Funerall Elegies - Elegie 8
Ha d Vertue, Learning, the Diviner Arts,
Wit, judgement, wisdome, (or what other parts
That make perfection, and returne the minde
As great as earth can suffer) been confin'd
To earth; had they the Patent to abide
Secure from change, our Ailmer ne'r had dy'd:
Fond earth forbeare and let thy childish eyes
Ne'r weep for him thou ne'r knew'st how to prize;
Shed not a teare blinde earth; for it appeares,
Thou never lov'dst our Ailmer , by thy teares:
Or if thy fiouds must needs o'rflow their brim.
Lament lamcot thy blindnesse and not him.
Wit, judgement, wisdome, (or what other parts
That make perfection, and returne the minde
As great as earth can suffer) been confin'd
To earth; had they the Patent to abide
Secure from change, our Ailmer ne'r had dy'd:
Fond earth forbeare and let thy childish eyes
Ne'r weep for him thou ne'r knew'st how to prize;
Shed not a teare blinde earth; for it appeares,
Thou never lov'dst our Ailmer , by thy teares:
Or if thy fiouds must needs o'rflow their brim.
Lament lamcot thy blindnesse and not him.
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