By the Rev. G. S. Master. 291 



\_Upon the left-hand door.'] 



OF 

 ROBERT PIERRPONT 



Eldest sou of y' Ho''" WILLIAM Esq' 



& Heire to the whole Familie 



The BODIE 



Which yet, as One of Her worst Enetaies 



The SOULE y*' dwelt iu't did as twere Despise 



At THIRTY FIVE when grown full Ripe for Action 



Then She forsooke It, if not Unkindly, — Saye 



Untimely too Readily — too Soone 



So some SUNS are Overcast at NO ONE 



Yet Twas Deriued from Highe & Noble STOCKE 

 Crownd w"' an EARLEDOME on Eyther Side There 

 of SHREWSBURY of KINGSTON here stood HEIRE 

 Apparent unto This had in Its Veiues 

 Beside y' BLODD of Both Their Seminal 

 Their Bullion VERTUES too readie Coynable 

 Into Exploits as greate as Eyther ANCESTORS 

 Had but occasion Call'd w'^h was (& was 

 The Only Thing y' was) Here Wanting 



Healthie & Sound It Passd thro ITALIE & FRANCE 

 & SPAINE, Un-mutilated, Un-Diseasd 

 Witliout y" Marks of SIN or CHANCE 

 Eeturnd Matchd w'h a LADYE—Oi Whom 

 Though All Good might, Nothing must Here be said 

 S' VA ULTS speake not y^ Living but y' DEAD 

 Yet This To Parte with HER alone 

 I Ovei'-Heard was Th' Expiring Grone 

 Both Great EXAMPLES Never to Refuse 

 In Matches What Wise PARENTS Chuse 



Blest with FIVE Hopeful CHILDREN Eache enough 



T' Enrich y' Future Age, & To Invite 



A body's longer Staye in This if ought 



Might doe't 



But 



Thus It was — Too big for It 



The 80ULE was grown, & 80ULES Once fitt 



To Mount at Heaven's Call 



Soone let y» Mantle of y» BODIE Fall 



So Was, & So Did THIS. 



