An elegy on the departure of General George Washington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Solomon, 1750-1835.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 439.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Poetry.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Christian life--Poetry.

Christian life.

Parent and child--Poetry.

Parent and child.

Genre:

Poetry.

Broadsides.

Elegies.

Poems -- 1800.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 33 x 54 cm

Other Title:

Honoribus laureatus; fletusque omnibus.

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Sold by E. Larkin, Cornhill, Boston., [1800]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Verse in twenty numbered stanzas; first line: The Christian hero sinks to rest. Signed and dated: S. Howe. Greenwich, (Mass.) Feb. 22, 1800.

At head of title: Honoribus laureatus; fletusque omnibus.

Text in two columns, within mourning border, on left half of sheet. On right half of sheet, possibly intended to be separated, are two poems, in two columns: The divine law, signed and dated S. Howe. Greenwich, (Mass.) March, 1800; and The beautiful infant, presumably also by S. Howe.

Printed area of entire sheet measures 30.0 x 44.9 cm.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 439).

Contains:

Howe, Solomon, 1750-1835. Divine law.

Howe, Solomon, 1750-1835. Beautiful infant.

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