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Elegy on the death of the Reverend Jonathan Mayhew ...

who departed this life July 9th, Anno Domini, 1766. Aetatis suae 46

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29.

Why need we note that Dignity of Soul,
That 'stablish'd Reason's controverted Sway?
Thrice sacred Guide! we yield to thy Controul,
Nor fling the Honours of Mankind away: