Citation - New York Gazette (Bradford): 1729.10.13

NYG(B.729.005
6-13 Oct 1729:21 (206)
AN ELEGY UPON HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM BURNET, ESQ.; who
departed this life Sept. 7th, 1729, AEtat. 42. 
  In mournful lays let Melpomene sing,
  And griev'd and pensive touch the solemn string,
  While all the nine their gushing sorrows shed,
  To mourn in decent sort the mighty dead
  Burnet the great no more must bless our eyes,
  Burnet the learn'd the gen'rous and the wise;
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