Phyala Lachrymarum: Or A Few Friendly Teares, shed over the dead Body of Mr Nathaniel Weld Mr of Arts of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge who in the short journey of his life, died betweene the five and sixe and twentieth yeare of his youth, 1633. Together with sundry choyce Meditations of Mortalitie [by William Lathum] |
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L' Envoy.
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L' Envoy.
Mongst all things possible, and yet so hard,Almost next doore t'impossibilitie;
That man or woman is, who having far'd
All their life long, and liv'd deliciously:
Not crost nor vext with contrarietie
Of chance or fortune, which most men dismay
When death them calls, can answer patiently.
Wherefore my soule, doe thou still humbly pray,
“Nature of nature, good God, grant, when I
“Must leave to live, pow'r willingly to die.
Naturæ natura, Deus bone, cum mihi posse
Vivere sustuleris, da mihi velle mori.
Vivere sustuleris, da mihi velle mori.
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