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A54201 The Quakers elegy on the death of Charles late King of England written by W.P., a sincere lover of Charles and James. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1685 (1685) Wing P1349; ESTC R30095 1,589 7

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THE QUAKERS ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES LATE King of England WRITTEN By W. P. a sincere Lover of CHARLES and JAMES WHat wondrous Change in Waking do I find For a strange Something do's my Sense unbind Truth has possest my Darken'd Soul all o're With an unusual Light not known before And doth inform me that some Star is gone From whose kind influence we had Life alone No sooner has this Stranger seiz'd my Soul But Rachel knockt to raise me from my Bed And with a Voice of Sorrow did condole The loss of CHARLES whom she declar'd was Dead CHARLES do'st thou mean we King of England call That Liv'd within the Mansion nam'd White-hall Yea 'T is too true confusion's in the street Distraction in the face of all we meet As if the Chain of Causes now did break And we all saw the Dreadfull Day of Doom No Tongue but Faces Eyes and Actions speak They walk like Men just risen from a Tomb. With that my Garments I in haste put on And in the Spirit utter'd many a Groan Whilst I in this disorder'd Gesture move Some Friends of mine that CHARLES did always Love With Zealous hast Approacht me full of Tears Vnmanly Actions caus'd from jealous Fears The City-Wives the Book of Martyrs Read And with those Thoughts their Easie Husbands Lead They talk of Christians Spitchcockt Roasted Broil'd Of Martyr'd Consciences in Smithfield Fire With newfound Deaths their Thoughts are Toyl'd Their 's nought but Treason do's their Hearts Inspire But we do that opinion Disallow And for the future will to CAESAR bow Entering dispute precisely we run o're The Signal Graces He to us had shown For we Dissented on a Different Score Though we withdrew we ne're oppos'd the Crown By oft forgiving Woing us to be By His Example joyn'd in Harmony With Englands Church and Truths Integrity Though finding us a stiff Misguided Crew Yet daily still His Love he did renew And moderates the Rigour of the Law Which our selfwill doth hourly on us Draw And doth consent the Pensylvanian Shore We may possess and tempt his Laws no more As Saul among the Prophets here CHARLES stood But greater far being exquisitly Good Anointed both yet CHARLES the Lawrel got He Moses's Meekness had Saul had it not Saul as a scourge was to his people giv'n CHARLES as a Guardian Angel sent from Heav'n For us to speak thy Praise or shew thy worth Which is above the reach of Flattery Is much too hard for a weak Holderforth None but thy Brother e're could equal thee We never knew Whilst we the Wealth Injoy'd The Value of our all-forgiving Prince Untill the Tyrant Death our hopes Destroy'd To place him on a Throne far far from hence In the Immortal Mansion of the Sun Where he receives a never-fading Crown And left his Earthly to a Prince whose Fame The World shall fear and tremble at his Name The Second JAMES his Brother and his Friend Though Factious Crouds did for his Right contend To hang it o're a Disobedient Head Whom with a Crown these Tantalize a while As Richard they when Oliver was Dead Proclaim the Man but at the Bubble smile We take not Absalom's but David's part Nor no Achitophell with his false Art Nay joyn'd with Zimries Poyson ever shall Like the Disloyal Corah make us fall Had we but Lordships in a fertile Plain To inable us in Parliament to set Our Native true Obedience we 'd regain By Loyal Votes that want Example yet In Wisdom Valour Conduct High Renown Thou all thy Ancestors that wore this Crown Exceed'st in ev'ry Excellence as far As Mid-day Sun out-shines a Mid-night Star To those we no Addition e're cou'd give But we such heaps of Treasure would bestow That Thou to so much Splendour should'st arrive As Times Record to Mortals cannot show Accept O Mighty JAMES our Pray'rs the while May Years of Peace and Plenty on Thee smile May Fortune always wait Thee with Success And Loyal Subjects numberless increase May many Sons Thy Royal CONSORT bear Endow'd with Both Your Princely Virtues here And Heirs to Glory when You change Your Sphere And may this Crown still flourish in Thy Name Till Time shall cease and all the World expire May all Thy Foes become ignobly tame But may'st Thou always have thy Princely hearts desire Pardon us JAMES who must to Thee declare T was Loyal Zeal made us presume thus far We ne're were Poets upon Oliver FINIS LONDON Printed by J. P. for Henry Playford near the Temple-Church 1685.