This guy was 17th-century German but lived some time
in England working for Cromwell - I think he was Latin
Secretary either before or after Milton. I only know
of one poem he wrote in English, but it seems too
polished to be his first and only effort in the
language. Anyone know any others?
Georg Rudolf Weckherlin
On the untimely death of the godly and virtuous Miss
Elizabeth Trumbull aged 16
Ere winter's doom, his powerful sway to show,
Condemns this earth of beauty stript to be,
Bids waterstreams not to flow, hard to grow,
Nips tender sprigs and strips the loftiest tree,
A Gardener good, that future time doth know,
Will spare no pains, his choicest flowers to free
>From wrong of hardening cold or harming snow,
But sets them where th'air may with them agree.
Thus knowing best our saving Gardener's grace
(Without whose care all care of man is vain)
Th'unworthiness of this low freezing place
Transported soon in Paradise again
This virgin flower, that there before His face
Pure, fresh and sweet it may for aye remain.
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