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ON Bishop Wilkins's Picture.
Decemb. 30. ---82.
This is his Shadow, who was once the Glory
And Pillar of our British Church; whose Story
Ages to come shall wondring read, this Age
Shall mourn his death, tremble at its presage:
He was all that which makes men great and good;
But's loss will make his Worth best understood.
His just Description I no more can give,
Than th' Painter can make this his Picture live;
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And in the pious Works he left behind;
In both, my sorrows some relief shall find:
Till his great Soul ere long I meet above,
Amongst blest Spirits in Heav'nly Joy and Love.
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