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

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

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

Church, Benjamin (1734-1778)

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38.

O'er his soft Features, kind Complacence smil'd,
And plaintive Sorrow, wrung his tender Heart,
His lenient Tongue, keen Anguish oft beguil'd,
He catch'd th' Infection, and allay'd the Smart:

University of Virginia Library

38.