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Miscellaneous Poe m s.

Secure and undisturb’d the sceneOf Albion scem’d, and, like her Eyes, serene.

Vain was th’ Invader’s force, Revenge, and Pride,.Mar’a reign’d, and Heav’n was on our Side.

The Scepter by herself unsought,

(lave double Proofs of her heroick Mind ;

With Skill the fway’d it, and with Ease resign’d.

So the Dictator., from Retirement brought,

Repel I’d the Danger that did Rome alarm,

And then return’tl contented to his Farm.

III.

Fatal to the Fair and Young,

Accurs’d Disease ! how long

Have wretched Mothers mourn’d thy Rage,Robb’d of the Hope and Comfort of their Age !

From the unhappy Lover’s Side,

How often hast thou torn the blooming Bride !Now, like a Tyrant, rising by DegreesTo worse Extreams, and blacker Villanies,Practis’d in Ruin for some Ages past,

Thou hast brought forth a general one at last.

Common Disasters Sorrow raise ;

But Heav’n’s severer Frowns amaze

The Queen! a Word, a Sound,

Of Nations once the Hope and firm Support,Wealth of the Needy, Guard of the Opprest,

The Joy of all, the Wisest and the Best :

A Name which Eccho did reboundWith loud Applause from neighb'ring Shores,

Their Admiration, the Delight of ours,

Becomes unutterable now.

The crouds in that dejected Court,

Where languishing Maria lay,

Want Pow’r to alk the News they want to know :

Silent their drooping Heads they bow,

Silence itself proclaims th’ approaching Woe:

Ev’n Maria’s latest Care,

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