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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>ELEGY <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <UNCLEAR>Death of the late Honourable</UNCLEAR> GEORGE LORD DARTMOUTH.</HEAD>
<P>Who Departed this <UNCLEAR>Life in the</UNCLEAR> TOWER of <HI>LONDON, October</HI> the 25th. 1691.</P>
<LG>
<L>TIS &s;o, there's no Defen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <UNCLEAR>again&s;t our Fate&punc;</UNCLEAR></L>
<L>the Pious, Valiant, Ju&s;t and <UNCLEAR>Fortunate</UNCLEAR></L>
<L>The Youth and Aged in their <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <UNCLEAR>Turns</UNCLEAR></L>
<L>Mu&s;t leave their <HI>A&s;hes</HI> in <HI><UNCLEAR>Sepulchral &V;rns&punc;</UNCLEAR></HI></L>
<L>Grim <HI>Death</HI> no Sex nor Age for Favour &s;pares&punc;</L>
<L>But Downy Youth and Age with Silver Hairs</L>
<L>Submit alike to his Imperious Will,</L>
<L>No Mortal having yet obtain'd the Skill</L>
<L>To bribe him for an hour, or make him &s;tay</L>
<L>While he &s;hould one Ejaculation &s;ay;</L>
<L>Sometimes indeed he does &s;ome Warning give,</L>
<L>And each Days <UNCLEAR>Sickne&s;s</UNCLEAR> is a fre&s;h Reprieve,</L>
<L>But others from Lifes Stage he &s;natches Quick,</L>
<L>And they are gone before, they know they'<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r <UNCLEAR>Sick</UNCLEAR>.</L>
<L>Should &s;udden <HI>Death</HI> the Noble <HI>Dartmouth</HI> find&punc;</L>
<L><HI>Dartmouth</HI> the Brave, the Valiant, Ju&s;t and Kind?</L>
<L>Renown'd abroad, and well-belov'd at home,</L>
<L>Nor t'any place without Applau&s;es come;</L>
<L>The Souldiers Darling and the Sea-mans Love,</L>
<L>Who both as Rivals for his Friend&s;hip &s;trove.</L>
<L>His Valiant Soul knew well how to Command</L>
<L>A <HI>Fleet</HI> by <HI>Sea,</HI> and a <HI>Campaign</HI> by <HI>Land:</HI></L>
<L>Oft has he dar'd the <HI>Oceans</HI> angry Wave,</L>
<L>And oft at <HI>Land</HI> approv'd him&s;elf as Brave.</L>
<L>Nor were his private <HI>Vertues</HI> better known,</L>
<L>Than tho&s;e which did the Valiant Souldier Crown,</L>
<L>Affable, Courteous, to his Foes a Friend</L>
<L>Who's &s;tubborn Hearts would oft to's Goodne&s;s bend;</L>
<L>Couragious, Wi&s;e, Ju&s;t, Di&s;cerning, always Brave,</L>
<L>His <HI>Pa&s;&s;ions</HI> Ma&s;ter, and not he their Slave.</L>
<L>No little &s;neaking Arts advanc'd his Name,</L>
<L>His proper Merits rais'd him to his Fame:</L>
<L>Merit which formerly advanc'd &s;o few,</L>
<L>His Princes Notice on his Actions drew;</L>
<L>So very few to Honour find the Way</L>
<L>By meer De&s;ert, that we may ju&s;tly &s;ay,</L>
<L>Where one it does to ju&s;t Preferment rai&s;e,</L>
<L>It rai&s;es thou&s;ands by &s;ome otherways;</L>
<L><UNCLEAR>Prevailing</UNCLEAR> Friends, but more prevailing Mony,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> ever yet did fail of <UNCLEAR>failing</UNCLEAR> any.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Not to lament at &s;uch a Great Mans Fall,</L>
<L>And <UNCLEAR>&s;how &s;ome</UNCLEAR> Sorrow at his Funeral</L>
<L>Were rude; <UNCLEAR>a <HI>Soldier</HI></UNCLEAR> now may drop a <HI>Tear</HI></L>
<L>Without a Blemi&s;h to his Character.</L>
<L>But <HI>Sighs</HI> and <HI>Tears</HI> and loud <HI>Complaints</HI> are Vain,</L>
<L>They cannot call the <HI>Hero</HI> back again,</L>
<L>Nor would he come, but too too well we know,</L>
<L>To change his Bli&s;s for our &s;ad Scene of Woe.</L>
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<L><UNCLEAR>Great Dartmouth once</UNCLEAR> the Valiant, Ju&s;t, and Wi&s;e,</L>
<L>Joy of our Hearts, and Plea&s;ure of our Eyes,</L>
<L><UNCLEAR>Is now <HI>no more</HI></UNCLEAR> That di&s;mal Word <HI>no more</HI></L>
<L>Like opening of a Wound ju&s;t clos'd before,</L>
<L>Renews our <UNCLEAR>Griefs</UNCLEAR>, and makes our Sorrows double,</L>
<L>And adds <UNCLEAR>Affliction</UNCLEAR> to our former Trouble.</L>
<L>Grief knows no Bounds when 'tis with Pa&s;&s;ion join'd,</L>
<L>But ru&s;hes on and never looks behind,</L>
<L>Till Rea&s;on can re&s;train the Head-&s;trong Pa&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>And Sorrow &s;trike the Sail to Moderation.</L>
<L>Dry then thy Cheeks, my Mu&s;e thy Sighs refrain,</L>
<L>Since Tears are fruitle&s;s and &s;ince Sighs are vain.</L>
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<HEAD>His EPITAPH.</HEAD>
<L>REeader, tread &s;oftly on the Du&s;t</L>
<L>Of <HI>Dartmouth,</HI> Valiant, Prudent, Ju&s;t;</L>
<L>All &s;ilent Prai&s;es of his Name</L>
<L>Are but faint Eccho's of his Fame.</L>
<L>His Memory will &s;till &s;urvive,</L>
<L>While Souldiers and while Sea-men live;</L>
<L>Nor need we then, large Structures rai&s;e,</L>
<L>When each Man Trumpets out his Prai&s;e.</L>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>David Sley,</HI> 1691.</P>
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