Lines Composed on the Death of Captain Samuel Spurling

DESCRIPTION: "What mournful news invades our ears? How the sad tidings spread." The subject of the poem (never named in the text) is gone, and many mourn. He was a good man, a patriot -- but it is all God's will
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: death separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 295-297, "Lines Composed on the Death of Captain Samuel Spurling" (1 text)
NOTES [38 words]: Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine had this from a broadside; I strongly doubt it ever became traditional. It's not even a ballad, really; it's too vague. Change the title and it could be a (very bad) epitaph for almost anyone. - RBW
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File: EcSm295

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