Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1775.01.09

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Index Entry Dirges, in lyric [beg] Say, weeping muse, what means this passing bell? 
Location New York 
Citation
NYM(G.775.005
9 Jan 1775:23 (1213)
An Elegy on the Death of the Reverend John Ogilvie, D.D. 
Who departed this life the 26th of November, 1774.  By a
young gentleman of this city.
Say, weeping muse, what means that passing bell?
What breathless coarse demands that solemn knell?
What soul departed moves in sad parade,
To death's cold mansions and the gloomy shade?
. . . [42 more lines, including]
Let all thy courts in sable robes be hung,
And fun'ral dirges sound from ev'ry tongue:


Generic Title New York Mercury (Gaine) 
Date 1775.01.09 
Publisher Gaine, Hugh 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0030280
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