Daphnis. A pastoral elegy on the death of that hopeful young gentleman Mr. Francis Wollaston. Cave, John, d. 1690. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78409 of text R171125 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C1586aA). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A78409 Wing C1586aA ESTC R171125 45578232 ocm 45578232 172177 2248528048

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78409) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 172177) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2616:29) Daphnis. A pastoral elegy on the death of that hopeful young gentleman Mr. Francis Wollaston. Cave, John, d. 1690. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the University, for the author., Oxford, : 1685. Signed: John Cave, A.B. Linc. Coll. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Wollaston, Francis, d. 1685? Elegiac poetry, English. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Daphnis. A pastoral elegy on the death of that hopeful young gentleman Mr. Francis Wollaston. Humbly dedicated to his sorrowful parents. Cave, John, 1685 1 583 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
DAPHNIS . A Pastoral ELEGY on the Death of that hopeful Young Gentleman MR. FRANCIS WOLLASTON . Humbly Dedicated to his sorrowful Parents . Audiet extinctus post se sua nomina Daphnis , Audiet , & priscos animo revocabit amores . I. BEneath a Cypress gloomy shade , ( By Nature for that purpose made ) The Melancholly Damon lay , And thus his Griefs invited him to say : O Cruel Fate ! Hard Destiny ! Must I alone , unhappy I , When all my dear lov'd Swains are gone , Be doom'd to tarry here alone ? The noble Strephon went before , But not content with that rich store , Little Alexis was your prize , And pretty Mycon Idol of my Eyes : These ( unkind Fates ) you took away , And could not these your fury stay ? Ah no! you 've took my Daphnis too , Took the lov'd Swain for ever from my View . II. Him ( ye hard Fates ) I now bemoan , The Great , the God-like Daphnis dead and gone ; Daphnis , the Glory of our Plain , Courted by every Nymph , and lov'd by every Swain : Beauty and Goodness both in him did joyn , His every part was charming , every part Divine . Oft' have I seen the lovely Boy , Adorn'd like some Bright Deity , Above his fellow Shepherds sit , While all paid Homage at his Feet . The Brighter Nymphs would Garlands bring , Crown him with them , and call him King ; Then every Vale with Daphnis Praises rung , Daphnis the Brave , the Good , the Lovely , Gay and Young . III. But now ( poor Swains ) alass ! he 's gone , Daphnis has left you all alone , And to the distant Region's fled , The Godlike Youth is dead . Him the relentless Fates will ne're restore , And you will never see him more , Till you are carried to those Fields , Where Nature all Contentment yields . There 's purer Springs , and sweeter Flowers , More pleasant Groves , and more delightful Bowers : There those who have lived well , enjoy , An undisturb'd Felicity . Pure are their Pleasures , and their Bliss entire , Beyond what silly we , can fancy or desire . Thither did your lov'd Daphnis early come , His pure refined Soul long'd for it's Home ; Your dull Enjoyments he could ne're Esteem , All was but noise , and Vanity to him ; 'T was this alone ( ye poor Forsaken Swains , ) Made the lov'd Youth , for ever leave your Plains . IV. And now , methinks I see , The Glorious Deitie Look down from his Bright Seat above , ( His Face all Sweetness and all Love ) And Hark I hear him say , Shepherds for Daphnis cease to mourn , Your sighs and tears to Joyful Musick turn : For the Blest Swain does now possess , ( What Life could not afford him ) Happiness ; Delights , which all desire , but few enjoy , Vnless they live like Daphnis and like Daphnis dye . JOHN CAVE A. B. Line . Coll. FINIS .

OXFORD , Printed by Leonard Lichfield , Printer to the University , for the Author . 1685.