262 LYRIC POEMS. Long bless the earth, and late ascend thy throne Ethereal ; (not thy deeds are there un- known, Nor there unsung. ; for by thy awful hands [o'er the lands, Heav'n rules. the waves, and thunders Creates inferior kings *, and gives 'em their commands.) Legions attend thee at the radiant gates ; For thee thy sister - seraph, blest Maria, waits. - But oh! the parting stroke! some heavenly power Chear thy sad Britons in the gloomyhour; Some new propitious star appear on high The fairest glory of the western sky, And Annabe its name; with gentle sway To check the planets of malignant ray, Sooth the aide north wind, and the rugged bear, [air, Calm rising wars, heal the contagious And reign with peaceful influence to the southern sphere. Note, This poem was written in the year 1705, in that honourable partof the reign of our late Queen, when she had broke the French power at Blenheim, asserted the right of Charles the present Emperor to the crownof Spain, exerted her zeal for the protestant succession, and promised -inviolably. to maintain the toleration to the protestant dis- senters.Thus she appeared the chief support of the reformation, and the patroness of the liberties of Europe.. The latter part of her reign was of a different colour, and was by no means attended with the accomplishment of those glorious hopes which we had con -. ceived. Now the muse cannot satisfy herself to publish this new edition with- out acknowledging the mistake of her former presages; and while she does the world this justice, she does herself the honour of a voluntary retraction. August 1, 1721. PALINODIA. BRITONS, forgive the forward muse That dar'd prophetic seals to loose, (Unskiib'd in fate's eternal book,) And the deep characters mistook. George is the name, that glorious star; Ye saw his splendors beaming far ; Saw in the east your joys'arise; When Anna sunk in western skies, Streaking the heav'ns with gleam, Emblems of tyranny and Rome, Portending blood and night to cone. * She made Charles, the emperor's second son, king of Spain, who is nosy emperor of Germany. 'Tomas George diffus'd a vital ray. And gave the dying nations day : His influence Booths the Russian bear, Calms rising oars, and heals the air; Joih'd with the sun his beams are h orl'd ' 'ro scatter blessings round the world, Fulfil whate'er the muse has spoke, And crown the work that Anne forsook. August 1, 1721. .. To JOHN LOCI {E, Esq. Retired front Business: I ANGELS are made of heav'nly things, And light & love our seuls compose, Their bliss -Within their bosom springs, Within their bosom flows. But narrow minds still make pretence To search the coasts of flesh and sense, And fetch diviner pleasures thence. Men are a -kin unto ethereal forms, But they belie their nobler birth, Debase their honour down to earth, And claim a share with worms. 2 He that lias treasures of his own May leave the cottage or the throne, May quit the globe, and dwell alone Within his spacious mind. Locke bath a soul wide as the sea, Calm as the night, bright as the day, There may his vast.ideas. play, Nor feel a thought confin'd. To JOHN SHUTE, Esq. (Now LORD BARRINGTON) On Mr. Locke's dangerous Sickness,- sortie tine after he had retired to study the Scriptures. June, 1704. 1 AND must the man ofwond'rousmind (Now his richthoughts are just refln'dl Forsake our longing eyes? Reason at length submits tó wear The wings of faith ; and lo, they rear Her chariot high, and nobly bear . Her Prophet to the skies, 2 Ga,friend,and waitthe prophet's flights Watch if his mantle chance to light,. And seize it for thy own; Shute ii the darling of his years, Young Shute his betterlikeness bears; All but his wrinkles and his hairs Are copy'd in his Son. 3 Thus when our follies, or our faults, Call for the pity of thy thoughts, - Thy pen shall snake as wise The sallies of -whose youthful wit Couldpierce the British fogs with light, Place our true * interest in our sight, - And open half our eyes. The interest of É'neland, written by I. S. Esq.
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