An Elegy upon His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; who departed this life Sept. 7th. 1729. Aetat. 42.

Format:

• Book

Series:

• Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3278.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Burnet, William, 1688-1729--Poetry.
• Burnet, William, 1688-1729.

Genre:

• Broadsides.
• Elegies.
• Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (relief cut)

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed and sold by T. Fleet in Pudding-Lane, near the Town-House, where may be had His Excellency's Character., [1729]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

• Verse in nine stanzas; first line: In mournful lays let Melpomene sing.
• Text in two columns within a mourning border; relief cut of two skulls and cross-bones with an hour glass.
• Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 3278).

Cited in:

• Evans 3278
• Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 575
• Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 569

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