Suspiria, or Sighs on the death of the late Most Illustrious Monarch Charles the II. King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. who changed his earthly for a heavenly crown, on Fryday the 6th. of February 1684/5. in the 37th year of his reign, and 55th of his age. 1685 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) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B06018 13593577 Wing S6203 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[175] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[28] ESTC R15299 99882899 ocm99882899 182513

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 eng Charles -- II, -- King of England, 1630-1685 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Elegiac poetry, English -- 17th century. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
SUSPIRIA, or SIGHS On the DEATH of the Late Moſt Illuſtrious MONARCH CHARLES the II. KING OF Great Britain, France and Ireland &c. who Changed his Earthly for a Heavenly Crown, on Fryday the 6th. of February 1684. in the 36th year of his Reign, and 55th of his Age. Can Great, Illuſtrious Britains Monarch, Dye, Without Sacrifice of Tears! what Eye, Forbears to Drill whole Hecatombs! when we Have loſt the Atlas of our Monarchy! Ah! sharpeſt Grief put out thy Keeneſt Stings, Bemoan the beſt of Men, the beſt of Kings. Can an Inrag'd Diſtracted Muſeforbear, To Rail at Death, that must ſo rudely tear Our [Pater Patriae] Countries Father, hence! Unruly Grief, Rail not at Providence. How dar'ſt thou Murmur at they Kings Remove? The King of Kings, would have him mountabove An Earthly Crown, to a more Glorious one. Bright Rays of Majeſty, about him Shone. When here!--he now in greater Glory Dwells; A Glory that allows no Paralells! Then ſpiteful Grief be ſtill, and Envy not Thy Prince, the great Advancement he has got. Ah! Words where are ye! Ah!what muſt I borrow Language from Tears to Repreſently my Sorrow! Drop then ye friendly Streams, till like a Flood, [More Elegant than Words] be Underſtood, Our Univerſal Grief, to Mourn thus, you, Better than Groans, to Elegles, can do. Dull ſtupid Pen, away! give place to Sighs, The Fitteſt Mourners for ſuch Obequies. Perfume not then to draw his Character, His Royal Name is Blazon'dev'ry where, The Sun in its Orbicular ſurround Scarce ſees a Place, but where his Fame does found. Ah! but I will! And tell the World that he Was Great, and Good, and full of Clemency. A Prince of much Majeſty, that none Could with more ſplendid virtues grace a Throne That lent (not borrow'd) Luſtre to his Crown. Away, away; thou Blunt Poetick Art; On meaner Subjects, Act thy little Part. No Rhapſodies of Verſe, no Proſe can Riſe To Accents fit for ſuch great Obſequies: Oh! Great but Diſmal Subject! could my Quill Inſtead of Ink; with other Drops Diſtill, I'de Repreſent to ev'ry Readers view, Lines (not of Sable, but) of Crimſon hiew. There's nothing of Idolarry in the, Right Application of Apoſtrophe! Then Great, (now then before more Glorious Prince) Since our Supremeſt King, has call'd thee hence, May Heav'ns o're-ruling, Bright, Illuſtrious Rays, Give thy ſurviving Subjects Hakyon Days, May this Auguſt Celebrious Kingdom ſee, No Inter-Regnum of that Clemency, Which ſav'd three Kingdom from a Fatal Yoke, The Dire Reſults of an Intended Stroke! Diſmis thy fear, His Royal Brother; who Succeeds him in his Throne, and Virtues too, Has ſo Majeſtick, ſo ſubline a Soul, That what he promiſ'd, none shall dare Controul. Away Suſpicion! here's the Royal Word; What great ſurety can Mankind afford? That Publick-Sacred-Obligation binds The Royal Breaſt to leave things as he finds, The Conſtitution of our Laws to be, Juſt to the Subjects: just to Monarchy.

LONDON, printed for L. C. near Fleet-bridge. 1680.