Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A38982
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An Elegy on the death of James Hoare, Esq. master controller of His Majesty's mint at the Tower, vvho departed this life November the 24th, 1696.
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1696
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Wing E372A; ESTC R36074
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memento_n mori_n a_o elegy_n on_o the_o death_n of_o james_n hoare_n esq_n master_n controller_n of_o his_o majesty_n mint_n at_o the_o tower_n who_o depart_v this_o life_n november_n the_o 24_o 1696._o hark_v now_o methinks_v i_o hear_v a_o dismal_a cry_n as_o if_o some_o fatal_a tragedy_n draw_v nigh_o alas_o what_o mean_v this_o tingle_v in_o my_o ear_n these_o doleful_a sound_n that_o fill_v my_o breast_n with_o care_n the_o fatal_a omen_n must_v protend_v some_o ill_n sure_o some_o sacred_a saint_n to_o day_n be_v fell_a alas_o it_o be_v too_o true_a the_o worthy_a hoare_n this_o day_n have_v launch_v eternity_n wide_a shore_n never_o to_o rise_v till_o time_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o oh_o how_o can_v he_o so_o soon_o bequeath_v his_o breath_n without_o a_o comet_n to_o protend_v his_o death_n yet_o so_o it_o be_v fate_n often_o prove_v unkind_a to_o take_v the_o best_a and_o leave_v the_o worst_a behind_o let_v we_o then_o mourn_v in_o eleagic_a verse_n and_o weep_v in_o brine_n over_o his_o renown_a hearse_n for_o death_n his_o most_o tyrannic_a force_n impart_v that_o we_o with_o melt_a grief_n may_v break_v our_o heart_n oh_o let_v this_o melancholy_a hour_n be_v grief_n everlasting_a day_n of_o jubilee_n for_o he_o be_v go_v untimely_o ravish_v hence_o who_o live_v in_o love_n and_o die_v in_o innocence_n admire_v and_o belove_v by_o all_o mankind_n the_o poor_a man_n father_n and_o the_o rich_a man_n friend_n great_a be_v his_o worth_n but_o his_o compassion_n more_o dispence_v liberal_o to_o the_o poor_a a_o sort_n of_o daily_a pension_n from_o his_o store_n nor_o be_v his_o virtue_n only_o here_o confine_v for_o large_a be_v the_o endowment_n of_o his_o mind_n stade_n in_o his_o judgement_n and_o approve_v in_o sense_n fit_a for_o the_o service_n of_o so_o great_a a_o prince_n stay_v dare_a muse_n oh_o whither_o will_v thou_o fly_v alas_o thou_o can_v not_o reach_v his_o piety_n he_o be_v so_o great_a so_o good_a and_o yet_o he_o fall_v thus_o die_v that_o worthy_a saint_n who_o live_v so_o well_o weep_v wring_v your_o hand_n and_o bitter_o lament_v the_o fall_n of_o this_o depart_v innocent_a and_o let_v your_o mournful_a accent_n upward_o fly_v and_o with_o repeat_v terror_n rend_v the_o sky_n mourn_v as_o that_o prophet_n mourn_v when_o saul_n do_v lay_v welter_v in_o gore_n on_o the_o mount_n gilboa_n or_o as_o that_o doleful_a lamentation_n fall_v in_o aggamemnon_n melancholy_a vale._n yet_o hold_v my_o muse_n forbear_v thy_o melt_a tear_n alas_o he_o be_v flee_v above_o the_o reach_n of_o care_n who_o pious_a shade_n with_o sing_v cherub_n ly'_v repose_v in_o everlasting_a paradise_n where_o joyful_a him_n to_o their_o god_n they_o sing_v and_o praise_v the_o name_n of_o heaven_n almighty_a king_n crown_v with_o the_o fearful_a labour_n of_o his_o life_n he_o be_v exile_v from_o a_o wretched_a world_n of_o grief_n to_o life_n for_o ever_o in_o that_o bright_a abode_n prepare_v to_o entertain_v the_o just_a and_o good_n epitaph_n within_o this_o dark_a and_o gloomy_a monument_n behold_v there_o lie_v the_o relic_n of_o a_o saint_n who_o leave_v these_o fade_v glory_n to_o possess_v a_o everlasting_a seat_n of_o happiness_n when_o in_o this_o move_a world_n he_o live_v his_o life_n be_v free_a from_o broil_n and_o vain_a tumultuous_a strife_n in_o deed_n of_o charity_n he_o do_v excel_v and_o take_v his_o chief_a delight_n in_o do_v well_o so_o here_o he_o live_v belove_v and_o at_o his_o fall_n he_o die_v lament_v and_o bewail_v of_o all_o