Classic Poem

H onor attend, as vertue guides thy life ,
Deere Lady , lou'd of all that are belov'd,
As it hath done thee, virgin, Widdowe, Wife ,
For which thou wert of all , in all , approu'd
By Heav'n assign'd to Nature's Miracles,
Mirrors of Manhood , and Heroick partes ;
World, Flesh, & Fiends , to such are obstacles ,
But God, Saints, Angels guerdon their deserts .
In thee it is, the loue of such t' alure,
And binde them to thee with love's Gordian knott ;
It is thy grace and reputation pure
That made these worthies fall so to thy Lott :
God give thee ioy of this , for in the rest
Thou seemd'st accurst , because so highly blest .