 | The select poems of Dr. Thomas Dunn English (exclusive of the "Battle lyrics") |  |
IX.
In less than a month, were paragraphs foundFlying the various journals around,
Of the great discovery, wonderful quite,
Of a goodly seam of anthracite:
Of its quality, quantity, and location,
In such an elegant situation.
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Was a statement made by Professor Chilton,
Showing as plainly as figures could show,
Glowing as brightly as words could glow,
That the purest of carbon made up the coal,
Except some half per cent. of the whole;
That Lehigh and Schuylkill couldn't shine
Beside the great Rhode Island Mine,
Which had coal enough to serve the nation
For all its domestic conflagration.
| The select poems of Dr. Thomas Dunn English (exclusive of the "Battle lyrics") | |