Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	grace_n	life_n	sin_n	23,865	5	5.0638	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84403	An alphabet of elegiack groans, upon the truly lamented death of that rare exemplar of youthful piety, John Fortescue, of the Inner-Temple, esquire / By E.E.	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1656 (1656)	Wing E658; Thomason E885_2; ESTC R207316	5,602	16

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light_a thing_n r-are_a virtue_n as_o be_v he_o do_v fly_v to_a lofty_a for_o the_o world_n squint_a eye_n e-ach_n gem_n of_o his_o rich_a mind_n do_v even_o sand_n up_o its_o spark_n as_o high_a as_o heaven_n christ_a see_v it_o divine_o good_a u-nstrips_a his_o soul_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n those_o tiresome_a rag_n even_o so_o away_o be_v hurl_v elia_n mantle_n when_o he_o leave_v the_o world_n eleg_n x._o know_v know_v we_o not_o that_o death_n be_v gain_v to_o such_o as_o live_v like_o he_o complain_v we_o then_o for_o nought_o why_o shall_v our_o eye_n set_v forth_o so_o vain_a hydrography_n wherein_o describe_v we_o seem_v to_o see_v whole_a flood_n of_o sorrow_n though_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v we_o bedight_v with_o black_a for_o he_o on_o who_o the_o light_n of_o man_n so_o shine_v be_v we_o distress_v perplex_v unquiet_a at_o his_o rest_n let_v we_o not_o betear_v our_o eye_n unless_o it_o be_v for_o want_v of_o the_o sight_n of_o his_o felicity_n eleg_n 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sov'raign_a stream_n of_o the_o well_n of_o life_n for_o helicon_n as_o shall_v those_o that_o will_v cast_v their_o verse_n in_o such_o a_o mould_n that_o it_o may_v form_v his_o praise_n that_o must_v not_o be_v verse_n rampant_a which_o set_v forth_o humility_n pen_n light_o praise_v piety_n mistake_v and_o like_o bad_a pencil_n blot_v the_o work_n they_o make_v great_a ornament_n not_o suit_v well_o deface_v and_o oft_o encomium_n misexpr_a disgrace_n he_o that_o will_v show_v his_o sacred_a worth_n must_v be_v a_o limner_n of_o incarnate_a sanctity_n which_o if_o men_n know_v both_o it_o &_o he_o will_v sure_o be_v think_v his_o fit_a and_o only_a portraiture_n eleg_n xv._o pump_v helicon_n run_v muddy_a and_o that_o strain_n must_v needs_o be_v jar_v that_o be_v wring_v out'oth_a '_o brain_n distract_v with_o true_a sorrow_n which_o combine_v root_n out_o all_o concord_n '_o of_o the_o afflict_a mind_n such_o line_n as_o shall_v wear_v mourn_v may_v not_o be_v dress_v a-la-mode_n 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thaw_v at_o the_o sunbeam_n of_o reason_n law_n and_o so_o the_o knowledge_n that_o our_o plaint_n be_v vain_a sith_o it_o can_v help_v make_v we_o the_o more_o complain_v eleg_n xxi_o we_o on_o this_o subject_n can_v be_v dry_a while_o helicon_n flow_v in_o our_o eye_n our_o heart_n be_v the_o pump_n of_o sorrow_n so_o it_o be_v full_a still_o of_o successive_a woe_n that_o when_o it_o be_v exhaust_v by_o the_o pen_n there_o spring_v up_o new_a to_o fill_v it_o again_o our_o light_a thought_n may_v make_v we_o weep_v some_o in_o our_o soul_n be_v sink_v so_o deep_a that_o they_o can_v be_v fetch_v up_o by_o art_n unless_o the_o tripod_n of_o our_o heart_n shall_v be_v make_v visible_a from_o whence_o phoebus_n may_v spend_v his_o eloquence_n but_o now_o alas_o since_o that_o we_o find_v no_o emblem_n to_o set_v forth_o our_o mind_n how_o shall_v we_o show_v our_o grief_n which_o be_v too_o weighty_a to_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o air_n or_o eke_o transport_v by_o a_o quill_n to_o 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