Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1765.01.21

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Index Entry Elegy on a Tallow Candle [t] [beg] Pensive I lay, e'en from the dead of 
Location Boston 
Citation
BEP(F.765.005
21 Jan 1765:32 (1533)
ELEGY ON A TALLOW-CANDLE.
Pensive I lay, e'en from the dead of night,
Until the sun his daily concourse began,
Reflecting on the candle's wasting light,
And moraliz'd the fate of mortal man.
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Generic Title Boston Evening Post (Fleet) 
Date 1765.01.21 
Publisher Fleet, T. and J. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1765 
Bibliography B0003325
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