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An alphabet of Elegiack Groans

upon The truly lamented Death of that Rare Exemplar of Youthful Piety, John Fortescue ... By E. E. [i.e. Edmund Elys]
Elys, Edmund (ca. 1634-ca. 1707)
  
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AN ALPHABET OF Elegiack Groans.
 I. 
ELEG. I.
 II. 
ELEG. II.
 III. 
ELEG. III.
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ELEG. IV.
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ELEG. V.
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ELEG. VI.
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ELEG. VII.
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ELEG. VIII.
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ELEG. IX.
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ELEG. X.
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ELEG. XI.
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ELEG. XII.
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ELEG. XIII.
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ELEG. XIV.
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ELEG. XV.
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ELEG. XVI.
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ELEG. XVII.
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ELEG. XVIII.
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ELEG. XIX.
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ELEG. XX.
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ELEG. XXI.
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ELEG. XXII.
  
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ELEG. XII.

Might we not think 'twould come to This, that he
Spent all his time upon Eternitie,
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As if he came into the world t'obtain
An happy passage to get out again?
Ah, how could we expect His longer stay,
When we perceiv'd him to make hast away.
Full fraught with Grace, unto the joyfull Port
Of Bliss, unto the King of Kings great Court?
Where He's in Glory, here in Fame: and thus
His wished Death makes him Amphibious.
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