Englands sorrow for the losse of their late Generall or, An Epitaph upon his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex, &c. Who died September 15, 1646 with a perfect Memoriall of the particular Services and Battels that he himself was engaged in Person [by Thomas Philipot] |
 | Englands sorrow for the losse of their late Generall:
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 | Englands sorrow for the losse of their late Generall |  |
Englands sorrow for the losse of their late Generall:
OR, An Epitaph upon his Excellencie ROBERT Earle of Essex, &c. Who died September 15. 1646. with a perfect Memoriall of the particular Services and Battels that he himself was engaged in Person.
[Bring Reader, to this sacred Hearse]
Bring Reader, to this sacred Hearse,A teare Cemented with a Verse.
First let thy melting fancie be
Thaw'd to some pious Elegy;
Then to these Reliques let thy eyes
Disburse their watrie subsidies,
Which by that Cold our sighs dispence,
Shall into Christall straight condense,
Which being thus enchas'd, shall shine
Like Pearle congeal'd upon this Shrine,
But when they find what flame does burne,
Shut up ith Casket of this Urne,
How Palme with Olive interweaves,
And in this Tombe both twist their Leaves,
And that within this Marble Cell
The Ashes of great Essex dwell,
Who under-rating his high bloud,
Sought only to be great and good,
And first himselfe, Exacted then
By just commands too, other men,
That us to vertue he might draw,
More by Example then by Law;—
They'l to resent this losse, I feare,
Resolve into one Generall teare,
Which being distild into his Tombe,
Shall Balsome unto his dust become;
So shall thy teares this Charter have,
To lie as Leigers in his Grave,
And to these honor'd Ashes bee
A perpetuall Obsequie.
Thomas Philipot.
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