Upon the death of that reverend and aged man of God, Mr. Samuel Arnold, Pastor of the church at Marshfield, who deceased in the 71st year of his age, and of his ministry the 36th, September 1. 1693.

Abstract

Verse in twenty-two numbered stanzas; first line: When lights go out, darkness succeeds. Followed by: Samuel Arnold. Anagram, Leave old Arm's [and] Mr. Samuel Arnold, the late faithful preacher of the gospel at Marshfield, who left Earth for Heaven, September 1. 1693. His last farewell to the world. Written by himself not long before his death (first line: Vain world wherein I for a long time did dwell). Ford and Wegelin suggest that the title may be "Elegy upon the death of ... Mr. Samuel Arnold," and that the sheet has been trimmed with loss of the first word. First two poems in three columns; signed: Ichabod Wiswell. Third poem in fourth column separated by thick black rule.