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<HEAD>AN ELEGY UPON The mo&s;t Pious and Incomparable PRINCESS, MARY Queen of ENGLAND, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> WHO Departed this Mortal Life, on <HI>Friday</HI> the <HI>28th</HI> of <HI>December,</HI> at <HI>Ken&s;ington.</HI> 1694.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>'TIs true&mdash;when death, Fate's Mini&s;ter does call,</L>
<L>Princes and Clowns without di&s;tinction fall:</L>
<L>No bribes can make the ravenous Tyrant &s;tay,</L>
<L>Nor both the <HI>Indies</HI> purcha&s;e one poor Day.</L>
<L>This Weeping <HI>Albion</HI> to her Sorrow knows,</L>
<L>And this the pre&s;ent &s;ad Occa&s;ion &s;hows;</L>
<L><HI>Mary</HI> our Nation's late Delight and Pride,</L>
<L>In whom all Charms triumphantly did ride,</L>
<L>With every Grace, and every Virtue crown'd,</L>
<L>Now mixt Alas! in common Du&s;t is found.</L>
<L>Weep <HI>Briti&s;h</HI> Ladies, Weep around her Her&s;e,</L>
<L>And for each Mu&s;e attend with tributary Ver&s;e;</L>
<L>Let the pale Sun retire behind a Cloud,</L>
<L>And &s;welling Tides proclaim our Griefs aloud,</L>
<L>For <HI>Mary</HI> univer&s;al Nature Mourn,</L>
<L>And bid the flatt'ring Spring no more return.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Oh! if we might of Heavens Decrees complain,</L>
<L>Why does it &s;uffer <HI>Gallia</HI>'s Scourge to reign?</L>
<L>Why does it tamely &s;pare that Bird of Prey,</L>
<L>And take its be&s;t-lov'd Workman&s;hip away?</L>
<L>What mon&s;trous Crimes has guilty <HI>Britain</HI> nur&s;t,</L>
<L>That it is thus emphatically cur&s;t?</L>
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<L>None &s;ure that ere the Regal En&s;igns bore,</L>
<L>Lowd of Perfections claim a greater &s;tore.</L>
<L>Amid&s;t the gay Temptations of the Court,</L>
<L>Where gaudy Toys, and Vanities re&s;ort,</L>
<L>She between Acts of Charity and Prayer,</L>
<L>The fleeting Minutes equally did &s;hare.</L>
<L>Sincere Devotion with her beauteous Train,</L>
<L>Fill'd all her Heart, and in her Brea&s;t did reign;</L>
<L>No vain De&s;ires, nor guilty Thoughts pre&s;t in,</L>
<L>All was Serene without, and Calm within,</L>
<L>While Mighty <HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI> yearly cro&s;t the Seas,</L>
<L>To purcha&s;e <HI>Europe</HI>'s Liberty and Ea&s;e,</L>
<L>While He his Sacred Per&s;on did expo&s;e</L>
<L>To treacherous Bullets, and more treacherous Foes.</L>
<L><HI>Mary</HI> at home the gentle Scepter &s;way'd,</L>
<L>Her mild Commands the Factious Herd obey'd,</L>
<L>And Homage to her Conquering Goodne&s;s pay'd.</L>
<L>Men by Her Looks, and by Her Virtues charm'd</L>
<L>The <HI>Hydra</HI> of its <HI>Sting</HI> was &s;oon di&s;arm'd.</L>
<L>Affrighted Vice retir'd at Her Command,</L>
<L>Sunk to the Shades below, and left the Land.</L>
<L>A golden Race of Years began to &s;mile</L>
<L>And Peace and Plenty crown'd our happy I&s;le.</L>
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<L>Oh, who would not di&s;&s;olve away in Tears,</L>
<L>To lo&s;e the Partner of his Joys and Cares,</L>
<L>In Youth's gay Pride, and in Her Blooming Years,</L>
<L>But <HI>William</HI> don't too long indulge thy Grief,</L>
<L>But from thy Faithful Senate take relief;</L>
<L>By the whole I&s;le Thy Cau&s;e will be embrac'd,</L>
<L>For Thy own &s;ake, and for the Saint deceas'd.</L>
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<HEAD>EPITAPH.</HEAD>
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<L>UNder this Marble Urn a Prince&s;s lies,</L>
<L>Gracious and Good, Cha&s;t, Merciful and Wi&s;e.</L>
<L>Since Great <HI>Eliza.</HI> left the <HI>Briti&s;h</HI> Throne,</L>
<L>No <HI>Queen</HI> did e'er &s;uch great Perfections own;</L>
<L><HI>England</HI> and <HI>Holland</HI> &s;he by turns did grace,</L>
<L>The Joy, Delight and Soul of every place</L>
<L>To Her for refuge Wretches did re&s;ort,</L>
<L>In her fair Brea&s;t the Graces kept their Court:</L>
<L>Her Sexes Pattern, Ornament and Pride,</L>
<L>In Pious Acts each precious Hour employ'd,</L>
<L>The City's &s;ole Delight, the Country's Care</L>
<L>Her Royal <HI>Hero</HI>'s burthen helpt to bear,</L>
<L>Humble tho' Great, and Innocent tho' Fair:</L>
<L>The Church's Pillar, and the Poor's Relief,</L>
<L><HI>Britain</HI>'s late Pride, but now her only Grief.</L>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>Richard Smith,</HI> at the <HI>Blue-Ball</HI> in <HI>Thames-&s;treet,</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Baynard's-Castle.</HI> 1694.</P>
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