Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A07500
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The ghost of Lucrece. By T.M. Gent
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Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.
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1600
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STC 17885.5; ESTC S107204
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10,042
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i_o forget_v thy_o sphere_n o_o sphere_n of_o heaven_n shall_v i_o let_v pass_v your_o sky_n o_o sky_n which_o wear_v out_o time_n and_o never_o wear_v shall_v i_o make_v dim_a the_o taper_n of_o your_o eye_n o_o eye_n of_o heaven_n sun_n moon_n and_o star_n that_o rise_v to_o wake_v the_o day_n and_o free_a imprison_a night_n shall_v my_o oblivious_a vapour_n cloud_n your_o light_n it_o be_v thou_o o_o chastity_n shall_v i_o sorsake_v thou_o or_o drown_v thy_o memory_n in_o my_o bloody_a stream_n remember_v o_o my_o soul_n do_v she_o not_o make_v thou_o out_o of_o diana_n rib_n do_v not_o that_o beam_n which_o glister_v in_o thy_o spirit_n like_o joves-eie-gleame_n reflect_v from_o vesta_n face_n upon_o thy_o heart_n like_o phoebus_n brow_n the_o pride_n of_o heaven_n art_n o_o thou_o that_o make_v the_o via_fw-la lactea_fw-la white_a that_o virgin-gallery_n of_o majestic_a jove_n fair_a juno_n maze_n to_o foot_v it_o do_v delight_v she_o the_o silver_n path_n of_o heaven_n and_o bathe_v of_o love_n there_o sit_v the_o lamb_n the_o swan_n the_o turtle_n dove_n ensign_n of_o peace_n of_o faith_n and_o chastity_n o_o silver_n stage_n to_o golden_a harmony_n that_o choir_n of_o saint_n in_o virgin-ornament_n where_o angel_n sing_v like_a querister_n of_o heaven_n where_o all_o the_o martyr_n kneel_v the_o element_n where_o cynthia_n robe_n and_o great_a apollo_n steaven_n hang_v at_o the_o altar_n of_o this_o milken_a haven_n and_o to_o conclude_v not_o able_a to_o begin_v i_o write_v of_o that_o which_o flesh_n have_v never_o see_v it_o be_v thou_o o_o chastity_n m'eternall_a eye_n the_o want_n of_o thou_o make_v my_o ghost_n reel_v to_o hell_n it_o be_v thou_o o_o chastity_n that_o guild'_v the_o sky_n with_o beam_n of_o virtue_n it_o be_v thou_o do_v dwell_v in_o that_o white-milken-christall-siluer_n cell_n thou_o laundress_n to_o the_o god_n and_o goddess_n wash_v their_o soul_n in_o font_n of_o holiness_n o_o thou_o that_o deck_v our_o phoebus_n in_o the_o 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