Citation - Virginia Gazette-Richmond (D&N): 1780.08.02

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Index Entry Lyric, elegy [beg] Unwelcome is that task to raise my lay 
Location Richmond 
Citation
VGR(DN.780.007
2 Aug 1780:22 (74)
. . . to the memory of Miss Nancy Finnie, late of the city
of Williamsburg.
  Unwelcome is that task to raise my lay, 
  But --- calls, I meet the call, obey;
  I mourn the lovely bright young Nancy's dead, 
  She's gone, and all that's fair is with her fled.
  . . . [12 more lines]


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Richmond (D&N) 
Date 1780.08.02 
Publisher Dixon & Nicolson 
City, State Richmond, VA 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0047845
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