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very ancient composition by a certain Ruthven Jenkyns. Now a song entitled " Though Lost to Sight to Memory Dear," said to be written by Ruthven Jenkyns in 1703, was published in London in 1880. It was a hoax. The composer acknowledged in a private letter that he had copied the lyric from an Amer-ican newspaper. There is no other authority for the origin of the song, and " Ruthven Jenkyns," bearing another name, is now living in San Francisco. George Linley wrote a song commencing—
" Though lost to sight, to memory dear Thou ever wilt remain ; One only hope my heart can cheer, The hope to meet again."
But Linley did not invent the phrase which is said to have been popular as a tombstone head-ing early in the present century.
From quite the earliest times the " miller" has been a favourite subject with our English writers, and almost invariably he has been de-picted as a model of sturdy independence. Amongst the best " miller" songs may be in-cluded George Colman's "Merrily goes the Mill," and "The Miller," written by Charles
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