Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New Haven: 1761.01.31

CG-NH.761.002
31 Jan 1761:22,31 (304)
STANZAS OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF HIS LATE MOST SACRED
MAJESTY.
As late I mus'd, from observation free,
Beneath a weeping willow-tree:
The scenes of war revolving o'er,
And signing at the woes of poor Germania's shore:
Sudden the sky grew dark: the Lord of Light
Withdrew his chariot from my sight;
Black loo'd the river's gentle surge,
While o'er its banks the raven croak'd his sullen dirge.
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