. Raro magnum iongenium in occulto latet. Contigit obscurum sacrillum inirate tabernam, Forte ubi volvebat classica scripta puer; . . . [12 more lines] It chanc'd, at Dorset pass'd a tavern door, A drawer boy was turning Horace o'er; Mean was his aspect, but his mind was fair; His love of learning great, his genius fate. . . . [10 more lines] |
Generic Title | Boston Gazette |
Date | 1735.01.06 |
Publisher | Boydell, John |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1735 |
Bibliography | B0004565 |