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Show IS1 T OEM S. Since all p&ttft jW^ mhtUk there are Books or Men, The Un^0sftl Empire to his Pen ; O h ! hadtfotT powerful Genius but infpir d The feeble hand, wboie fervice he rcquir d, It had,youfr|uftk»Kten., not Mercy pray d, I Had plcas'd you more, and better him obey'd. " ~Tfn~fhtDeathofJhe truly Honourable Sir Walter I^loid Knight. A t f < \ o O v» crion T Obfequies w l W e fo nili^Ji Grief is due, The Mufes are in folemn mourning too, An4hptb°i$ 4$fi4 ;aftpniflimei?,t confefs, They ea&.J^ent $is-;Jofs, though not cxplefs : Nay, i{m^^M\mt Boards had feen this Herfe, W h o once in |f^^ffiades! fpoke jiving^yerfe, JO/I Their high <#§&§e#> frr him had r»Ade therja fee \ ni Apter to weep, :t&#j|/wfke hk E'ogy : d bnA W h e n onfif}f?l:&&l that Flood of Woe#,#as< fent* wS. Which fwallQ^ri^ ^i«gs facred as it ^Q6ty uoY The injuryoAfl^ iahdiVirtrie^iriade his BteM >s3 The Ark *v|^£inj^y, did feouiely reft : -jrf j i!T For as that ol^iitfte.Ws tofs d up and d<m&, I I r/f And yet the ans^}f JJiJJows cc#Ji;not drpym; 3H So Heav'^r^idrhifl^te this worfe deluge fave, And ma(|4i}|i^'I:r^Lwa|)h o'erth'unquiet Mv^av.e : W h o whiler.he^idiiy^th that wild ftorm cooteft, Such real M ^ n a i ^ t y expreft, I bfi That he d^l4 ^P..fefcjUoyal, in k time W h e n 'twa£&, ^ftigte m^de, m<& thought -a crime: Duty, a^rno^-^^fefert, wasitisaim, euoi DMT W h o ftiid^fiwifejgrjgeieyeriaore thanrFariie* noY And thought it fo|l4ff?!*aWe Mhrug, ri£3 I tO T o be pqeffowltfri fljffierfor his King, ThajS^g,^ jffj)rtwfis«^riglJt had pardon'd • iier, IW Had fhe 8^;Pi^c^ilJ?riuce a- Sufferer \ oCI For who^ffey'd^|ife;hedid bbth act ahd grieve, And for it only 4'id.-.Endure to live, oT To T 0 E M S. 153 7 To teach the World what M a n can be and do, Arm'd by Allegiance and Religion too. His Head and Heart mutual affiftance gave, That being ftill fo wife, and this fo brave, That 'twas acknowledgd all he faid and did, From Judgment, and from Honour did proceed i Such was the ufeful mixture of his mind, 'Twas at once meek and knowing, ftout and kind 5 For he was civil, bountiful, andlearn'd, And for his Friends fo generoufly concerned, That both his Heart and Houfe, his Hand and Tongue* To them, more than himfelf, feem'd to belong 5 As if to his wrong'd party he wotdd be Both an Example and Apology: For when both Swords and Pens ceas'd the difpute, His Life alone Rebellion did confute. But when his V o w s propitious Heaven had heard, And our unequall'd King at length appear'd, As aged Sifi/eon did his Spirits yield, W h e n he had feen his deareft Hopes fulfill'd 5 He gladly faw the Morning of thatNDay, Which Charles his growing Splendor cJid dilplay 5 Then to Eternal Joys made greater hafte, Becaufe his prefent ones flow'd in fo faft ; From which he fled, out of a pious fear, Left he by them fhould be rewarded here; While his fad Country by his death have loft Their nobleft Pattern, and their greateft boaft. T • • • - » • • - -^ -•• I . Orinda to Lucafia* 1. O B f e r v e the weary Birds ere night be done, H o w they would fain call up the tardy Sun, With Feathers hung with dew, And trembling Voices too. X They |
