The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 18/On the Great Buried Bottle

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ON THE GREAT BURIED BOTTLE[1].

BY DR. DELANY.


AMPHORA, quæ mæstum linquis, lætumque revises
Arentem dominum, sit tibi terra levis.
Tu quoque depositum serves, neve opprime, marmor;
Amphora non meruit tam pretiosa mori.