The harbinger of death, To me I see him ride; The cough, th… - Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

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The harbinger of death, To me I see him ride;
The cough, the cold, the gasping breath Doth bid me to provideA pickaxe and a spade, And eke a shrouding sheet,
A house of clay for to be made For such a guest most meet.

Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

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Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden KB (25 April 1509 – October 1556), English poet, was the eldest son of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux and his second wife, Anne Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, Lord of Nortons Green, and Joan Fogge. He was educated at Cambridge University. His mother was the maternal aunt of Queen Consort Katherine Parr, while his wife, Elizabeth Cheney, was her paternal cousin through Katherine's father's sister, Anne Parr.

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Our wealth leaves us at death, our kinsmen at the grave;
But virtue of the mind unto the heavens with us we have.

Thou that didst grant the wise king his request,
Thou that in whale thy prophet didst preserve,
Thou that forgav'st the wounding of thy breast,
Thou that didst save the thief in state to starve,
Thou only good and giver of all grace,
Forgive the guilts that grew in youth's green race.

Is this a life? Nay, death you may it call,
That feels each pain and knows no joy at all.

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