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Upon the much lamented death, of that pious and hopeful young gentlewoman, Mrs. Mary Gerrish , wife of Mr. Samuel Gerrish, the daughter of the Honourable Samuel Sewall Esqr. Who departed this life November 17th. 1710. Being the night after publick thanksgiving.
Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717.Date: 1710]
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A poem, on the death of Deacon William Barns, of New-Fairfield , who departed this life, September 18, 1768, in the lxixth year of his age. [Six lines of quotations].
Potter, James.Date: 1769
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Anticipation! Peter Porcupine's descent into hell; or, An elegy on his death . A mock-heroic poem. By Henry Hedgehog.
Carey, James, -1801Date: 1797
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An elegiac poem on the death of General George Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States . Who died at Mount Vernon, Virginia, 14th December, 1799, aged 69 years. Dedicated to the citizens of the United States.
Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853.Date: January 1, 1800
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The grave. A poem . By Robert Blair. To which is added, An elegy written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray.
Robert BlairDate: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]
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An elegy upon the much lamented decease of the reverend & excellent Mr. Solomon Stoddard , late faithful pastor of the Church of Christ in North Hampton, N.E. Qui obiit, February 11th, Anno Dom. 1729. Ætat. suæ 86.
Nash, Joseph, 1664-1740.Date: 1729]
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The Fall of Lucifer , an elegiac poem on the infamous defection of the late General Arnold. [Three lines in Latin from Virgil].
Date: M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]
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Sonnet. For the fourteenth of October, 1793 . When were entombed the remains of His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; Late governor and commander in chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Gram, Hans, 1756-1804.Date: 1798]
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Corderius americanus An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully be attempted, for the hope of the flock. In a funeral sermon upon Mr. Ezekiel Cheever. The ancient and Honourable master of the Free-School in Boston. Who left off, but when mortalit took him off, in August, 1708. the ninety fourth year of his age. With an elegy and an epitaph upon him. By one that was once a scholar to him. [One line epigram in Latin].
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: 1708
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The grave. A poem . By Robert Blair. [One line from Job] To which is added, An elegy, written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray.
Robert BlairDate: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
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The shipwreck A poem. By William Falconer. [Two lines from Virgil].
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
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Clough's farewell, 1708. An almanack for the year of our Lord, (according to the common account) 1708. .. . Design'd for the publick, by Samuel Clough, before his death, which was October 26, 1707. [One line from Ecclesiastes] To which is prefixt a short elegy on the author Licensed by authority.
Clough, Samuel, 1665?-1707.Date: 1708 [i.e., 1707?]
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An elegy upon the deaths of those excellent and learned divines, the Reverend Nicholas Noyes, A.M. and the Reverend George Curwin, A.M. the pastors of the First Church of Christ in Salem . Mr. Noyes was ordain'd November 14th. 1683. and expired December 13th. 1717. Aged seventy years, wanting twelve days. Mr. Curwin was ordain'd May 19th. 1714. and expired November 23d. 1717. In the thirty fifth year of his age. Publish'd at the desire of many of their hearers.
Phillips, Samuel, 1690-1771.Date: 1717]
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The beauties of Sterne including all his pathetick tales, and most distinguished observations on life. Selected for the heart of sensibility. [Six lines from Sterne's Sentimental journey].
Laurence SterneDate: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]
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Conscience personified, an allegorical sketch: and the pet lamb, an elegy. By James Cawdell, comedian
Cawdell, J. (James), d. 1800.Date: [1780?]
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A sermon, delivered at Yarmouth, November 13, 1796 , occasioned by the sudden death of Mrs. Sarah Alden, consort of the Reverend Timothy Alden. By John Mellen, Jun. Minister of the East Church in Barnstable.
Mellen, John, 1752-1828.Date: 1797
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A sermon occasioned by the late great earthquake, and the terrors that attended it Prepared for, and (in part) delivered at a fast in Dorchester, Nov. 7. 1727. And transcribed for the press with some enlargement. By John Danforth, M.A. Pastor of the church there. [Fourteen lines of Scripture texts].
Danforth, John, 1660-1730.Date: 1728
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Some remarkable passages in the life of the Hon. Col. James Gardiner , who was slain at the Battle of Preston Pans, September 21, 1745. To which is added, the sermon, occasioned by his heroick death. By P. Doddridge, D.D. [Two lines from Virgil].
Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]
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The beauties of Sterne including all his pathetick tales, and most distinguished observations on life. Selected for the heart of sensibility. [Six lines from Sterne's Sentimental journey].
Laurence SterneDate: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]
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Gloria Britannorum: or, The British worthies A poem. Being an essay on the characters of the most illustrious persons in camp or cabinet, since the Glorious Revolution to this present time. More particularly, of the present ministry, under our most renowned sovereign Lord King George. To which is added, an ode on His Majesty's coronation, and an elegy on the death of the late glorious Duke of Marlborough. By a lover of the present happy constitution. [Two lines from Horace].
Knapp, Francis, b. 1672.Date: 1723
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Some remarkable passages in the life of the Hon. Col. James Gardiner , who was slain at the Battle of Preston Pans, September 21, 1745. To which is added, the sermon, occasioned by his heroick death. By P. Doddridge, D.D. [Two lines from Virgil].
Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751.Date: M,DCC,XCV. [1795]
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A sermon occasioned by the death of the Honorable Abigail Belcher , late consort of Jonathan Belcher, Esq; late lieutenant governor and commander in chief, and His Majesty's present chief justice of his province of Nova-Scotia, delivered at Halifax, in the said provice, October 20, 1771. By John Seccombe, of Chester, A.M. With an epistle by Mather Byles, D.D. of Boston. [Three lines of Scripture texts].
Seccombe, John, 1708-1792.Date: 1772
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The beauties of Hervey: or, Descriptive, picturesque and instructive passages , selected from the works of this deservedly admired author ... To which are added, Memoirs of the author's life and character; with an elegiac poem on his death. [Four lines of verse].
Hervey, James, 1714-1758.Date: 1794
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An essay by way of elegy, on the Hond: Arthur Upton Esq; of Castle-Upton, of ever-pious memory
Kirkpatrick, James, d. 1743.Date: 1707
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Monody on Major Andre , (who was executed at Tappan, November--1780.) By Miss Seward. To which are added, Major Andre's letters. Addressed to Miss Seward, when at his 18th year.
Seward, Anna, 1742-1809.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]

