Thomas Moore Quote

Lady Bab. Yes, my dear, a poem upon sol ammoniac - in which, under the name of the Loves of Ammonia, I have personified this interesting alkali, and described very tenderly all the various experiments that have been tried on her. Miss S. This is what has been called 'enlisting Poetry under the banners of Science,'

The Works of Thomas Moore, The Blue Stocking (p. 295), Printed for E. Fleischer. Leipzig, Germany 1833