Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1771.01.28

NYM(G.771.013
28 Jan 1771:14 (1005)
[to the "Most Noble Marquis of Granby"]. . . It is indeed
but fitting that the sweetest poet should sing the dirge of
the greatest hero.---
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
With all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to dress their hallow'd mould;
. . . [2 lines] By fairy hands their knell is rung;
By forms unseen their dirge is sung:
. . . [4 more lines]