Mourning Poem/Jane Constant

Name/Title

Mourning Poem/Jane Constant

Entry/Object ID

HHV 002.1655

Subject

mourning, death

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Peekskill, New York

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manuscript Collection

Transcription

Transcription

CATALOG NUMBER VC 2471 OBJECT NAME poem DATE [February?] 1819 AUTHOR Jane Constant https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/K4PC-2PM RECIPIENT MEDIUM Paper, ink PEOPLE PLACES poem on the death of a young woman, grouped with letters of Clarissa Gilbert and William Miller KEYWORDS Hark Hark my young friends hear is a melancholy Song the arrows of death they fly swiftly a long Hear is one of your numbers was all in her bloom She was cal’d away by death And She Lies in her tomb. 2 Altho she is dead She invites you to come Singing [go] In yon churchyard and you will find it on her tomb Singing go in younders churchyard and read it with care And remember it will not be long before your bodies must [^ ly their] [END OF PAGE 1] [LABEL] Jane Constant her verses ….. Peeks Kill [F’ry?] [?] 1818 W

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

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Other Number

V 2471