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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>ON THE DEATH OF Mrs. BEHN.</HEAD>
<P>By <HI>NAT. LEE,</HI> Gent.</P>
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<L>THE Sadne&s;s of thy Death extends my Mu&s;e,</L>
<L>To rail at Nature, and the Fates abu&s;e:</L>
<L>That doom'd &s;uch Wit and Goodne&s;s to the Grave,</L>
<L>To grieve the Wi&s;e, and make the Temperate rave.</L>
<L>Why art thou dead? Or wherefore did&s;t thou live?</L>
<L>Such Pangs for Plea&s;ure after Death to give.</L>
<L>I lov'd thee inward, and my Thoughts were true;</L>
<L>And after Death thy Vertue I pur&s;ue.</L>
<L>Thou had&s;t my Soul in &s;ecret, and I &s;wear</L>
<L>I found it not, till thou re&s;olv'd&s;t to Air.</L>
<L>To Air, to Flame, to Beauty, and that Light,</L>
<L>Where Heav'ns perpetual blu&s;hing, and more bright.</L>
<L><HI>Melpomene</HI> the &s;tatelie&s;t of the Nine;</L>
<L>And more Maje&s;tick where thy Numbers &s;hine;</L>
<L>Commands my Thoughts a mightier Urn to rai&s;e,</L>
<L>And Crown thy Ver&s;e with an Immortal Prai&s;e.</L>
<L>I mourn thy Death like Nightingales their Young:</L>
<L>My Grief's like thee, too precious fot the Throng.</L>
<L>I'll bury it in Smiles, and force my Tears</L>
<L>Back to tho&s;e Fountains where no Spring appears.</L>
<L><HI>Flatman</HI> thy Mate, and that dear part of me;</L>
<L>But I'll expect till all the ble&s;t agree</L>
<L>To mount me in their Arms, and draw me near,</L>
<L>Where I &s;hall never &s;hed another Tear.</L>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Abel Roper</HI> at the <HI>Bell</HI> in <HI>Fleet&s;treet,</HI> 1689.</P>
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