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Elegiac poetry, English - 18th century

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    The tears of friendship. An elegiac ode. Sacred to the Memory of several deceased Friends, and particularly the Rev. Benjamin Grosvenor, D. D. who departed this Life Aug. 27, 1758, in the 83d Year of his Age. By Thomas Gibbons.

    Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785. | Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]
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    An elegy on the death of the Reverend Mr. Peter Goodwin , who departed this life November 27, 1747. in the LXIVth year of his age. By Thomas Gibbons.

    Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785. | Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]
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    On the death of King James. By a lady

    Lady | Date: 1701?]
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    The hours of love: in four elegies viz. night, morning, noon, and evening. By a student of the Middle Temple. Written in the year MDCCLII.

    Student of the Middle Temple. | Date: [1752?]
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    Poems on several occasions, with some other compositions . By Nathaniel Evans, A.M. late missionary (appointed by the Society for Propagating the Gospel) for Gloucester County, in New-Jersey; and Chaplain to the Lord Viscount Kilmorey, of the Kingdom of Ireland.

    Evans, Nathaniel, 1742-1767. | Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]
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