Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	grace_n	life_n	4,700	5	4.5078	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18731	The epitaph of Sir Phillip Sidney Knight, lately Lord Gouernour of Floshing	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1586 (1586)	STC 5228; ESTC S104978	4,034	10

becam As he had bin the Lords eleckt ‖ and made a chosen Lam. His countnaunce gaue a gladsome grace ‖ with manly pleasant showe To all that did beholde his face ‖ or would his fauour knowe His learned speach had force to breake ‖ the thick and hardest yce And looke what tōgue and mouth did speake ‖ the mind held most in price In prime of youth Embastor sent ‖ to Emprour farr from hence And wan such credite where he went ‖ that made him honord sence Ranne faire at Tilt like Mars his Sonne ‖ with couched Launce on brest And good report of people won ‖ that passed all the rest A man made out of goodliest mould ‖ as shape in waxe were wrought Or Picture stoode in stampe of gold ‖ to please each gazers thought An Heire in déede of great accoumpt ‖ whose hope great hap might haue Yet muck made neuer mynd to mount ‖ for ought that Fortune gaue His silent lookes sayd wisedome great ‖ did lodge in loftie brow His patient heart in chollers heate supprest all passions throw His inward gifts could closely shroude ‖ in humble courties cheere As Phoebus hid his head in Cloude ‖ to shine at length more cleere A portly presence passing fine ‖ with beautie furnisht well Where vertues buds and grace deuine ‖ and daintie gifts did dwell Well seene and read in diuers Artes ‖ his works they shewe the same Well trauayld to in sondrie partes ‖ to purchase péerelsse Fame Brought home both language lawde and lore ‖ might y e Lawrell weare And crownd with Garland be therefore ‖ and style of Honor beare In Conscience cause and Countries care ‖ to bloodie warres he went Where loe on murthering Shot vnware ‖ alas his life he spent To farre he ventred for renowne ‖ to short he made his skope To soone that stately stalke fell downe ‖ in whom was such great hope To late this world will warned bee ‖ to quick comes our dispatch To blind is dazeled eyes to see ‖ where Death for life doth watch Though manhood runnes in Armor gay ‖ where great exployts haue bin Yet courage casts more men away ‖ then all the world can win For Sidneis sake O wicked Shot our natiue Countrey cryes Yea though his death great glorie got ‖ and Fame thereby doth rise In wretched earth and Tombe God wot ‖ his worthie bodie lyes Who left behinde by heauie lot ‖ a world of weeping eyes But chiefly Prince and publick weale ‖ who waies his worth a right A secret sigh or two they steale ‖ in thinking on this Knight He feard no death when one did craue ‖ if he would dye or no Yet wisht some longer life to haue ‖ if God were pleased so First to amend his life he sought ‖ a respite for a space To purge his Soule that Christ had bought ‖ and therby purchase grace Next only for Religions sake ‖ he crau'd a yere or two Before from world he leaue did take ‖ that he some good might do And last of all for Common weale ‖ he wisht a while to liue That to the honor of our state ‖ he might some councell giue Oh what desire was this of his ‖ from whence came that great minde Was euer heauenlier thing then this ‖ brought forth of humaine kinde No no the Pearle of precious price ‖ is lost or stolne away The head where dwelt each deepe deuice ‖ will here no longer stay His trends and kindred wring their hands ‖ and heauie hearted goe His wayling wife like Image stands ‖ and cannot speake for woe His Seruants shake their heads and say ‖ as men orecome with rage Where is our Maister and our stay ‖ in this hard haples age His Sisters life consumes away ‖ like Snow against the Sunne His Brethren ban that dismoll day ‖ when his short race was runne His Soldoiurs dolefull Dromme doth sound ‖ march in mourning sort And trayles the Ensigne on the ground ‖ in signe of sad La mort But with exchaunge all chaunges goe ‖ for life comes death in place For ioy comes payn for wealth comes woe ‖ for woe grief comes grace So leaue his Soule where saeftie is ‖ embraest in Abrahams brest There let him sléepe with endles blis ‖ that here could take no rest FINIS