BUT be contented:
when that fell arrest |
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Without all bail shall carry me away, |
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My life hath in this line some interest, |
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Which for memorial still with thee shall
stay. |
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When thou reviewest this, thou dost review |
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The very part was consecrate to thee: |
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The earth can have but earth, which is his
due; |
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My spirit is thine, the better part of me: |
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So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life, |
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The prey of worms, my body being dead; |
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The coward conquest of a wretchs knife, |
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Too base of thee to be remembered. |
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The worth of that is that which
it contains, |
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And that is this, and this with
thee remains. |
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