An Elegie on that great example of charity and vertue, the Right Honourable the Countess Dowager of Thanet who died on Monday the 14th of August instant, at the house belonging to that noble family in Aldersgate-Street. 1676 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A38915 Wing E363A ESTC R36176 15614131 ocm 15614131 104147

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MEMENTO MORI

AN ELEGIE On that great Example of Charity and Vertue, The Right Honourable The Counteſs Dowager of Thanet: Who died on Monday the 14th of Auguſt Inſtant, At the Houſe belonging to that Noble Family in Alderſgate-ſtreet. AS t'other night perplex'd with Cares I lay Wiſhing th'arrival of expected day, I ſaw the Stars grown on a ſudden pale, Heaven doubly ſhrouded with a Mourning-vail; A doleful Shreek invaded ſtreight mine ear, And fill'd my mind with horrour and with fear. Frighted I riſe, and trembling reach the ſtreet, Where Throngs of Poor and Needy Souls I meet, Whoſe deep-fetch'd Sighs and Joynt-united Cries Pierced at once my Heart, and rent the Skies. In every Look Symptoms of Grief I ſpy, Too great at firſt to ſpeak the reaſon why. But when an Ebb of Sighs allow'd them breath, They ſadly told me this Good Lady's Death, Thanet! whoſe liberal Hand and open Door Has long time been th' Exchequer of the Poor, The Publick Ord'nary of helpleſs Gueſts, For whom her Bounty every day made Feaſts: She! She! is ſnatch'd away, and we have none To keep us now, our great Reliever's gone, Gone as a-Pearl drop in the Main, to get Which, we may ſink, but not recover it. I griev'd to hear the News, and their Complaint, And ſat me down in Tears my Grief to vent. For ſuch a worthy Gauſe there's no excuſe, Sorrow can make a Verſe without a Muſe. What ſhe did here, by great Example, well T'inlive Poſterity, her Fame may tell. Her ſweet obliging Charms, her Courteſie, Her wary Guards, her wiſe Simplicity, Were like a Ring of Vertues 'bout her ſet, And Piety the Centre where all met. Though Streams of Grandeur flow'd in her high blood, She before Great, preferr'd the name of Good; Her Life ſo Regular, her Vertue ſuch, Some commenc'd Saints of old with half ſo much. She had a mind as calm as ſhe was fair, Not toſt or troubled with fantaſtick Air. A Curl diſorder'd, or a Pin miſplac'd, Could not diſturb the ſerene Peace that grac'd Her Soul; nor would ſhe ſuffer thoughts to fly Out after gawdy Toys of Vanity; But by a ſolid courſe, this Conqueſt got, To uſe the world as though ſhe us'd it not. To ſay ſhe's now an Augel, is ſcarce more Praiſe than ſhe had, for ſhe ſeem'd ſuch before. Whilſt Pilgrimaging here, ſhe ſtood poſſeſt Of Heaven in part; for her rich furniſht breaſt Was a fair Temple, and her Heart a ſhrine, So purg'd, that ſhe appeared All-Divine. You that the World with Panacaea's vex, Knew you no ſuccour 'gainſt an Apoplex? How happens it, that every day we meet The looſer ſort of people in the ſtreet From deſperate Diſeaſes freed? And why Can you help them, and ſuffer her to dy? Who was all Vertues in Epitomy. She in whoſe Fate the fainting World ſuſtain'd A general Loſs, too great to be regain'd In after-times: For her Example wrought Through each Degree, and glorious Actions taught To all mankinde, whilſt they by Copying her In each Relation, learn'd their own 〈◊〉 . Beauty and Modeſty mix'd in her Youth, And in her Age D • ſcretion, Grace, and Truth. Her H ••••• dictated Humility, And Riches did but feed her Charity. How nobly ſhe diſpatch'd each Scene of Life! A tender Mother! a moſt loving Wife! A gracious Miſtriſs, an unwearied Friend! Whoſe Love on Fortune's Smiles did ne're depend. Truly Religious, and in every thing Faſt to the Church, and Loyal to her King. She having thus tutor'd the Standers by So well to live, now teaches them to dye. Nor need we bid her ſleep ſecure, who know That God himſelf rock'd her to ſleep below. Her Soul being ſweetly ſnatch'd away to Bliſs, As if ſome Angel ſtole it in a Kiſs, There mounted high, beyond the ſhades of Death, She draws pure Joys and Everlaſting Breath, Whilſt here a generous Odor ſhall be fann'd By ſoft perfumed Winds throughout the Land; Which like Rich Eſſence in the locks of Fame, Shall ſtick, and there Embalm her Deathleſs Name. FINIS.

With Allowance,

Aug. 17. 1666. Ro. L'Eſtrange.

LONDON: Printed for D. M. 1676. 91.