Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1773.03.25

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Index Entry Lyric, elegy [beg] Peace, gentle shade, attend thy balmy rest 
Location New Kent 
Citation
VGW(HU.773.025
25 Mar 1773:31 (1130)
(Deaths) Miss Betsey Bassett, eldest daughter of Burwell
Bassett, Esquire, of New Kent; . . . 
WHAT PARENT'S HEART BUT FEELS A PARENT'S WO!
Peace, gentle shade, attend thy balmy rest, 
And earth sit lightly on thy snowy breast;
Let guardian angels gently hover round, 
And downy silence haunt the hallow'd ground;
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Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) 
Date 1773.03.25 
Publisher Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1773 
Bibliography B0048603
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