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Upon the much lamented death, of that pious and hopeful young gentlewoman, Mrs. Mary Gerrish , wife of Mr. Samuel Gerrish, the daughter of the Honourable Samuel Sewall Esqr. Who departed this life November 17th. 1710. Being the night after publick thanksgiving.

A poem, on the death of Deacon William Barns, of New-Fairfield , who departed this life, September 18, 1768, in the lxixth year of his age. [Six lines of quotations].

Anticipation! Peter Porcupine's descent into hell; or, An elegy on his death . A mock-heroic poem. By Henry Hedgehog.

An elegiac poem on the death of General George Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States . Who died at Mount Vernon, Virginia, 14th December, 1799, aged 69 years. Dedicated to the citizens of the United States.

The grave. A poem . By Robert Blair. To which is added, An elegy written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray.

An elegy upon the much lamented decease of the reverend & excellent Mr. Solomon Stoddard , late faithful pastor of the Church of Christ in North Hampton, N.E. Qui obiit, February 11th, Anno Dom. 1729. Ætat. suæ 86.

The Fall of Lucifer , an elegiac poem on the infamous defection of the late General Arnold. [Three lines in Latin from Virgil].

Sonnet. For the fourteenth of October, 1793 . When were entombed the remains of His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; Late governor and commander in chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The grave. A poem . By Robert Blair. [One line from Job] To which is added, An elegy, written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray.

The shipwreck A poem. By William Falconer. [Two lines from Virgil].

Clough's farewell, 1708. An almanack for the year of our Lord, (according to the common account) 1708. .. . Design'd for the publick, by Samuel Clough, before his death, which was October 26, 1707. [One line from Ecclesiastes] To which is prefixt a short elegy on the author Licensed by authority.

The beauties of Sterne including all his pathetick tales, and most distinguished observations on life. Selected for the heart of sensibility. [Six lines from Sterne's Sentimental journey].

Conscience personified, an allegorical sketch: and the pet lamb, an elegy. By James Cawdell, comedian

A sermon, delivered at Yarmouth, November 13, 1796 , occasioned by the sudden death of Mrs. Sarah Alden, consort of the Reverend Timothy Alden. By John Mellen, Jun. Minister of the East Church in Barnstable.

Some remarkable passages in the life of the Hon. Col. James Gardiner , who was slain at the Battle of Preston Pans, September 21, 1745. To which is added, the sermon, occasioned by his heroick death. By P. Doddridge, D.D. [Two lines from Virgil].

The beauties of Sterne including all his pathetick tales, and most distinguished observations on life. Selected for the heart of sensibility. [Six lines from Sterne's Sentimental journey].

Some remarkable passages in the life of the Hon. Col. James Gardiner , who was slain at the Battle of Preston Pans, September 21, 1745. To which is added, the sermon, occasioned by his heroick death. By P. Doddridge, D.D. [Two lines from Virgil].

The beauties of Hervey: or, Descriptive, picturesque and instructive passages , selected from the works of this deservedly admired author ... To which are added, Memoirs of the author's life and character; with an elegiac poem on his death. [Four lines of verse].

An essay by way of elegy, on the Hond: Arthur Upton Esq; of Castle-Upton, of ever-pious memory

Monody on Major Andre , (who was executed at Tappan, November--1780.) By Miss Seward. To which are added, Major Andre's letters. Addressed to Miss Seward, when at his 18th year.