Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
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Upon Dr. Howel, Lord Bishop of Bristol,
Who died a little after the putting down of Episcopacy.
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Upon Dr. Howel, Lord Bishop of Bristol, Who died a little after the putting down of Episcopacy.
Rumpendo in Lachrymas facit Indignatio Versum.
O were I raptur'd into Verse
To write with fury on thy Herse,
O could I strangle with a wish
Steel'd Clotho, and Stern Lachesis
With their own Thred, or cut the Life
Of Atropos with her own Knife.
To write with fury on thy Herse,
O could I strangle with a wish
Steel'd Clotho, and Stern Lachesis
With their own Thred, or cut the Life
Of Atropos with her own Knife.
Or could I meet that Bald-Pate Churl,
With his All-mowing Sith, I'd hurl,
And tumble Him, with all the Three
Down to the Pit in lieu of Thee:
So Man shold be Lord of his Age,
And free from their Tyrannik rage.
With his All-mowing Sith, I'd hurl,
And tumble Him, with all the Three
Down to the Pit in lieu of Thee:
So Man shold be Lord of his Age,
And free from their Tyrannik rage.
But much they need not boast, or vaunt to have
This Saint-like Prelat sent unto his Grave:
For He, good Soul, was Mortifi'd before,
And got almost in sight of Heav'ns bless'd shore.
He might be call'd during his Lifes short span
Terrestrial Angel, or Cœlestial Man.
This Saint-like Prelat sent unto his Grave:
For He, good Soul, was Mortifi'd before,
And got almost in sight of Heav'ns bless'd shore.
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Terrestrial Angel, or Cœlestial Man.
But Oh, it is not He who di'd alone,
For Prelacy Herself with him is gone:
Englands whole Hierarchy (sad Tale to tell)
At the same time did breathe Her last, and fell.
For Prelacy Herself with him is gone:
Englands whole Hierarchy (sad Tale to tell)
At the same time did breathe Her last, and fell.
1647.
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