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Elegiac poetry, English - Early works to 1800

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    An elegy on the much lamented death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, minister of the gospel, who died at his house, Morefields [sic], London, on the 28th of March, 1761

    | Date: 1761]
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    Aracyntha An Elegy. By Henry Norris, Of Taunton.

    Norris, Henry, fl. 1774. | Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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    Eighty-Eight lines by way of elegy , on the late Reverend Mr. Thomas Newnham, a minor canon of Bristol Cathedral, describing the very remarkable circumstances of his death, as compared with some passages in the Eighty-Eighth Psalm. By Thomas Marsh. Attempted in Mr. Shenstone's manner.

    Marsh, Thomas, fl. 1779. | Date: M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]
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    An elegy written in a country church yard

    Thomas Gray | Date: 1752
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    An elegy on the much lamented death of Charles Campbel Esq; who departed this life the 29th inst. October 1725

    | Date: 1725]
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Odes, English - Early works to 1800
English poetry - 18th century
Elegiac poetry, Welsh - Early works to 1800

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