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<DATE>2008-10-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>AN ELEGIE Upon the Death of my pretty Infant-Cou&s;in, Mris. JANE GABRY, VVho died within the Month, not without &s;ome &s;u&s;picion of being Overlaid by her Nur&s;es.</HEAD>
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<L>SWeet <HI>Babe,</HI> why did&s;t thou leave <HI>this world</HI> &s;o &s;oon,</L>
<L>Not &s;een by thy <HI>fir&s;t Parents,</HI> Sun, nor Moon?</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">ad&s;t onely &s;ome <HI>&s;hort Intervals</HI> of <HI>light,</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">o lead thee from <HI>one,</HI> to <HI>another Night;</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">ill thou &s;hould&s;t view an <HI>everlasting Sun,</HI></L>
<L>Which ne'r knew <HI>&s;hade,</HI> becau&s;e it ne'r <HI>begun.</HI></L>
<L>Pretty <HI>Apo&s;tate!</HI> why <HI>no longer</HI> &s;tay?</L>
<L>But <HI>newly Chri&s;tian,</HI> and <HI>&s;traight fall away?</HI></L>
<L>Pardon, dear <HI>Saint,</HI> 'twas not for <HI>want of Grace;</HI></L>
<L>Tis <HI>that</HI> tran&s;ports us to <HI>a better place.</HI></L>
<L>Never was <HI>Babe</HI> baptiz'd with <HI>kinder Strife:</HI></L>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters">gion</HI> helps to &s;ave the <HI>&s;oul,</HI> not <HI>life:</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> his <HI>thred</HI> once &s;pun, bears an <HI>unerring date,</HI></L>
<L>Plot to be <HI>broke,</HI> or <HI>lengthned,</HI> but by <HI>Fate.</HI></L>
<L><UNCLEAR>O</UNCLEAR><HI>Heav'ns!</HI> &s;urvive the <HI>Font</HI> but <HI>one poor day?</HI></L>
<L>Twas a <HI>&s;hort Eve</HI> to a <HI>long Holy-day.</HI></L>
<L>Was thy <HI>too generous</HI> heart in&s;pir'd to <HI>die,</HI></L>
<L>To quit thy <HI>Sureties</HI> from their <HI>costly Tye?</HI></L>
<L>Mad'&s;t ha&s;te to heav'n, <HI>new wa&s;ht</HI> from <HI>Adams guilt,</HI></L>
<L>For fear that <HI>holy water</HI> might be <HI>&s;pilt.</HI></L>
<L>We &s;hall not load thy <HI>Nur&s;es</HI> with <HI>complaints,</HI></L>
<L><UNCLEAR>Who&s;e</UNCLEAR> very <HI>&s;in</HI> might &s;erve t' increa&s;e the <HI>Saints.</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">here may be <HI>lo&s;s,</HI> not <HI>guilt,</HI> without the <HI>Will;</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">ometimes the <HI>Innocent</HI> the <HI>Innocent kill.</HI></L>
<L>Nor &s;hall we from thy <HI>Inches</HI> &s;quare thy <HI>Bli&s;s,</HI></L>
<L>As <HI>Lovers</HI> do theirs, by a <HI>&s;hort-liv'd ki&s;s.</HI></L>
<L>Plants <HI>wither</HI> here, &s;et in a <HI>barren place;</HI></L>
<L>Heav'n is a <HI>rich Soyl,</HI> ripens fruit <HI>apace.</HI></L>
<L>A <HI>new-born Bud,</HI> a <HI>tender Blo&s;&s;om</HI> here,</L>
<L>Is in a moment <HI>ripe</HI> and <HI>perfect</HI> there.</L>
<L>Now thou art <HI>full of days:</HI> How can there bee</L>
<L><HI>Childhood,</HI> or <HI>Non-age,</HI> in <HI>Eternity?</HI></L>
<L>Why &s;hould we then be <HI>Mourners</HI> to <HI>exce&s;s,</HI></L>
<L>As if we <HI>griev'd</HI> at thy <HI>&s;toln Happine&s;s?</HI></L>
<L>Our &s;howrs of <HI>tears</HI> can onely &s;hew us <HI>kinde;</HI></L>
<L>More proper for <HI>poor &V;s,</HI> who <HI>&s;tay behinde</HI></L>
<L>In a <HI>bad World,</HI> full of <HI>perplexing Care;</HI></L>
<L>VVho&s;e <HI>Charity</HI> is colder then its <HI>Air.</HI></L>
<L>Rather convert our <HI>Sorrows</HI> into <HI>Joy,</HI></L>
<L>To build <HI>new hopes</HI> for a <HI>more la&s;ting Boy.</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>oddes</HI> will not be great, but <HI>three</HI> to <HI>one;</HI>
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Two Girles dead before.</NOTE></L>
<L><HI>One Grain</HI> will turn the <HI>Scale,</HI> when <HI>three</HI> are gone.</L>
<L>And now, <HI>&s;weet Babe,</HI> allow my gentle <HI>Ver&s;e</HI></L>
<L>To drop, not <HI>Tears,</HI> but <HI>Wi&s;hes</HI> on thy <HI>Her&s;e:</HI></L>
<L>May thy dear <HI>Parents</HI> and <HI>Relations</HI> be</L>
<L>As <HI>quiet</HI> as thy <HI>Grave,</HI> as <HI>blest</HI> as <HI>Thee.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed <HI>Anno Domini</HI> 1672.</P>
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