{"id":2101,"date":"2019-05-02T02:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2019-08-06T01:46:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:46:18","slug":"an-elegy-on-a-widow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101","title":{"rendered":"An Elegy on a Widow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Widows which honor for your husbands have,<span id='easy-footnote-1-2101' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2101' title='Widows which honor for your husbands have,] &lt;em&gt;Widow&lt;\/em&gt;, which honour to her &lt;em&gt;Husband&lt;\/em&gt; gave! 1653&lt;br \/&gt;\nWhitaker argues that this poem \u201ccelebrate[s] Margaret\u2019s mother as a \u2018pattern\u2019 of virtuous widowhood\u201d; see &lt;em&gt;Mad Madge&lt;\/em&gt;, 145\u201346. '><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nVirtuous in life, and faithful to their graves,<span id='easy-footnote-2-2101' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2101' title='Virtuous in life, and faithful to their graves,] By &lt;em&gt;vertuous&lt;\/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;life&lt;\/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;faithful&lt;\/em&gt; to her &lt;em&gt;Grave&lt;\/em&gt;, 1653; Virtuous in Life, and Faithfull to their Grave, 1664; Vertuous in Life, and Faithful to their Grave; 1668 '><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nSet altars on this hearse for memory,<br \/>\nAnd let her fame live here eternally.<br \/>\nHere celebrate her name, come, and do<span id='easy-footnote-3-2101' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2101' title='come, and do] and 1653 '><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nYour offerings, and all her praises sing.<span id='easy-footnote-4-2101' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2101' title='all her praises sing.] aloud her Praises sing; 1664; aloud her Praises sing: 1668 '><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFor she was one whom Nature strove to make<br \/>\nA pattern fit, ensample from to take.<span id='easy-footnote-5-2101' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2101#easy-footnote-bottom-5-2101' title='ensample from to take. ] &lt;em&gt;Ensamples&lt;\/em&gt; out to take. 1653 '><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widows which honor for your husbands have, Virtuous in life, and faithful to their graves, Set altars on this hearse for memory, And let her fame live here eternally. Here celebrate her name, come, and do bring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Your offerings, and all her praises sing. 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