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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS FUNERAL PINDARIC POEM, SACRED TO THE HAPPY MEMORY OF KING CHARLES II. Fortunati ambo si quid meet carmina possunt, Nulla dies unquam mernori vot eximet mo THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS, The death of Charles II. was sudden and unexpected. After he had apparently completely subdued the popular party, and was preparing, as has been confidently alleged, a similar conquest over the high-flung followers of the Duke of York, in the midst of his present triumph and future projects, he was, on the morning of the 2d February, 1684-5, seized with a sudden fit, which resembled an apoplexy. He was bled by one King, a chemist, who happened to be in waiting, and experienced a temporary relief. From the 2d till the 6th, he continued in a languishing state, the Duke of York being in constant attendance on his death-bed. On the forenoon of the 6th, Charles died, to the generalgrief of his subjects, by whom he was personally beloved, and who had reason to fear, that his worst public measures would be followed out with more rigour by his successor. A numerous host of rhymers stepped forward with their condolences upon this event, t Among these, we find few eminent names f- The following Noenia, among others, occur in Mr Lnttrell's Collection: A Piudarick Ode, by Sir F. F. Knight of the Bath. A Pindarick Udeon the Death ol our late Sovereign, with an ancient Prophecy on his present Majesty, by Afra Behn. A Poem, humbly dedicated to the Great Pattern of Piety and Virtue, Catherine, Queen Dowager, on the Death ot her dear Lord and Husband, King Charles l1. By the Same. (4th April, 1685.) The Vision, a Pindarick Ode, by Edmund Arwaker, M. A The Second Part of Ditto, on the Coronation of James and Mary. This anthor poured forth a simi...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217136723 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217136729 |
| Weight | 0.80 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 In |
| List Price | $23.84 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 244 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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