An elegy written among the ruins of an abbey

Name: An elegy written among the ruins of an abbey
Author: Mr. (Edward) Jerningham

by Mr. (Edward) Jerningham

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Project Gutenberg

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Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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2021-12-18

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Public domain in the USA.

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English poetry -- 18th century Elegiac poetry, English

About the author

Mr. (Edward) Jerningham

d. 1812

An English poet and dramatist from a prominent Catholic family, he moved in fashionable literary circles and wrote verse, plays, and devotional works. His life stretched from the mid-18th century into the Regency era, linking polite society with a more personal, reflective strain of writing.

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