F~tneral Elegies. E. LEG. 16. QUick-foul'd Pythogoras, 0 thou that·\Vert So many men, and didfi: fo oft revert From fhades of death (if we may trufi: to fame) With Jofs ofnothing but thy bu~ied name; Hadfi thou butliv'd in thjs our Ailmers time, Thou would'fi: have dy'd once rndre to live in him; Or had our Ailmer in thofe days of thine ( But dy'd, and left fogiorious, fo divine A foul as his, how would thy hafty brefi: Have gafp'd to entertain fo fair a 'gueft: · Which if obtaind had (no.doubt)fupply'd thee With that immortal ftate thy Syre deny'd thee. . ~ .. · , EL E d. 17 ~- · . . . . . R Are foni, tl~at now fie~ crown~d iD that ~ire ofendlefs JOy, fill'.d wtth celeflraU fire; Pardon my teares, that in their paffion would Recall thee from thy Kingdom, if they could; Pardon, 0 pardon my diftralted zeal ; Which, ifcondemn'd by Reafon, mufi appeal To thee, whofe now lamented death,.whofe end Confirrn'd the dear affections of a friend; Permit me then to offer at thy Herfe · Thefe fruitlefs rears,which ifthey prove too fierce_. 0 pardon, you that kriow the price of friends; · F'or tears are. juft, :that nature recomends• . . . ELEG. 18. S 0 may the fair afpelt of pleafed heaven · .Conform my Noon ofdays, and crown their even; So may the gladder fmiles ofearth prefenc , Mo fortunes with th~ hei~htof joys content; · · As I lament with unaffeRed breath, - Our Jors t dear Ai/!Jler.) in thy happy death ; Nay the Life tear, that's fore d, or flides by Art, Tha t hath no waryant from the foul , the heart, Or •
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