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<HEAD>ON THE CORONATION OF King James II. and Queen Mary.</HEAD>
<HEAD><HI>April</HI> 23. 1685.</HEAD>
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<Q><HI>Ip&s;e quo&abque; adjuvi publica vota meis.</HI>
<BIBL>Ovid. Tri&s;t.</BIBL></Q>
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<L>WHEN fir&s;t the Model of this World was laid,</L>
<L>Darkne&s;s upon the Face o'th' Earth was &s;pread.</L>
<L>The Elements no decent Order knew;</L>
<L>And all things through the dusky <HI>Chaos</HI> flew.</L>
<L>Till the bright Sun leapt forth with open Day,</L>
<L>And drove this Univer&s;al Shade away,</L>
<L>Making a Glorious PARTNER of his Light</L>
<L>Reflect his Beams too on the gloomy Night:</L>
<L>So, when this LAND, almo&s;t in Troubles drown'd,</L>
<L>Unquiet as the Sea that girts it round,</L>
<L>Had lo&s;t its Light, the Be&s;t of Kings and Men,</L>
<L>(Who le&s;t this World, but to be Crown'd agen;</L>
<L>And found that Mercy he &s;o o&s;t had giv'n:</L>
<L>Too good for us, and now as fit for Heav'n.)</L>
<L>It &s;ees a glorious SUN ri&s;e on this Day,</L>
<L>And with full Maje&s;ty his Beams di&s;play,</L>
<L>To drive this gen'ral Land Eclip&s;e-away.</L>
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<L>A PRINCE, belov'd in Peace, and fear'd in War;</L>
<L>The Joy of Men and Heav'ns peculiar Care.</L>
<L>For none &s;o many Tempe&s;ts ever pa&s;t,</L>
<L>T' arrive in &s;uch a quiet Calm at la&s;t,</L>
<L>And take Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of th' Imperial Throne,</L>
<L>Which both his Birth and Merit makes his own.</L>
<L>Who for tho&s;e Subjects which he governs now,</L>
<L>So o&s;t expos'd his Life and Intere&s;t too.</L>
<L>So o&s;t brought Laurels to adorn that Crown,</L>
<L>From the Red Field, which is become his own.</L>
<L>All <HI>Europe,</HI> that his Conduct then did fear,</L>
<L>Doth tremble now to &s;ee him in this Sphere.</L>
<L>In which he &s;hines &s;o full, that he appears</L>
<L>More Bright and Glorious than the Crown he wears;</L>
<L>For all the Virtues, er'e adorn'd the Throne</L>
<L>Of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Monarchs, meet in Him alone.</L>
<L>As Brave and Valiant as tho&s;e Sons of War,</L>
<L>The <HI>Iron-&s;ide, Black Prince,</HI> and <HI>Edwards</HI> were.</L>
<L>Wi&s;e as that King, who&s;e NAME he now doth grace;</L>
<L>And Pious as his Martyr'd FATHER was.</L>
<L>Mild and forgiving, as his injur'd BROTHER;</L>
<L>And wears the Native Sweetne&s;s of his MOTHER.</L>
<L>Tho&s;e ble&s;t Supporters of the Royal Race,</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;acred Du&s;t lies in this hallow'd Place,</L>
<L>And &s;et where He now ri&s;es; wi&s;h to be</L>
<L>(T' attend this Day) cloath'd with Mortality,</L>
<L>That they might &s;ee a SON their Loyns brought forth,</L>
<L>Inherit both their Royal Crown and Worth,</L>
<L>And hear the gen'ral Joys Three Kingdoms give,</L>
<L>With votive Prayers to Heav'n, <HI>He long may live.</HI></L>
<L>Next this, their wi&s;h wou'd be to &s;ee' him in part</L>
<L>A Crown to her, from whom he took a Heart.</L>
<L>The Be&s;t and Brighte&s;t of the Beauteous Train;</L>
<L>Who&s;e Face and Mind are both without a Stain.</L>
<L>And &s;o well knows t'oblige, as &s;he alone</L>
<L>Had found the way to make all Hearts her own.</L>
<L>Her Air &s;o charming, &s;o divine her Meen,</L>
<L>Nature took care to frame her for a Queen;</L>
<L>And what the bold <HI>Italian</HI> Mu&s;e in Thought</L>
<L>Expre&s;t but of her Race, in her &s;he wrought.</L>
<L>Could &s;oaring <HI>Plato</HI> like his Fame &s;urvive</L>
<L>His own Rich Du&s;t, and be this Day alive,</L>
<L>He might enjoy his Wi&s;h; who long'd to &s;ee</L>
<L>Goodne&s;s and Truth cloath'd in Humanity.</L>
<L>If Fle&s;h and Blood, Virtue her &s;elf might wear,</L>
<L>And in the Liv'ry of Mankind appear,</L>
<L>She wou'd in Per&s;on only come like Her.</L>
<L>If that can ne're be Copy'd to its worth,</L>
<L>Who &s;hall the Beauty of her Mind &s;et forth?</L>
<L>Like Him, that undertook to Picture Grief;</L>
<L>Finding it pa&s;t his Skill to reach the Life:</L>
<L>Drew a Vail o're the Face, with leave to gue&s;s,</L>
<L>It was not in his power to expre&s;s;</L>
<L>We unde&s;crib'd mu&s;t leave the greate&s;t Part,</L>
<L>Which to expre&s;s, &s;o far excels our Art;</L>
<L>And in a Cloud leave that Rich Scene of Bli&s;s,</L>
<L>To joyn and give the Nations gen'ral Wi&s;h.</L>
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<L>Ble&s;t Royal Pair, that you may Happy prove,</L>
<L>Within your Thrones, as you are in your Love;</L>
<L>That Heav'n, if there be a Joy yet New,</L>
<L>Unprov'd in Empire, may deriv't on You;</L>
<L>And grant your Royal Bed a Son may live,</L>
<L>The mo&s;t important Ble&s;&s;ing Heav'n can give;</L>
<L>That Loyal Senates may a&s;&s;i&s;t your Hands,</L>
<L>And make you Happy, as you make the&s;e Lands.</L>
<L>And when you &s;hall be &s;ummon'd hence by Fate,</L>
<L>(Too &s;oon for us, but may it &s;till be late:)</L>
<L>That you on Earth may wear the&s;e Temporal Crowns</L>
<L>So well, to gain in Heav'n Eternal Ones.</L>
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<BYLINE>By <HI>F. B.</HI> Gent.</BYLINE>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>B. Took,</HI> at the Ship in <HI>S. Paul's</HI> Church-yard.</P>
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