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An elegy in commemoration of Sr. Edmund Saunders, late lord chief justice of H[i]s Majesties Court of Kings-Bench; vvho departed this life the 19th of this instant June, anno Domini, 1683.
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Wing E349; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[140]; ESTC R36157
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a_o elegy_n in_o commemoration_n of_o sir_n edmund_n saunders_n late_a lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o his_o majesty_n court_n of_o kings-bench_n who_o depart_v this_o life_n the_o 19_o of_o this_o instant_a june_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1683._o 21._o june_n 1683_o and_o art_n thou_o go_v thou_o brave_a among_o the_o great_a law_n oracle_n a_o pillar_n of_o the_o state_n the_o fate_n be_v cruel_a thus_o to_o snatch_v thou_o hence_o when_o england_n with_o thy_o loss_n can_v ill_o dispense_v wisdom_n with_o mournful_a cyprus_n shade_n her_o brow_n before_o your_o hearse_n stupendous_a learning_n bow_v the_o nation_n genius_n tremble_v at_o your_o fall_n dread_v the_o fate_n design_v to_o ruin_v all_o that_o we_o can_v wisdom_n or_o true_a virtue_n call_v that_o wisdom_n which_o to_o frame_v each_o great_a design_n do_v often_o with_o well_o govâ—erned_a reason_n join_v do_v now_o in_o heaven_n transparent_a empyrium_n shine_v thy_o virtue_n noble_a as_o thyself_o be_v see_v and_o thy_o due_a laurel_n wear_v eternal_a geen_n which_o time_n can_v never_o blast_v the_o fate_n can_v hide_v nor_o yet_o the_o power_n of_o death_n dire_a force_n divide_v fame_n echo_v loud_o thy_o praise_n and_o thy_o worth_n which_o beam_a brightness_n through_o death_n veil_n send_v forth_o thy_o name_n in_o fame_n immortal_a book_n be_v place_v and_o in_o the_o world_n last_o age_n shall_v be_v grace_v nor_o shall_v by_o eat_v time_n be_v ever_o deface_v humble_a and_o courteous_a be_v thy_o mighty_a mind_n not_o to_o ambition_n nor_o to_o pride_n incline_v but_o still_o unto_o thy_o country_n use_v confine_v charity_n still_o wait_v thy_o uprise_n and_o never_o turn_v from_o thou_o with_o languid_a eye_n all_o good_a man_n love_v thou_o bad_a man_n fear_v thy_o frown_n justice_n herself_o proclaim_v thy_o high_a renown_n in_o all_o estate_n thy_o virtue_n do_v thou_o crown_n thy_o prince_n favour_n thou_o do_v still_o possess_v beyond_o what_o here_o the_o muse_n can_v express_v the_o nation_n good_a in_o health_n and_o sickness_n be_v thy_o daily_a study_n and_o supreme_a care_n no_o pain_n to_o serve_v the_o public_a do_v thou_o spare_v which_o make_v thou_o live_v in_o the_o deathless_a book_n of_o fame_n and_o to_o all_o age_n will_v thy_o worth_n proclaim_v record_v thy_o immortal_a matchless_a name_n yet_o mourn_v true_a virtue_n learn_v shed_v a_o tear_n let_v britain_n empire_n all_o in_o grief_n appear_v each_o mournful_a isle_n her_o robe_n of_o sorrow_n wear_v â—an_v fan_n with_o gale_n of_o sigh_n the_o gentle_a air_n that_o it_o to_o distant_a land_n the_o news_n may_v bear_v and_o on_o its_o wing_n the_o weep_a cloud_n convey_v who_o fall_a drop_n from_o gloomy_a curtain_n may_v in_o tacit_a language_n plain_o emblemise_v how_o all_o true_a loyalist_n with_o flow_a eye_n pay_v tribute_n tear_n to_o these_o dear_a obsequy_n to_o he_o to_o learned_a saunders_n who_o great_a soul_n be_v mount_v now_o above_o the_o world_n control_n who_o fate_n dare_v not_o attach_v till_o her_o command_n be_v sign_v by_o the_o almighty_n favour_a hand_n to_o free_v his_o darling_n from_o earth_n slavery_n to_o man_n what_o great_a favour_n can_v there_o be_v than_o from_o a_o suffer_a world_n thus_o rape_v on_o high_a in_o perfect_a freedom_n to_o transcend_v the_o sky_n on_o earth_n to_o leave_v true_a virtue_n wreath_n of_o bay_n and_o crown_v in_o heaven_n with_o bright_a encircle_v ray_n to_o leave_v a_o wilderness_n for_o paradise_n how_o kind_n be_v death_n when_o he_o do_v thus_o entice_v poor_a weary_a mortal_n from_o a_o world_n of_o woe_n to_o those_o bless_a fountain_n whence_o all_o joy_n do_v flow_v when_o ease_n be_v lose_v below_o it_o be_v find_v above_o happy_a thou_o be_v in_o sacred_a choice_a love_n then_o rest_v thy_o ash_n in_o their_o sacred_a urn_n whilst_o heaven_n and_o you_o rejoice_v the_o earth_n do_v mourn_v the_o former_a for_o the_o gemm_n so_o late_o gain_v the_o latter_a for_o the_o loss_n she_o have_v sustain_v and_o thy_o free_a soul_n for_o joy_n it_o have_v obtain_v epitaph_n reader_n within_o this_o narrow_a vrn'_v confine_v great_a saunders_n all_o but_o his_o immortal_a mind_n for_o willing_a earth_n can_v that_o no_o long_o stay_v heaven_n call_v it_o hence_o that_o call_v it_o do_v obey_v but_o still_o he_o live_v fame_n give_v he_o life_n in_o death_n and_o sound_v his_o praise_n with_o her_o loud_a breath_n london_n print_v for_o langly_n curtez_n 1683_o