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Letter to Editor
May 17, 1810
Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
A reader submits an unpublished epitaph poem praising Sir Isaac Newton as a genius of science and wisdom, suggesting it will please Gazette readers.
Merged-components note: Merged letter submitting an epitaph with the following poem; the letter introduces the poem for publication in the newspaper.
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You have never published this Epitaph, I believe, and many of your readers, who have not seen it, will, I think, be pleased at the insertion in your Gazette.
An Epitaph on SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Approach, ye wise, approach with awe divine,
'Tis Newton's name that consecrates this shrine!
That Sun of wisdom, whose meridian ray,
Pierc'd Nature's gloom and kindled it to day:
That soul of science! that unbounded mind!
That genius which exalted human kind!
Confess'd supreme of man, his country's pride.
And half esteem'd an angel-till he dy'd!
Who in the eye of heav'n like Enoch stood;
And thro'the paths of knowledge walk'd with GOD!
Who made his fame a sea without a shore,
And but forsook one world to know the laws of MORE.
An Epitaph on SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Approach, ye wise, approach with awe divine,
'Tis Newton's name that consecrates this shrine!
That Sun of wisdom, whose meridian ray,
Pierc'd Nature's gloom and kindled it to day:
That soul of science! that unbounded mind!
That genius which exalted human kind!
Confess'd supreme of man, his country's pride.
And half esteem'd an angel-till he dy'd!
Who in the eye of heav'n like Enoch stood;
And thro'the paths of knowledge walk'd with GOD!
Who made his fame a sea without a shore,
And but forsook one world to know the laws of MORE.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poetic
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Science Nature
What keywords are associated?
Isaac Newton
Epitaph
Poem
Science
Wisdom
What entities or persons were involved?
Your Gazette
Letter to Editor Details
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Your Gazette
Main Argument
requests publication of an epitaph on sir isaac newton, believing readers will be pleased as it has not been published before.
Notable Details
Epitaph Praises Newton As 'Sun Of Wisdom', 'Soul Of Science', Comparing Him To Enoch And God In Knowledge.