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<P>MEMENTO MORI</P>
</FIGURE>AN ELEGY On the Right Honourable William Earl of Pembrook Who decea&s;ed on the 29th, of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1683.</HEAD>
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<L>VVHat are the Glories that by Fame acrue</L>
<L>What are the Prai&s;es that to Virtues due?</L>
<L>Which Mortals do enjoy, till't plea&s;es Death,</L>
<L>To Damm the Channel, of enlivning Breath.</L>
<L>Ju&s;t as the winged Attoms fly with light,</L>
<L>So they do fall when that approaches Night.</L>
<L>So when grim Death our Vitals doth invade,</L>
<L>We turn to Du&s;t; our former Deeds will fade.</L>
<L>The Cen&s;ure of the living is but hard,</L>
<L>And Hero' of their due of times debar'd</L>
<L>Po&s;terity doth &s;eldom rightly Deem,</L>
<L>And Envy alway le&s;&s;ens the E&s;teem,</L>
<L>That we for Generous Spirits ought to have,</L>
<L>When't plea&s;es Fate to lay them in the Grave.</L>
<L>But what do <HI>I</HI> hear? brave <HI>Pembrook's</HI> Dead,</L>
<L>And from its Man&s;ion, his great Soul is fled.</L>
<L>Yet 'Spight of Death, his Name &s;hall never <HI>Dye&punc;</HI></L>
<L>Whil&s;t others &s;ink his &s;hall &s;urmount the Skie,</L>
<L>Ah! Cruel Death, what made thee thus Surprize</L>
<L>Him who was <HI>Loyal, Noble, Ju&s;t and Wi&s;e,</HI></L>
<L>Him who was Valiant, Liberal, and Good,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Bounty did extend to all the &s;tood</L>
<L>In need; and tho&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 words"></L>
<L>He timely Succor <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 words"></L>
<L>Yet the&s;e his Vrtues, Envy &s;ought to Raize.</L>
<L>Stirr'd up Detraction, to defeat his Prai&s;e:</L>
<L>Pernicious Brood that doth infect our Soyl,</L>
<L>And hath engendred home-bred Strife, and Toyl.</L>
<L>Who are continually with Vipers fed,</L>
<L>To &s;ting the Living, and devour the Dead.</L>
<L>Yet &s;pight of their Attempts, great <HI>Pembrook's</HI> Name</L>
<L>Shall eternized be, by truer Fame.</L>
<L>Great Souls they all partake of what s Sublime,</L>
<L>And though &s;ome Actions tainted be with Slime</L>
<L>Yet this doth not retard their cour&s;e at la&s;t,</L>
<L>They &s;tem the Tide, o'recome the threatning bla&s;t;</L>
<L>Great <HI>Pembrook's</HI> Cour&s;e isended, and now he,</L>
<L>A Hero is, to all Eternity.</L>
<L>His Memory will la&s;t, for from his Du&s;t;</L>
<L>The Epithet will ri&s;e, of <HI>Wi&s;e</HI> and <HI>Ju&s;t.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>EPITAPH.</HEAD>
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<L><HI>VVithin this &V;rn inclo&s;ed lies,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Mortal remains of Ju&s;t and Wi&s;e:</HI></L>
<L><HI>His better part hath taken flight,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And Hope abides, where's no more Night,</HI></L>
<L><HI>He who a Tear denyes,</HI></L>
<L><HI>H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> little pitty, h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters">d Eyes</HI></L>
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<P><HI>LONDON</HI> Printed By <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">. Mallet.</HI> 1683.</P>
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