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] |
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ELEG. XVIII.
Soon ripe, soon rotten? false! that Bud which springsSo soon in Grace, shall by the King of Kings
(Prun'd by his servant Deaths all-cutting knife)
Ingraffed be into the Tree of Life.
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A Life that ne're shall see Corruption.
'Twas time for Him to leave the world, for even
Here upon Earth His soul was fixt on Heaven.
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