An alphabet of Elegiack Groans upon The truly lamented Death of that Rare Exemplar of Youthful Piety, John Fortescue ... By E. E. [i.e. Edmund Elys] |
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ELEG. V.
Embleme of Vertue, from whose Noble eyeHeroick Height mixt with Humilitie
Shone forth a peerless Paradox; whose soul
Divinely big swells out of that weak scroul
Which it involv'd: So us our griefs compell,
That since thou went'st to Heav'n, Earth seems our Hell;
And this is our due portion: for 'tis just
That we should faulter with these Clogs of Dust,
Until Gods love, the true Prometheus Fire,
Our Earthen Hearts shall blessedly inspire,
By whose ascendent vertue we may be
(Like Thee) rais'd up to Immortalitie.
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