^Appendix 

 Couplet on Z)r. Richard Sibbes 



Of this blest man let this just praise be given, 

 Heaven was in him, before be was in heaven. 



IZAAK WALTON. 



On the Death of my dear Friend, 3\4r. William 

 Cartwrigbt^ relating to the foregoing Elegies 



(1650 



/ cannot keep my purpose, but must give 

 Sorrow and Verse their way ; nor will I grieve 

 Longer in silence; no, that poor, poor part 

 Of natures legacy, Verse void of Art, 

 And undissembled teares, CART WRIGHT shall have 

 Fixt on his Hearse; and wept into his grave. 



Muses I need you not ; for, Grief and I 

 Can in your absence weave an Elegy : 

 Which we will do; and often inter-weave 

 Sad Looks, and Sighs ; the ground-work must receive 

 Such Characters, or be adjudged unfit 

 For my Friends shroud; others have shewed their Wit, 

 Learning, and Language fitly ; for these be 

 Debts due to his great Merits : but for me, 

 My aymes are like myself, humble and low, 

 Too mean to speak his praise, too mean to show 

 The World what it hath lost in losing thee, 

 Whose Words and Deeds were perfect Harmony. 



But now 'tis lost; lost in the silent Grave 

 Lost to us Mortals, lost, ''till we shall have 

 Admission to that Kingdom, where He sings 

 Harmonious Anthems to the King of Kings. 



Sing on, blest Soul! be as thou wast below, 

 A more than common instrument to show 

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