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1633. " Elegy on the death of his friend Dr. 

 Donne," of which these are the last lines 



"Dull age, oh, I would spare thee, but th'art worse, 

 Thou art not only dull, but hast a curse 

 Of black ingratitude ; if not, couldst thou 

 Part with miraculous Donne, and make no vow 

 For thee and thine, successively to pay 

 A sad remembrance to his dying day ? " 



1635. " Lines on a portrait of Donne." 



1638. " Lines addressed to the reader, in praise of 

 my friend the author and his Booke pre- 

 fixed to ' The Merchant's Mappe of Com- 

 merce,' " by Lewes Roberts, merchant. 



1640. " Life of Dr. Donne," prefixed to Donne's 

 sermons. 



1642. Is supposed to have published " George 



Cranmer's Letter to Hooker," concerning 

 the new Church discipline. 



1643. " Lines on the death of my dear friend Mr. 



William Cartwright." 

 1646. Preface to "The Shephearde's Oracles" (a 



very amusing preface it is). 

 1650. Couplet written by Walton in his copy of 



Dr. Richard Sibbes' work " The Returning 



Backslider." 



" Of this blest man let this just praise be given, 

 Heaven was in him before he was in heaven." 



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