Denham Parish Registers: 1539-1850, with Historical Notes and Notices

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Page 86 - How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be.
Page 168 - Call him my king by whose injurious doom My elder brother, the lord Aubrey Vere, Was done to death ? and more than so, my father, Even in the downfall of his mellow'd years, When nature brought him to the door of death ? No, Warwick, no; while life upholds this arm, This arm upholds the house of Lancaster.
Page 81 - years. Remember me as you pass by ; As you are now so once was I; As I am now so must you be ; Therefore prepare to follow me.
Page 80 - years. Why do we mourn departed friends ? Or shake at death's alarms ? Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Page 85 - years. Farewell vain world, I've had enough of thee, And now am careless what thou sayth of me ; Thy smiles I court not, nor thy frowns I fear, My cares are past, my head lies quiet here ; What faults you've
Page 152 - his rights, They have granted to him the IX lamb, " the IX fleece and the IX sheaf, to be taken by two years then next to come. " And of cities and boroughs the very IX part of all their goods and chattels to "be taken and levied by lawful and reasonable tax in
Page 85 - But now she is dead wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring her back again ? I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me.
Page 152 - the great travels that he hath made and sustained " as well in his wars of Scotland as against the parts of France and other places, " and to the good will which he hath to travail to keep his realm and maintain
Page 79 - months. This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man ; A safe companion and an
Page 257 - 119. 160. Thy word is true from the beginning, and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Psalm

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