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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	live_v	love_n	7,144	5	5.6400	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91771	An elegie on the death of the Right Honourable Iohn Warner, late Lord Mayor of London.	Rich, Jeremiah, d. 1660?	1648 (1648)	Wing R1341; Thomason 669.f.13[38]; ESTC R211042	1,336	2

AN ELEGIE On the death of the Right Honourable IOHN WARNER Late Lord Mayor of LONDON THe sweetest fairest and the best of flowers Lose their choise rarity in a few run hours The wandring glorious stars when night is done Go down and vail their bodies to the Sun And when great Phoebus riseth in a flame To view the throne of darknesse and proclaim Joy to all drowzy Mortals and doth say Rise slumbering Man arise and welcome day The Moon ashamed of her pale face doth shrowd Her in the bosom of some darkened cloud And thus among earths Lamplets there is one This day gone down and left our darkened throne A glorious Star indeed whose shining name Was blown by Honour and the breath of Fame His heart was faithfull vertuous and his face Was drest with greatnesse goodnesse truth and grace Vertue and wisdom taught him what to do To unite all by love and Justice too His lips the lips of knowledge in his eye Sate both humility and Majesty There was high Honour yet fidelity There brightnesse sate in vertues bravery He sate in Honours Chair untill the last In spite of Envy or her nine dayes blast His house was here on earth his heart above He lived in loyalty and died in love Oh had he shined still his Orient light Might make us blush to see our oversight But he is gone Times hour-glass being run This Star went down to meet the morning Sun Thus vain is earthly pomp the flourishing Crown Of earthly royalty death trampleth down Thus is our wealth but want our flower fades Our light is darkness and our sun-shine shades Thus is our Honour lost thus like a Theam Is earth and Dignity is but a dream Thus is our glory grass our bravery breath Our light is darkness and our life is death And if they promise more they do but lie 'T is but a dream go earth lie down and die Go earth lie down and die go see The gallant confines of eternity Go to Elyzium go to Paradise Where all the ancient Heroes live in bliss Go dwell in endless glory till thou tire Times swift foot-race for time cannot expire Thy lasting joy go live above thy name That rides on lofty wings of flying fame Earth is too base to dwell on go and pass Those streets of Gold like to transparent glass And shining glittering pearl whereon each Gate Is built go kiss the Lamb emaculate Go put on robes of glory go and be Swallowed with endless immortality There is no Sun nor Moon no clouds nor rain No frowns nor fortunes nor corrupted gain No curious gardens nor no costly fare No stately buildings nor no worldly care Nor no ridiculous smiles no jests nor play No recreation nor no holy-day No drinking cursing swearing nor abuse No sin no shame no sorrow nor excuse No slavery guile nor slander nor sedition No cozening fraud nor goggle-ey'd suspition No rape no theft no murder nor no fear Dwels in high glory though they wander here But high unmeasured joy and amity And love and peace and vertues rarity And Pearls and Onix and the Jasper stones And Palms and Crowns and Kingly royall thrones And ravisht Allelujahs which the brest Of Angels warble in eternall rest Go earth lie down and die and to thy trust Oh earth we recommend his Honoured dust To lie and slumber till his agedeyes Shall wake from deaths dark lullabies Untill the trumpet sounds and heaven shall say Rise from the dead all Mortals come away And if thy Monument shall leave his trust And turn to ashes like thy mouldring dust Thy fame that cannot die shall be A Monument in the worlds memory Alas and is this all that earth can do A way vain glory go be intombed too Ieremiah Rich. Fecit