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A55166
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A Panegyrick on the author of Absolom and Achitophel occasioned by his former writing of an Elegy in praise of Oliver Cromwel, lately reprinted.
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1681
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Wing P260; ESTC R996
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i_o see_v he_o doom_v his_o err_a hand_n t'it_v flame_a martyrdom_n let_v his_o poor_a deed_n in_o dull_a oblivion_n die_v thy_o vengeance_n with_o a_o sure_a aim_n let_v fly_v in_o keen_a iambic_n against_o thy_o sovereign_a lord_n thy_o pen_n be_v more_o successful_a than_o his_o sword_n so_o vast_a a_o pile_n thy_o lofty_a number_n raise_v those_o babel-builder_n to_o great_a moloch_n praise_v a_o pile_n which_o to_o thy_o honour_n will_v surpass_v even_o thy_o own_a corah_n monumental_a brass_n thou_o write_v with_o so_o much_o flame_n fleame_z so_o refine_v that_o poetry_n the_o fever_n of_o thy_o mind_n and_o feaver-like_a in_o those_o bleak_a day_n of_o yore_o when_o loyalty_n be_v naked_a leave_v and_o poor_a thy_o aguish_a vein_n chill_v at_o a_o starve_v door_n but_o burn_v high_a thy_o active_a spirit_n run_v at_o prosperous_a rebellion_n warm_a sun_n when_o phaeton_n mislead_v the_o day_n and_o hurl_v his_o scatter_a fire_n around_o the_o scorch_a world_n how_o will_v his_o 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