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<P>WR</P>
<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by robin</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>The We&s;tmin&s;ter Wonder:</HEAD>
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<P>Giving an Account of a <HI>Robin Red-breast,</HI> who, ever &s;ince the Queen's Funeral, continues on the top Pinacle of the Queen's <HI>Mau&s;oleum,</HI> or Pyramid, in the Abby of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> where he is &s;een and heard to &s;ing, and will not depart the place, to the Admiration of all Beholders.</P>
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<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>Jealous Lover.</HI></OPENER>
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<P><HI>Licen&s;ed and Entered according to Order.</HI></P>
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<LG>
<L>YOU loyal Subjects of this I&s;le,</L>
<L>Be plea&s;ed to attend a while,</L>
<L>To this Relation which I bring;</L>
<L>You never heard &s;o &s;trange a thing,</L>
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<LG>
<L>In any former Ages pa&s;t:</L>
<L>Queen <HI>Mary</HI> dy'd <HI>December</HI> la&s;t,</L>
<L>And <HI>Robin Red-brea&s;t,</HI> to this day,</L>
<L>Continues &s;inging where &s;he lay.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Not in the mourning Chamber, no,</L>
<L>Where Death did &s;trike the fatal blow;</L>
<L>But in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI>-Abby, where</L>
<L>They did a Pyramid prepare,</L>
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<L>Again&s;t her &s;olid Funeral;</L>
<L>This they did her <HI>Mau&s;oleum</HI> call,</L>
<L>Where in the Abby it was plac'd,</L>
<L>With rich and &s;umpt'ous Beauty grac'd.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The very Art of Man was try'd,</L>
<L>To make it richly beautify'd,</L>
<L>Angels and Cherubins of Gold,</L>
<L>A &s;ight mo&s;t glorious to behold.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This Monument does taper ri&s;e,</L>
<L>A Pinacle at top likewi&s;e;</L>
<L>There is and eke a Wonder too,</L>
<L>Which I declare is &s;trange and true.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This is a Wonder &s;trange, I &s;ay,</L>
<L>E'er &s;ince that great and &s;olemn Day,</L>
<L>Of the Interment of our Queen,</L>
<L>There is a <HI>Robin Red-breast</HI> &s;een,</L>
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<LG>
<L>Upon the very top of all:</L>
<L>He &s;ings a Note &s;oft, &s;weet and &s;mall,</L>
<L>Which is mo&s;t plea&s;ant for to hear,</L>
<L>When they the Royal Place draw near.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Sometimes it flies a little way,</L>
<L>Yet from the place it will not &s;tay,</L>
<L>But &s;oon returns with &s;peed again,</L>
<L>Where it does Night and Day remain.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Upon the Pinacle it &s;its,</L>
<L>Spreading the little Wings by fits,</L>
<L>And in the very mid&s;t of Prayer,</L>
<L>This <HI>Robin</HI> he &s;its &s;inging there,</L>
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<LG>
<L>And is not mi&s;s'd; yet we conclude,</L>
<L>He mu&s;t fly forth &s;ometimes for Food;</L>
<L>Which done, his flight he back does take,</L>
<L>And never does the place for&s;ake.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The News was carrie<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> far and near,</L>
<L>That <HI>Robin Read-brea&s;t</HI> does appear</L>
<L>Upon the Queen's <HI>Mau&s;oleum</HI> &s;till,</L>
<L>Which does all Men with wonder fill.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Renowned Lords and Ladies gay,</L>
<L>And Common People, day by day,</L>
<L>Upon their hearing this Report,</L>
<L>They to the Abby &s;till re&s;ort,</L>
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<LG>
<L>Where <HI>Robin Red-brea&s;t</HI> they behold,</L>
<L>Upon the Pinacle of Gold;</L>
<L>And 'tis the thoughts of rich and poor,</L>
<L>The like was never known before.</L>
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<LG>
<L>A wi&s;e <HI>A&s;trologer</HI> declares,</L>
<L>It is a &s;ign that our Affairs</L>
<L>Will be &s;ucce&s;sful e'ery Spring,</L>
<L>Which makes the <HI>Robin Red-breast</HI> &s;ing.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He learns from the&s;e &s;weet Songs of Joy,</L>
<L>That Potent <HI>France</HI> &s;hall ne'er de&s;troy</L>
<L>The Church, tho' good Queen <HI>Mary</HI> dy'd,</L>
<L>For God above will be our Guide.</L>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>J. Blare,</HI> at the Sign of the <HI>Looking-gla&s;s</HI> on <HI>London-bridge.</HI></P>
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