The Grecian Story Being an Historical Poem, in Five Books. To which is Annex'd The Grove: Consisting of Divers Shorter Poems upon several Subjects. By J. H. [i.e. John Harington] |
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By Seven that Morn Herse brought before the Dore;
Six Horses in't, for large attendance more:
Then th' Earl but loosely veil'd, and wrap'd in Gown,
Betwixt the Doctor, Groom was carry'd down,
Laid in the Herse; that Servant Guardian there;
Since left command they should his Corps interr
At Country-house, some twenty Miles remote:
Son also rode along: This lastly note;
By th' Houses of those Lords, which near did stand,
Th' Herse was to pass, beheld on either hand,
So might to Them that Earlier Hour be known;
When scarcely prov'd for Court Silendros gon.
If were perchance, their Wives (being left behind)
Would send them strait the posted News like wind.
Six Horses in't, for large attendance more:
Then th' Earl but loosely veil'd, and wrap'd in Gown,
Betwixt the Doctor, Groom was carry'd down,
Laid in the Herse; that Servant Guardian there;
Since left command they should his Corps interr
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Son also rode along: This lastly note;
By th' Houses of those Lords, which near did stand,
Th' Herse was to pass, beheld on either hand,
So might to Them that Earlier Hour be known;
When scarcely prov'd for Court Silendros gon.
If were perchance, their Wives (being left behind)
Would send them strait the posted News like wind.
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