| Item Description: | "An hymn for the spring. The bloom of life fading in a happy death."--p. 24-25. Written in 1727, occasioned by the sudden deaths of Samuel Hirst, Thomas Lewis and Simon Bradstreet. First published as the work of "a very hopeful young scholar" in: Prince, Thomas. Morning healt no security against the sudden arrest of death, 2nd ed. Boston, 1727. The poem appears under subtitle in Byles' Poems on several occasions, Boston, 1744. - English Short Title Catalog, W23139. - Evans, 11195. - Half-title: Dr. Byles's sermon on the spring of the year. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. - Running title: Meditations on the spring of the year |
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