Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects / Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author

A collection of earnest, reflective poems that address mortality, faith, friendship, and consolation through didactic and elegiac verse. Several long epistles counsel readers on the fear of death, the Christian virtue of resignation, and the comfort of religious devotion, while pastoral meditations describe sequestered coastal retreats where memory and grief mingle with gratitude. Poetic portraits mourn lost companions and celebrate consoling recollection, recommending pious submission, the solace of friendship, and devotional hope as remedies for sorrow. The tone alternates between sober moral instruction and affectionate commemoration.