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RNYG.783.199
31 Dec 1783:21 (758)
Gleanings from English Papers. London, September 25.
. . . [85 lines] The late Sir John Miller's poetical vase at
Bath-Easton, being the subject of investigation among a
literary society, the following question was discussed:
Whether the vase was productive of one piece of good genuine
poetry? and it was going to be given in the negative, when
a gentleman, the only dissentient in company, begged leave
to read the following lines, written by his friend, an
ingenious Templar, which had been inurned in the vase:
Miller! the urn, in ancient times, 'tis said,
Held the collected ashes of the dead;
So thine, the wonder of these modern days,
Stands open day and night for lifeless lays!
. . . [4 more lines]
The reading of the above lines convered the whole society,
who gave their opinion, that Sir John's vase had contained
one piece of poetry, in which there were taste, truth,
point, and satire!
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