Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

284 Epitaphs.And May intends her month no flowers shall bring,Since she must lose the flow'r of all the Spring,Thy March his winds, have caused Aprill show'rs,And yet sad May must lose his flow'r of flow'rs.206. On Prince Henry.Reader ;wonder think is none,Though I speak, and am a stone,Here is shrin'd Coelestial dust,And I keepit but in trust :Should I not my treasure tell,Wonder then you might as well,How this Stone could chuse .but break,If it had not learn'd to speak :Hence amaz'd and ask not meWhose these sacred ashes be,Purposely it is conceal'd,For alasse ! were that reveal'd,All that read would by and byMelt themselves to tears and dy.207. On King James his death.We justly,. when a meaner subject dyes,Begin his Epitaph with, Here he lyes,But when a King, whose memory remainsTriumphant over death ; with, Here he reignes:Now he is dead, to whom the world imputesDeservedly, eternall Attributes.For shall we think his glory can decease,That's honour'd with the stile, The King of Peace :* *" * ^