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AN ELEGY ON MR. THOMAS GOUGE: MR. MEAD, MR. BATES, AND MR. GOUGE by ISAAC WATTS

First Line: HEAVEN WAS IMPATIENT OF OUR CRIMES
Last Line: THEN TOOK A DISMAL AIM, AND BROUGHT GREAT GOUGE TO DUST.
Subject(s): CRIME & CRIMINALS; DEATH; HEAVEN; PROPHECY & PROPHETS; VENGEANCE; DEAD, THE; PARADISE;
HEAVEN was impatient of our crimes,
And sent his minister of death
To scourge the bold rebellion of the times,
And to demand our prophet's breath;
He came commission'd for the fates
Of awful Mead and charming Bates;
There he essayed the vengeance first,
Then took a dismal aim, and brought great Gouge to dust.



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