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MG-A(G.753.003
1 Feb 1753:11,12 (404)
Dublin, 8 Aug. . . [52 lines concerning a parade by
dignitaries and the corporations of the city celebrating the
city's corporations, during which the following poem was
distributed]
A POEM ON THE ART OF PRINTING.
Sic honor & divinis vatibus atque
Carminibus venit_________ Hor.
Hail sacred art! thou gift of heaven, design'd
T' impart the charms of wisdom to mankind,
To call forth learning from the realms of night,
And bid bright knowlege rise to public sight. . .
[22 more lines of poetry, the article concluding] The
coopers had a very lusty jolly man, with a very comely face,
to represent Bacchus, bestriding a ton, at one end of which
sat two trumpeters, who play'd several Bacchanalian tunes,
which gave great pleasure.
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