A funeral elegy by way of a dialogue; between Death, Soul, Body and Jesus Christ
By: / Composed by Edmund Weld, formerly of Harvard College, who moving hence into Ireland, became a preacher of the gospel at Inniskean, there; who upon the mediation and apprehension of his own death (which was soon after, the second of March 1785 [i.e., 1668]) made this following poem, which was sent hither in a letter from his widow, there living, for the benefit of the people of Massachusetts, in America
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 46101
Publisher: Printed at the Chronicle printing-office [s.n.]. (For the purchasers.)
Published: 1790
Place of publication: Springfield, (Massachusetts.)
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry; Death
Other titles: Ho, ho prepare to go with me.
Notes: Dialogue in verse; first line, spoken by Death: Ho, ho prepare to go with me.

Several earlier editions of this poem, with varying titles, were printed between 1720 and 1763. For the earliest recorded edition, cf. Bristol B575.

Dated [1790] by Ford and Bristol. However, the Hampshire chronicle was published by a series of printers, from March 6, 1787, to September 6, 1796, and no evidence has been found to support a particular year of publication.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title and imprint transcriptions.

Text in three columns.

Bristol B7619

Shipton & Mooney 46101

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2603

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 419