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VGW(RI.775.106
9 Nov 1775:31, 32 (496)
London, August 7. Doctor Flamstead, the famous astronomer,
once made an entertainment for a few select friends at the
Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, and the late ingenious
Mr. Thomas Brown was among the invited guests. After an
elegant dinner, the glass going chearfully about, somebody
laid pen, ink, and paper before Mr. Brown, desiring him to
divert the company with something extempore. He modestly
desired to be excused; . . . he took the pen, and after a
short pause, writ the following lines:
We here are invited to a Zodiack of mirth,
Where Aries and Scorpio do give it a birth;
Here Leo ne'er roars, nor Taurus ne'er bellows,
But, Gemini like, we commence merry fellows;
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