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The day of doom
The day of doom; or A description of the great and last judgment With a short discourse about eternity
London: printed by J.G. for P.C., 1666
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Could Strength or Valour men Immortalize, Could Wealth or Honour keep them from decay, There were some cause the same to Idolize, And give the lye to that which I do say:
But neither can such things themselves endure Without the hazard of a Change one hour, Nor such as trust in them can they secure From dismal days, or Deaths prevailing power.
But neither can such things themselves endure Without the hazzard of a Change one hour, Nor such as trust in them can they secure From dismal days, or Deaths prevailing power.
If Beauty could the beautiful defend From Deaths dominion, then fair Absalom Had not been brought to such a shameful end: But fair and foul unto the Grave must come.
If Beauty could the beautiful defend From Deaths dominion, then fair Absalome Had not been brought to such a shameful end: But fair and foul unto the Grave must come.
If Wealth or Sceptres could Immortal make, Then, wealthy Croesus, wherefore art thou dead? If Warlike Force, which makes the World to quake, Then why is Julius Caesar perished?