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

People / Organizations

• T. Fleet ("sold by")

Imprint

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

Publication year

1729-1729

ESTC No.

W15121

Grub Street ID

324583

Description

1 sheet : ill. (relief cut) ; ⁰⁰

Note

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.Citation/references Evans, 3278

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 575

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 569