A funeral elegy by way of dialogue; between Death, Soul, Body and Jesus Christ / Composed by Edmund Weld, formerly of Harvard College, who moving hence into Ireland, became a preacher of the Gospel at Inniskean, there; who upon the meditation and apprehension of his own death (which was soon after the second day of March, 1668) made this following poem, which was sent hither in a letter from his wife, there living, to his relations here. Aetatis suae an. 39.
| Author/creator | Weld, Edmund |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Re-printed by D. and J. Kneeland, for J. Winter in Union-Street, [between 1759 and 1761] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41178. ^A478749 |
| General note | Dialogue in verse; first line, spoken by Death: Ho, ho prepare to go with me. |
| General note | Daniel and John Kneeland began printing together in 1759. Joshua Winter died in December of 1761. |
| General note | Text in three columns. |
| References | Bristol B2183 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 41178 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41178). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
| Genre/form | Dialogues. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |