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[Poems by Danforth in] Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society

April 17, 1968 - October 16, 1968 : Volume 78
Danforth, John (1660-1730)

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ELEGIES
 
Upon the Triumphant TRANSLATION of a Mother in Our ISRAEL, Viz. MRS. ANNE ELIOT
 
To the Blessed MEMORY of the Venerable Mr. JOHN ELIOT,
 
A FUNERAL ELEGY Humbly Dedicated to the Renowned Memory of the HONORABLE, THOMAS DANFORTH, Esq.
 
A Pindarick ELEGY Upon the Renowned, MR. SAMUEL WILLARD,
 
PROFIT AND LOSS: AN ELEGY Upon the Decease of MRS. MARY GERRISH,
 
HONOUR AND VERTUE ELEGIZED IN A POEM Upon an Honourable, Aged, and Gracious Mother in our Israel, MADAM ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON,
 
GREATNESS & GOODNESS ELEGIZED, In a POEM, Upon the much Lamented Decease of the Honourable & Vertuous MADAM HANNAH SEWALL,
 
A FUNERAL POEM IN MEMORY OF MR. HOPESTILL CLAP,
 
An ELEGY upon the much Lamented Decease of MRS. ELISABETH FOXCROFT
 
AN ELEGY UPON THE MUCH LAMENTED DECEASE OF THE REVEREND AND EXCELLENT MR. JOSEPH BELCHER,
 
The DIVINE NAME Humbly Celebrated, On Occasion of the Translation to Heaven of the Bright Soul of the Pious and Vertuous, MADAM SUSANNA THACHER
 
Two vast Enjoyments commemorated, and two great Bereavements lamented, in two excellent Persons, viz. the Reverend Mr. PETER THACHER And the Reverend Mr. SAMUEL DANFORTH,
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TWO FRAGMENTS OF ELEGIES
 
Upon the decease of the pious Mr. Thomas Bromfield,
 
Elegy on the Death of Captain Jonathan Danforth.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
 
ALMANAC VERSE (1679)
 
EPITAPH ON JOSIAH FLINT
 
POEMS FOR COTTON MATHER'S MAGNALIA
 
A FEW LINES TO FILL UP A VACANT PAGE
 
EPITAPH ON MIRIAM WOOD
 
LOVE and UNITY ENCOURAGED AND CONTENTION and DIVISION DISSWADED, in a POEM.
 
EPITAPH ON HOPESTILL CLAP
 
THE MERCIES of the YEAR COMMEMORATED: A SONG for Little CHILDREN in NEW-ENGLAND.
 
THE VANITY OF THE WORLD, A POEM.

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Elegy on the Death of Captain Jonathan Danforth.

d. Billerica, Sept. 7, 1712, a. 84.

He rode the circuit, chain'd great towns and farms,
To good behavior; and by well marked stations,
He fixed their bounds for many generations.
His art ne'er failed him, though the loadstone failed,
When oft by mines and streams it was assailed.
All this is charming, but there's something higher,
Gave him the lustre which we most admire.
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