An elegy on the death of the most illustrious Lord, the Earl of St. Albans: who departed this life the first day of this instant January, 1684.

An elegy on the death of the most illustrious Lord, the Earl of St. Albans: who departed this life the first day of this instant January, 1684.

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The EPITAPH.

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MEMENTO MORI

AN ELEGY ON THE Death of the most Illustrious LORD, THE EARL of St. ALBANS: Who Departed this Life the first Day of this Instant January, 1684.

GO stop the swift-wing'd Moments in their flight,

Arrest the Envious Course of Day and Night;

Alas! it will not be, we strive in vain,

Not all our Art can one poor Hour regain:

TIME flyes in haste to meet Eternity,

As Rivers to the Bosome of the Sea,

There to be lost; nor can we bribe the stay

Of the least Minute, to prolong the Day,

Which is by Fate ordain'd to be our last,

VVithout reverse, when once the Doom is past.

For if there cou'd have been the least Reprieve

To Mortal Breath, thou had'st been still alive;

St. ALBANS still, had blest our wondring Eyes,

VVho now the Tyrant Death's pale Captive lies.

Let us contemplate thee (brave Soul) and tho'

VVe cannot track the way which thou didst go

In thy Celestial Journey, and our Heart

Expansion want, to think what now thou art,

How bright and wide thy Glories, yet we may

Remember thee as thou wert in thy Clay;

Great without Title, in thy self alone,

A mighty Lord, thou stood'st oblieg'd to none

But Heaven and thy self, for that great worth

VVhich the propitious Stars that rul'd thy Birth

Inspir'd into thy Noble Soul, and Thou

Not wanting to thy self, did'st make it grow

To such prodigious height, thou wast become

So truly Glorious, that struck Envy Dumb.

All Differences did in thy praise conspire,

And ev'n thy Foes, if such cou'd be, admire

Thy Noble Life, which like the constant Sun

Did in the same Ecliptic always run

Ever most loyal to the Royal Cause,

VVhich from the Heaven of Heavens its Tule draws;

VVhere now thou liv'st, free'd from th'uncertain sport

Of Time and Fortune, in the Starry Court,

A Glorious Potentate; while we below,

But fashion woes to mittigate our woe.

And now my sorrows follow thee, I tread

The Milky way, and see the Snowy Head

Of Atlas far below, while all the high.

Swoln Buildings seem but Attoms to my eye;

How small seems greatness here? how! not a span

His Empire who commands the Ocean,

Both that which boasts so much its mighty Ore,

And th other which with Pearl hath pav'd its shore.

Nor can it greater seem, when this great All,

For which Men quarrel so, is but a Ball

Cast down into the ayr, to sport the Star;

And all our general Ruines, mortal wars,

Depopulated States, caus'd by their sway,

And Mans so reverend wisdom but their play,

By thee St. Albans living, we did learn

The art of life, and by thy light discern

The truth which Men dispute; but by thee Dead

VVer taught upon the worlds gay pride to tread,

And that way sooner Master it, than he

To whom both Indies tributary be:

Thus shall we gain by Death, while we Deplore

His Fate, remembring how great and good

St. Abans was, and yet but flesh and blood

As we; how should the brave example move

On kindled Souls, and lift us up above

Low-thoughted Care of dull Mortality,

Since, if as Good, we shall be Great as He.

The EPITAPH.

HAil! Sacred House, in wh [...]ch his Reliques Sleep,

Blest Marble, give me leave t' approa [...]h and Weep:

Ʋnto thy Self, great Spirit, I will R [...]peat

Thy Own brave STORY: tell thy Self how Great

Thou wert in Mind's Empire, and how all

Who Out-Live Thee, see but the FƲNERAL

Of Glory; and if yet some Vertuous be,

They but the Apparitions are of Thee.

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Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street, without New-Gate, 1684.

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An elegy on the death of the most illustrious Lord, the Earl of St. Albans: who departed this life the first day of this instant January, 1684.

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1684

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15604482

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Wing E398

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Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[146]

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ESTC R36108

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99890133

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ocm99890133

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182630

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