An Elegy upon the death of Mr. Mason late minister of Water-Stratford, near Buckingham, who departed this life on Monday last, the 12th of this instant May, at his house called the New Noah's Ark, at Water-Stratford. 1694 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A39191 Wing E466B ESTC R34876 14877275 ocm 14877275 102810

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 eng Mason, John, 1646?-1694 -- Poetry. 2008-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

MEMENTO MORI

outline of tombstone, which surrounds text, often including depictions of emblems of Death
AN ELEGY Upon The Death of Mr. Maſon, LATE Miniſter of Water-Stratford, near Buckingham, Who departed this Life on Monday laſt, the 21th. of this Inſtant May, at his Houſe, called, the New Noah's Ark, at Water-Stratford.

Licenſed according to Order.

 THE Buckingham Great Seer, that Non-parel, The Moſes t' his new wandring Iſrael, Fame's mournful Trump brings the ſaid News to Town, Has his Mortality in Duſt laid down. True Moſes like indeed, his Lifes laſt Sand Too ſhort to reach even his own Promis'd Land. Strange ſighted Prieſt of Fate, to have fore-known The Worlds approaching End, but not thy own: What though thoſe loud Attendants on thy Death, Wafted in Tempeſts thy expiring Breath; Let Storms, or Fiery Chariots, wait thy Call, Only we hope thou'aſt let no Mantle fall; No double-ſpirited Relique left behind, No, in thy own great Self conclude thy Kind: In thy Enthuſiaſt mold no ſecond caſt, Be an Original Prophet, firſt and laſt. And what, though all thy Oracles miſtook, Have thy falſe Opticks read in Dooms dark Book: Yet as that Heav'n has all thy Study been, Thou haſt truly ſought, though falſly haſt foreſeen; Since only erring Zeal has made thee ſtray, Let not that innocent Meteor loſe thy way: But in Reward of Piety well-meant, May the bad Prophet make not the worſe Saint? Yes, thou fond Viſioner of Heav'n, for all The Pious Pains thou'aſt took for Gains ſo ſmall, (For eaſy 'tis to Dream, but hard to take A Dream ſo ſound, as never lives to wake) Tho' thy great Pentecoſt now diſappears, And greater Empire of a Thouſand Years, Tho' thou haſt look'd, and gap'd, and hop'd in vain, A zealous Waiter for a Worldly Reign. Thy Earthy Hopes all vaniſht, may'ſt thou make In Death, at leaſt, this happier miſtake, Find thy ſelf call'd by a more kind Remove, T' attend a truer, Bright Crown'd Head above. Such Bliſs above may thy good Life beſtow, But what are the ſad Rites thou meet'ſt below, Here, Oh, what Funeral Griefs, what blubber'd Eyes? Ev'n Joy it ſelf, all droops, when Maſon dyes. The once ſweet Chorus of thy Spiritual Grove, All the whole Brotherhood of Song and Love, Their Sanctify'd Hoſannas all give o're, The Timbrels ſound, and Minſtrels play no more. Though their new Guide, and their new Canaan Land, Both loſt, thy poor Diſciples muſt disband, The Voyage to their Paleſtine fair Coaſt, And their Jeruſalem whole Cargo loſt; The Rams and Bullocks, once reſerv'd to blaze In flaming Hecatombs, turn'd out to graze, Thy Water-Stratford Camp its Fame ſhall keep, When Hounſlows and Black Heath's forgotten ſleep. And now, for Monuments we'll build thee none: Nor carve thee Epitaphs in Braſs or Stone; No, thy far talking Name has ſpread ſo wide, As is its ſelf its own proud Piramide.

Printed for A. Milbourn in the Little Old-Baily. 1694. 192.