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A78470
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Certain elegies upon the death of Peter Whalley Esq; late major of Northampton.
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1657
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Wing C1700B; Thomason E912_7; ESTC R207542
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doleful_a knell_n prepare_v thy_o heart_n prepare_v thy_o fluent_a eye_n to_o celebrate_v his_o last_o sad_a excquy_n thy_o pious_a prudent_a praetor_n major_n head_n consul_n and_o father_n the_o love_a whalley_n dead_a break_v open_v the_o floodgate_n let_v the_o sluice_n go_v create_v from_o live_v spring_n a_o deluge_n so_o then_o mingle_v stream_n with_o nine_o subdue_v thy_o fear_n and_o make_v it_o navigable_a with_o thy_o tear_n that_o fluid_a crystal_n of_o his_o name_n shall_v be_v the_o monument_n to_o late_a posterity_n amic_n be_v this_o the_o omen_n be_v it_o so_o then_o genius_n farewell_o i_o will_v try_v what_o i_o alone_o can_v do_v in_o some_o dark_a gloomy_a cell_n haec_fw-la gemitus_fw-la inter_fw-la &_o singultus_fw-la anhelans_fw-la flevit_fw-la f._n a._n to_o the_o memory_n of_o his_o pious_a and_o prudent_a friend_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n late_o major_a of_o northampton_n he_o that_o but_o little_a skill_n to_o make_v a_o verse_n be_v press_v to_o pay_v some_o duty_n to_o this_o hearse_n sad_a be_v the_o subject_a so_o be_v our_o verse_n but_o know_v loser_n have_v leave_v to_o talk_v that_o feel_v the_o blow_n affection_n make_v the_o poet_n now_o not_o wit_n light_n trim_v mourn_a weed_n can_v never_o fit_v lo_o here_o the_o ruin_n of_o a_o casket_n lie_v that_o late_o contain_v a_o pearl_n of_o goodly_a prize_n the_o pearl_n drop_v out_o indeed_o but_o by_o remove_n of_o bless_a angel_n now_o it_o be_v fix_v above_o that_o be_v safe_a it_o be_v we_o the_o loser_n be_v alone_o in_o black_a and_o white_a thus_o come_v to_o make_v our_o moan_n here_o late_o shine_v those_o grace_n from_o above_o well_o temper_a zeal_n with_o knowledge_n faith_n and_o love_n with_o temperance_n meekness_n patience_n moderation_n the_o bless_a spirit_n there_o take_v up_o his_o station_n his_o public_a care_n his_o private_a he_o commend_v he_o be_v the_o church_n nurse_n the_o good_a man_n friend_n p._n plain_a pious_a prudent_a peaceful_a be_v his_o praise_n 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out_o of_o sight_n like_o david_n faithful_a to_o his_o friend_n like_o paul_n discharge_v a_o good_a conscience_n unto_o all_o he_o live_v walk_v with_o god_n and_o now_o he_o be_v dead_a the_o grave_n be_v to_o his_o body_n like_o a_o bed_n whilst_o his_o refine_a soul_n mount_v to_o the_o sky_n clothe_v with_o glory_n and_o eternity_n samuel_n cib_n in_o obitum_fw-la charissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la petri_n whallaei_n armigeri_fw-la qui_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la limina_fw-la disseruit_fw-la sexto_fw-la iduum_fw-la aprilis_fw-la an._n dom._n 1656._o en_fw-fr petra_n percutitur_fw-la lachrymarum_fw-la hinc_fw-la effluit_fw-la amnis_fw-la exit_fw-la oculis_fw-la guttae_fw-la fluminis_fw-la instar_fw-la eunt_fw-la ecce_fw-la genas_n fletu_fw-la conjux_fw-la tua_fw-la chara_fw-la rigavit_fw-la en_fw-fr hic_fw-mi en_fw-fr illic_fw-la quaeque_fw-la latebra_fw-la dolet_fw-la eruptis_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la diffundit_fw-la turba_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la acriter_fw-la exululans_fw-la hîc_fw-la iaceo_fw-la vrbis_fw-la honos_fw-la nos_fw-la tam_fw-la foelices_fw-la donec_fw-la te_fw-la fata_fw-la vocabant_fw-la jamque_fw-la jacent_fw-la tumulo_fw-la gaudia_fw-la nostra_fw-la tuo_fw-la quis_fw-la fueris_fw-la constat_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la agnosceris_fw-la illis_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la chara_fw-la magis_fw-la conjuge_fw-la vita_fw-la fuit_fw-la singulus_fw-la sobolis_fw-la patrem_fw-la testantur_fw-la amantem_fw-la dum_fw-la deflent_fw-la populi_fw-la te_fw-la quasi_fw-la semideum_fw-la praesidium_n miseris_fw-la patriae_fw-la tutela_n fuisti_fw-la quis_fw-la scit_fw-la a_fw-mi &_o manes_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la tangat_fw-la honos_fw-la ibat_fw-la ad_fw-la occasum_fw-la sic_fw-la lux_fw-la clarissima_fw-la gentis_fw-la et_fw-la sanctum_fw-la tumuli_fw-la condidit_fw-la umbra_fw-la caput_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la meritis_fw-la par_fw-fr vita_fw-la daretur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la mundo_fw-la debuit_fw-la ille_fw-la 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again_o n._n whalley_n a_o elegy_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o dear_a and_o ever_o honour_a father_n mr_n peter_n whalley_n it_o will_v not_o excuse_v to_o say_v i_o have_v no_o vain_a of_o poetry_n who_o be_v there_o can_v refrain_v when_o such_o friend_n fall_v and_o death_n ambitious_a how_o to_o raise_v his_o triumph_n make_v such_o worthy_n bow_n who_o will_v not_o try_v to_o sigh_v and_o sob_v a_o verse_n when_o it_o be_v to_o attend_v and_o wait_v upon_o this_o hearse_n when_o death_n arrest_v i_o see_v and_o call_v away_o goodness_n can_v bail_v nor_o virtue_n cause_n delay_n death_n be_v too_o quick_a for_o we_o not_o he_o but_o stay_v he_o do_v not_o kill_v but_o steal_v this_o prize_n away_o death_n know_v he_o be_v prepare_v and_o therefore_o send_v no_o gout_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o must_v repent_v a_o tedious_a sickness_n have_v his_o friend_n more_o grieve_v he_o then_o have_v long_o die_v not_o long_o live_v there_o be_v none_o will_v blame_v a_o wind_n '_o 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