Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft |
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124. Now, or never.
Vpon their Sabbaths Eve, old Israels Host,(Preparing for the time they honour'd most)
Stor'd them with Manna for the future day:
So should old Fathers (hoar'd with frosty gray)
Against their finall now-approaching rest
Hoard up good workes, as Treasures in the Chest,
And (Archer-like) with most impulsion send
Devotions shafts, when drawing to their end.
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