READER, If thou appear Before this tomb, attention give, And do not fear, Unless it be to live: For dead is great Sir Francis Vere. Of whom this might be said: should God ordain One to destroy all sinners whom that one Redeem'd not there, that so he might atone His chosen flock, and take from earth that stain That spots it still, he worthy were alone To finish it, and have, when they were gone, This world for him made Paradise again. |