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On the Death of .Queen Mary,

By the 'Duke of Devonshire, 1694.

POE MA ejl PI CPU R A loquens,

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X O N G our -divided State

j Hung in the Ballance of a doubtful Fate,

When one bright Nymph the gath’ring Cloads dispel!'d.And all the Griefs of Albion heal d :

Her the united Land obey’dNo more to Jealousy inclin’d,

Nor learning Pow’r with so much Virtue join’d.

She knew her Task, and nicely understoodTo what Intention Kings are made ;

Not for the own, but for the People’s Good,

’Twas that prevailing Argument a!«meDetermin’d her to fill the vacant Throne :

And yet with Sadness she beheldA Crown devolving on her Head,

By the Excesses of a Prince misted,

When by her Royal Birth compell’d,

To what her God, and what her Country claim’d,

Tho’ by a servile Faction blam’d,

How graceful were the ’sears she ihed 1II.

When waiting only for a Wind,

Against our Isle the Pow’r of France was arm’d ;

Her ruling Arts in the true Lustre sttin’d,

The. Winds themselves were by her Influence chann’d j

’Twas her Authority and Care supply’d

The Safety, which our Want of Troops deny’d, Se.