The Lord Whiglove's Elegy To which is added A Pious Epitaph upon the Late Bishop of Addlebury [by Edward Ward] |
 |
An Epitaph on the Late Bishop of Addlebury.
|
 | The Lord Whiglove's Elegy |  |
An Epitaph on the Late Bishop of Addlebury.
Here
Scotus Lyes, of late as Wise
And Learn'd as Tom Aquinas;
Lawn Sleevs he wore, yet was no more
A Christian than Socinus.
And Learn'd as Tom Aquinas;
Lawn Sleevs he wore, yet was no more
A Christian than Socinus.
Oaths Pro and Con he swallow'd down,
Lov'd Gold like any Layman;
Wrote, Preach'd, and Pray'd; but yet betray'd
God's Holy-Church for Mammon.
Lov'd Gold like any Layman;
Wrote, Preach'd, and Pray'd; but yet betray'd
God's Holy-Church for Mammon.
8
Of e'ery Vice he had a Spice;
Altho a Rev'rend Prelate,
Yet liv'd and dy'd, if not bely'd,
A true Dissenting Zealot.
Altho a Rev'rend Prelate,
Yet liv'd and dy'd, if not bely'd,
A true Dissenting Zealot.
If such a Soul to Heav'n hath stole,
And 'scap'd Old Satan's Clutches,
We'll then presume there may be room
For M--- and his D---
And 'scap'd Old Satan's Clutches,
We'll then presume there may be room
For M--- and his D---
FINIS.
| The Lord Whiglove's Elegy | |