As oft as thy feast sees this widowed earth, Will yearely celebrate thy second birth, 450 That is, thy death; for though the soule of man Be got when man is made, 'tis borne but than When man doth die; our body's as the wombe, And, as a Mid-wife, death directs it home. And you her creatures, whom she workes upon, 455 And have your last, and best concoction From her example, and her vertue, if you In reverence to her, do thinke it due, That no one should her praises thus rehearse, As matter fit for Chronicle, not verse; 460 Vouchsafe to call to minde that God did make A last, and lasting'st peece, a song. He spake To _Moses_ to deliver unto all, That song, because hee knew they would let fall The Law, the Prophets, and the History, 465 But keepe the song still in their memory: Such an opinion (in due measure) made Me this great Office boldly to invade: Nor could incomprehensiblenesse deterre Mee, from thus trying to emprison her, 470 Which when I saw that a strict grave could doe, I saw not why verse might not do so too. Verse hath a middle nature: heaven keepes Soules, The Grave keepes bodies, Verse the Fame enroules. [An Anatomy _&c._ _1611-69_ The first Anniversary. _1612-69_ (First _1612-25_): _om. 1611_] [_The entrie &c._ _1612-21:_ _om. 1625-33:_ _1611 and 1635-69 have no notes_] [2 Whom _1611_, _1612-25_, _1669:_ Who _1633:_ whõ _1635-54_] [5 Deedes _1611_, _1612-25:_ deeds, _1633-69_] [6 In-mate _1611-12:_ Inmate _1621-25:_ immate _1633:_ inmate _1635-69_] [10 Song, _1611:_ Song. _1612-33:_ Song: _1635-69_] [14 then _1611_, _1612-39:_ them _1650-69_] [18 shee, _1611:_ shee _1612_, _1669:_ shee. _1621-54_] [22 care, _1611-21:_ care. _1625-33_] [24 Lethargie.] Letargee. _1611_, _1612-25_] [26 Man. _1611_, _1621-25:_ man. _1633-69_] [31 name, _1611_, _1612-25:_ name _1633-69_] [33 Font, _1611:_ Fount, _1612-69_] [36 Palace _1611-12_, _1621-25:_ palace _1633-69_] [40 times _1611_, _1612-33:_ time _1635-69_] [48 law, _1612_, _1669:_ law. _1611_, _1621-25:_ law; _1633-54_] [50 glue] give _1650-69_] [_What life &c._ _1612-21:_ _om. 1625-33_] [70 walke; _1611_, _1612-25:_ walke, _1633-69_] [71 good, _1633:_ good _1612-25_, _1635-69_] [75 old world, free, _1611-12_, _1633-69:_ old world, free _1621-25_] [79 though] thought _1621-33_] [80 home-borne] homborne _1611_, _1621-25:_ homeborne _1633-69_] [85 Yet, _1612-25:_ Yet _1633-69_] [_The sicknesses &c._ _1612:_ _The sicknesse &c._ _1621:_ _The sicknes &c._ _1625-33_] [89 then] them _1650-69_] [99 ruine! _Ed:_ ruine? _1611_, _1612-25:_ ruine, _1633-69_] [100 mankinde! _Ed:_ mankinde? _1611_, _1612-69_]