Citation - Newport Mercury: 1774.07.25

NM.774.030
25 Jul 1774:31 (829)
OF THE PROSPECT OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN AMERICA.
Written near fifty years ago by the celebrated Dr. George
Berkeley, Dean of Derry, and afterwards Lord Bishop of
Cloyne, while he was in America.
The muse, disgusted at an age and clime
Barren of every glorious theme,
In distant lands now waits a better time,
Producing subjects worthy fame:
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