<p>When thou beholdest on this Burying-stone,<lb/> The melancholly Night-bird, sitting on<lb/> The fleshlesse ruines of a rotten-Skull,<lb/> (Whose Face, perhaps, hath been more beautifull,<lb/> Then thine is now) take up a serious thought;<lb/> And, doe as thou art by the Motto taught.<lb/> Remember Death : and minde, I thee beseech,<lb/> How soone, these Fowles may at thy window screech;<lb/> Or, call thee (as the common people deeme)<lb/> To dwell in Graves, and Sepulchers, by them,<lb/> Where nothing else, but Bats, and Owles, appeare;<lb/> Or, Goblins, form'd by Fancies, and, by Feare.<lb/> If thou shalt be advis'd, to meditate<lb/> Thy latter end, before it be too late,<lb/> (And, whil'st thy friends, thy strength, and wits may bee<lb/> In likely case, to help and comfort thee)<lb/> There may be courses taken, to divert<lb/> Those Frights, which, else, would terrifie thy heart,<lb/> When Death drawes neare; and helpe thee plucke away<lb/> That Sting, of his, which would thy Soule dis nay.<lb/> But, if thou madly ramble onward, still,<lb/> Till thou art sinking downe that darkesome hill,<lb/> Which borders on the Grave (and dost beginne<lb/> To see the Shades of Terrour, and of Sinne<lb/> To fly acrosse thy Conscience ) 'twill be hard<lb/> To learne this Lesson ; or, to be prepar'd<lb/> For that sad parting; which, will forced bee,<lb/> Betweene his much beloved World, and thee.<lb/> Consider this, therefore, while Time thou hast,<lb/> And, put not off this Bus'nesse, till the last.<lb/> </p>

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<p>MEMENTO MORI.</p>

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<p>Whil'st thou dost, here, injoy thy breath,<lb/> Continue mindfull of thy Death.</p>

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Memento mori