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NYM(G.772.032
23 Mar 1772:14 (1065)
From the Pennsylvania Packet, of March 2, 1772. A Pastoral
Elegy, occasioned by the death of Dr. Benjamin Onderdonk,
late of New-York; who was just happily settled at St.
Eustatia, where he died aged twenty-one.
Scarce had bright Phoebus blest the genial day,
And blushing, shed abroad his golden ray;
When sad Florella left her roseate bower,
And contemplative view'd each rising flower.
Go gentle rose, the maiden artless sung,
With Venus' form, and Philomella's tongue.
. . . [73 more lines, signed] Burlington, Feb. 1772.
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