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[THV PASSENGER WHO SPYST WITH GAZEING EYES]

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PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, HADDINGTON.

THV PASSENGER WHO SPYST WITH GAZEING EYES
THIS SAD TROPHIE OF DEATH'S TRIVMPHING DART,
CONSIDER, WHEN THIS OVTWARD TOMB THV SEES,
HOW RAIR A MAN LEAVES HERE HIS EARTHLY PAIRT,
HIS WISDOME, AND HIS VPRIGHTNESS OF HEART,
HIS PIETY, HIS PRACTICE IN OVR STATE,
HIS PREGNANT WIT WELL VERSED IN EVERY AIRT,
AS EQVALLY NOT ALL WERE IN DEBATE.
THEN IVSTLY HATH HIS DEATH BROVGHT FORTH OF LATE
A HEAVY GRIEF TO PRINCE AND SVBJECTS ALL
WHO VIRTVE LOVE, AND VICE TO TRVLY HATE,
THO' VICIOVS MEN BE JOYFVL AT HIS FALL;
BVT FOR HIMSELF, MOST HAPPIE, DOTH HE DIE,
THO' FOR HIS PRINCE IT MOST VNHAPPIE BE.
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