The world must still admire, scarce imitate.

S. W. R.] The initials are not in MS., and the identification, though almost certain, is a conjecture of Hannah's. Almost every line fits Raleigh.

27 envious] Spenser has this sense, to which in some cases the original 'invidious' comes very close.


An Elegy upon the L. Bishop of London, John King.

[Died on Good Friday, 1621.]

Sad relic of a blessed soul! whose trust

We sealed up in this religious dust:

O do not thy low exequies suspect,

As the cheap arguments of our neglect.