An elegie, and epitaph for Mistris Abigail Sherard, daughter to the Right Honourable Philip Baron of Lentrimm written by one who honoured her noble family and person.

An elegie, and epitaph for Mistris Abigail Sherard, daughter to the Right Honourable Philip Baron of Lentrimm written by one who honoured her noble family and person.

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An Elegie, and Epitaph for Mistris Abigail Sherard, Daughter to the Right Honourable Philip Baron of Lentrimm, written by one who honoured her Noble Family and Person.

Her Epitaph.

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An Elegie, and Epitaph for Mistris Abigail Sherard, Daughter to the Right Honourable Philip Baron of Lentrimm, written by one who honoured her Noble Family and Person.

TIs ten dayes since she dy'd, and though I slept,

Her solemne obsequies even then I kept:

Although I wore no blacks, colours for sorrow,

Which gracelesse sons and widows too oft borrow,

Who think their fathers liv'd too long and mourn

For that, or perhaps fear they should return,

I cannot (as the wilder Irish use)

Or screeke or houle, and so their dead abuse;

I can scarce weep, but I can sigh my part,

And keepe a solemne Funerall in my heart:

Sighs do but case the spleen, and teares the brain,

As clouds are eas'd by thunder and by raine.

I beg no case, nor do I crave reliefe,

My soule is happyest when I hug the griefe:

My soul looks upward then to her above,

And to its proper center seems to move,

Admit her fair, chaste, noble, young,

And fit for marriage, should I therefore wrong

My faith and hope? nay, for these love her lesse,

Or seem to doubt or feare her happinesse?

When I such sweet angelick creatures see,

I think how happy such fair souls must be,

When they refin'd and purifi'd shall rise,

How glorious then will shee be in our eyes?

As when the corne into the earth we throw,

Such do our bodies by corruption grow;

But when they rise, our bodies shall appear

More glorious then the corn in its full eare:

Admit us changed, yet we must be try'd,

By flames of fire as gold is purifi'd,

For my faith teaches me all in this world

Shall into Gods calcining pot be hurl'd,

And turn'd into a Calx, from which shall rise

Another world, too glorious for our eyes,

As now they are, for were they not refin'd,

Its glory (like the Sun) would strike us blinde.

Till that time, say, which is it thou can'st see

Which truly can deserve a smile from thee?

Save onely this, that death thou need'st not feare

If thou could'st either live or dye like her.

Nay, thou so far from feare of death should'st be

Thy eyes (like Stephens) would thy Redeemer see

Sitting upon his Throne of glory, and

The sacred Legions round about him stand;

Nay, thou shalt heare them Halelujahs sing,

Praise, Honour, Glory, to th'eternall King.

FINIS.

Her Epitaph.

O Stay Viator passe not by!

But see who here entomb'd doth lye;

A fair, a noble vertuous Maid,

Belov'd of all, all debts she pay'd.

Courted by many all deny'd

Save death who chose her for his Bride;

Who unto her for Joynture gave

A Kingdom which shee's sure to have.

When ere he dyes, I dare say he

Who conquers him shall marry thee,

The Heire of all this earth, nay heaven,

He unto whom all power is given:

He unto whom we know was thy first love

In pain he keeps thy soul above

Untill the glorioas day which he

Designes his wedding day shall be.

'Tis true till then in Death's cold arms

Thou sleep'st, nor can'st be wak't by charms;

Untill the shrill trump of thy Lord

Shall waken thee, as once his word

Made Lazarus, and Tabitha to rise.

Then thou shalt see him with those eyes

But so refin'd, that thou shalt see

With faith, or hope could promise thee,

And really shalt enjoy more

Then they could promise thee before.

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An elegie, and epitaph for Mistris Abigail Sherard, daughter to the Right Honourable Philip Baron of Lentrimm written by one who honoured her noble family and person.

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1648

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2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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A84138

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Wing E342

ID [STC]

Thomason 669.f.12[92]

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ESTC R210988

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99869732

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99869732

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162883

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— An elegie, and epitaph for Mistris Abigail Sherard, daughter to the Right Honourable Philip Baron of Lentrimm written by one who honoured her noble family and person.,

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s.n.,. [London :: 1648]. (Imprint from Wing.) (Verse in two columns, the first column being the elegy ("Tis ten dayes since she dy'd, and though I slept,"); the second being 'Her Epitaph.') (Annotations on Thomason copy: [first column, line 37, word 5 ] 'which' has been crossed out and replaced with "what"; [second column, line 13, word 2] 'unto' has been crossed out; [second column, line 14, word 2] 'pain' has been crossed out and replaced with "[illegible]"; [second column, line 24, word 1] 'With' has been crossed out and replaced with "what"; "[Long illegible passage in verse]".) (Reproduction of the original in the British Library.)

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