{"id":2123,"date":"2019-05-02T02:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2019-08-06T01:50:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:50:17","slug":"an-elegy-on-my-brother-killed-in-these-unhappy-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123","title":{"rendered":"An Elegy on my Brother, Killed in these Unhappy Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id='easy-footnote-1-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2123' title='on my Brother, Killed in these Unhappy Wars] &lt;em&gt;upon the Death of my Brother&lt;\/em&gt;. 1664; &lt;em&gt;upon the Death of my&lt;\/em&gt; Brother. 1668&lt;br \/&gt;\nWhitaker argues that this poem is not simply a private expression of grief, but \u201ca piece of public poetry, for [Cavendish\u2019s brother] Sir Charles Lucas was a well-known royalist martyr\u201d; see &lt;em&gt;Mad Madge&lt;\/em&gt;, 146.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>Dear Brother,<span id='easy-footnote-2-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2123' title='Dear Brother, [line break] ] DEare &lt;em&gt;Brother&lt;\/em&gt;, [no line break] 1653 '><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thy idea in my mind doth lie,<br \/>\nAnd is intombed in my sad memory,<br \/>\nWhere every day I to thy shrine do go,<br \/>\nAnd offer tears, which from my<span id='easy-footnote-3-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2123' title='my] mine 1664, 1668 '><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> eyes do flow.<br \/>\nMy heart the fire, whose flames are ever pure,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nShall<span id='easy-footnote-4-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2123' title='Shall] Laid 1653 '><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> on Love\u2019s altar last, till life endure.<br \/>\nMy sorrows incense strew of sighs fetched deep;<br \/>\nMy thoughts do watch while thy<span id='easy-footnote-5-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-5-2123' title='thy] they 1653 '><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sweet spirit sleeps.<span id='easy-footnote-6-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-6-2123' title='sweet spirit sleeps.] dear Ashes sleep; 1664: dear &lt;em&gt;Ashes&lt;\/em&gt; sleep. 1668 '><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nDear bless\u00e8d soul, though thou art gone, yet lives<br \/>\nThy fame on earth, and men<span id='easy-footnote-7-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-7-2123' title=' men] Man 1664, 1668'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> thee praises give.<span id='easy-footnote-8-2123' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2123#easy-footnote-bottom-8-2123' title='give.] gives: 1664, 1668 '><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<br \/>\nBut all\u2019s too small, for thy heroic mind<br \/>\nWas above all the praises of mankind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Brother, .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thy idea in my mind doth lie, And is intombed in my sad memory, Where every day I to thy shrine do go, And offer tears, which from my eyes do flow. My heart the fire, whose flames are ever pure,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Shall on Love\u2019s altar last, till life endure. 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