On The Death Of Daniel Webster Written For Governor Everett And Dedicated To Ex Mayor Bigelow

by Hon James Torrington Spencer Lidstone

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Boston, MA : Hollis & Gunn, nd 1852 . Broadside, 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, printed on blue paper. A Canadian poet from Toronto, Lidstone published a similar verse tribute to Henry Clay printed in Buffalo, N.Y. , another prominent American who died in 1852. First line: “Suspended be the music of the spheres”; last line: “Tears flow fast, and I can write no more.” OCLC locates one copy Massachusetts Historical Society .

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