Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1772.01.13

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Index Entry Lyric, elegy [beg] Under this earth decreed, this sacred bed! 
Location New York 
Citation
NYM(G.772.003
13 Jan 1772:32 (1055) 
Under this earth decreed, this sacred bed!
Here, Mortier, rests! amidst the silent dead.
Full three-score summer-suns, he saw go down;
Yet on himself, he ne'er met mortals frown!
. . . [10 more lines; signed] Yacob.


Generic Title New York Mercury (Gaine) 
Date 1772.01.13 
Publisher Gaine, Hugh 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1772 
Bibliography B0030120
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