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elegies

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An elegy on the death of the Reverend John Ogilvie, D.D. : Who departed this life the 26th of November, 1774. / By a young gentleman of this city.

First line: Say, weeping muse, what means that passing bell? Dated at end: December the 26th, 1774.

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An elegy occasioned by the death of the late Reverend Daniel M'Clelin [i.e., McClellan], Pastor of the Church of Christ in Colerain. / By a neighbour.

Verse in two parts; first line: Awake my muse, and sing a mournful song. At end: [Published at the request of the friends of the deceased.] Text in two columns surrounded by mourning border; skull and bones headband (Reilly 31). New-York Historical copy imperfect: closely trimmed, with slight loss of ornamental border.

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To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the death of his lady.

Verse of fifty lines; first line: Where contemplation finds her sacred spring. Signed: Phillis Wheatley. Boston, June 16th, 1772. At foot: The above Phillis Wheatley, is a Negro girl, about 18 years old, who has been in this country 11 years. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases, with slight loss of text.

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An elegy, on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John, : tutor of Yale College, who was drowned in his passage from New-Haven to Norwalk, May the 5th, 1771, verso

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An elegy, on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John, : tutor of Yale College, who was drowned in his passage from New-Haven to Norwalk, May the 5th, 1771, recto

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An elegy, on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John, : tutor of Yale College, who was drowned in his passage from New-Haven to Norwalk, May the 5th, 1771.

Verse of 108 lines printed in two columns divided by type ornament rule; first line: The world now yields to night's returning sway. Included in: Poetical works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, v. II, p. 187-192. Imprint supplied by Evans. Text in two columns. New-York Historical copy inscribed on verso: Mr. Trumbull Esq. on Mr. B. St. John gift of Col. Stephen St. John May 19th 1783.

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A Funeral elegy, on the revd. and renowned George Whitefield, chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess of Huntingdon, &c. : Who departed this life at Newbury-Port, on Sabbath morning the 30th day [o]f September, 1770. Æt. 56.

Verse of 118 lines; first lines: Why throbs my panting heart? and whence can flow these plaintive tho'ts and why this sudden woe? Printed in two columns, without the mourning border found in other editions.

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P.M.S. In memoriam D. Elizabeth Graham, viri plurimum reverendi, ac Doctissimi Chauncey Graham, A.M. & V.D.M. : In tractu Rumbout, consortis nuper dilectissimæ elegiacum.

Elegy for Elizabeth (Van Wyck) Graham, wife of Rev. Chauncey Graham, of Rumbout [i.e. Fishkill], New York. Elizabeth Graham died in 1770. Signed: J. Rysdyk. V.D.M. First line: O jactura gravis! Quam non irreparabile damnum! Entire text in Latin. Text within mourning border. New-York Historical copy inscribed: John McKesson.

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An Elegy, on the much lamented death of His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, baronet, captain general, and governor in chief in and over the province of New-York ... : who departed this life in Fort George, on Monday the 11th of September, 1769, verso

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An Elegy, on the much lamented death of His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, baronet, captain general, and governor in chief in and over the province of New-York ... : who departed this life in Fort George, on Monday the 11th of September, 1769, recto

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An Elegy, on the much lamented death of His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, baronet, captain general, and governor in chief in and over the province of New-York ... : who departed this life in Fort George, on Monday the 11th of September, 1769.

Verse of forty-six lines; first line: Now gentle muse of ever-pensive vein. Imprint supplied by Evans. The New York Historical Society's copy is inscribed: said to be written by the Hon'bl Wm. Smith, of the Council. Cf. Smith, William. Historical memoirs ... 1763 to ... 1776, New York, 1956, p. 53. New-York Historical copy: closely trimmed at top and bottom.

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The following lines were occasioned by the death of Miss Mary Hedges, : who departed this life February 17th, 1768, in the 19th year of her age.

Verse of ninety-four lines; first line: Awake my muse, and strike the mournful lyre. Followed by: The Epitaph upon her grave-stone. Another edition spells "epitaph" with a lower case "e" and has variant setting of type and relief cut. Includes solid rectangular black bar at head of sheet, 3.5 x 10.4 cm., showing prominent wood grain. Dated: East-Hampton, ex meo musæo, March 1st, 1768.

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A short account of three young men, who were kill'd by lightning, at Suffield, May 20, 1766. Viz. Samuel Remington, James Bagg, Jonathan Bagg.

Verse in forty-one numbered stanzas; first line: Come all you living that survive. Signed and dated: August 26, 1766. E. Remington. Johnson suggests that the author is Elizabeth Remington. Imprint suggested by Johnson. Another edition (Johnson 836) has imprint: New-London: Printed and sold by Timothy Green, 1767. Text in three columns; caption title separated from poem by heavy black rule. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases, with slight loss of text.

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Meditations on death. : Composed on the death of Mr. John Pierson, junr. of Killingworth, who died April 8th, A.D. 1776; in the thirty-first year of his age. Directed in particular to the bereaved friends, recto

Printed in two columns divided by wide black rule. Printed area measures: 30.5 x 12.0 cm. Poem in 36 numbered four-line stanzas. First line: The Lord Jehovah reigns on high. Imprint supplied by Evans. Recorded as a New London imprint by Trumbull and Wegelin, but not recorded by Hazel Johnson in her Checklist of New London, Connecticut, imprints, 1709-1800. New-York Historical copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813. References Evans 14887. Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 633.

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Meditations on death. : Composed on the death of Mr. John Pierson, junr. of Killingworth, who died April 8th, A.D. 1776; in the thirty-first year of his age. Directed in particular to the bereaved friends, verso

Printed in two columns divided by wide black rule. Printed area measures: 30.5 x 12.0 cm. Poem in 36 numbered four-line stanzas. First line: The Lord Jehovah reigns on high. Imprint supplied by Evans. Recorded as a New London imprint by Trumbull and Wegelin, but not recorded by Hazel Johnson in her Checklist of New London, Connecticut, imprints, 1709-1800. New-York Historical copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813. References Evans 14887. Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 633.

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Carmina Lugubria. : In memoriam dominæ Rebeccæ Croswell, domini Croswell uxoris, nuper denatæ: cum hymno laudis ad redemptorem. / Autore Andreâ Croswell, V.D.M. in Bostonio. …

Verse in three numbered stanzas; first line: Pulchra fuit conjux- semper dilecta marito. Followed by a funeral hymn- also in Latin. Erroneously dated [1770] by Evans; [1779] by Ford; and [ca. 1810] by Wegelin. Dated [1781] in Shipley's Harvard graduates- v. 8- p. 405- based on an advertisement which appeared in the August 9- 1781- issue of the Continental journal: This day published and now selling by T. & J. Fleet ... Carmina Lugubria ... Text in two columns. References: Evans 11617; Ford- W.C. Broadsides- 2177; Wegelin- O. Amer. poetry- 915.

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Meditations on death. : Composed on the death of Mr. John Pierson, junr. of Killingworth, who died April 8th, A.D. 1776; in the thirty-first year of his age. Directed in particular to the bereaved friends.

Printed in two columns divided by wide black rule. Printed area measures: 30.5 x 12.0 cm. Poem in 36 numbered four-line stanzas. First line: The Lord Jehovah reigns on high. Imprint supplied by Evans. Recorded as a New London imprint by Trumbull and Wegelin- but not recorded by Hazel Johnson in her Checklist of New London- Connecticut- imprints- 1709-1800. New-York Historical copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813. References Evans 14887. Wegelin- O. Amer. poetry- 633.