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. XIV.
O that some Seraphim His praise would sing,Or lend a Quill pluckt from his heavenly wing,
Whereby it might be writ for't does decline
His Commendation that is not Divine.
Young Muses are unskil'd in such grave Theams,
And hardly can acquire the Sov'raign streams
O'th' Well of Life, for Helicon, as should
Those that would cast their Verse in such a Mould,
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Verse Rampant which sets forth Humility.
Pens lightly praising Piety mistake,
And, like bad Pensils, blot the work they make.
Great Ornaments not suited well, deface,
And oft Encomiums mis-exprest, disgrace.
He that would shevv His sacred Worth, must be
A Limner of Incarnate Sanctitie,
Which if Men knew both it & Him, would sure
Be thought His fit and only Portraicture.
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