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<STC T="G">c.121.g.9[92]</STC>
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<HEAD>King William's Welcome; Or a Congratulatory POEM on His Maje&s;ty's Happy Arriva<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc; TOGETHER WITH The Mutual Comfort of King and Subject, which is fully demon&s;trated <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> the wi&s;e proceedings of the pre&s;ent Parliament in &s;uppre&s;&s;ing Vice, a&s;&s;ociating and uniting the Hearts of His Maje&s;ty's Subjects.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>By <HI>W. L.</HI> Chaplain to one of His Maje&s;ty's Ships.</BYLINE>
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<L>WElcome Great Prince, thrice welcome let it be,</L>
<L>Till multiply'd to an Infinity.</L>
<L>Awake loud Fame, convey it with all &s;peed</L>
<L>To <HI>Thames,</HI> to <HI>Humber</HI> and to th' utmo&s;t <HI>Tweed.</HI></L>
<L>Tell them kind <HI>Neptune</HI> doth at length re&s;tore,</L>
<L>This noble Tru&s;t to the triumphing Shore.</L>
<L>Let the &s;trong Currents of their Tydes tran&s;gre&s;s</L>
<L>The bounding Shore, while they their Joy expre&s;s.</L>
<L>Let Neighbouring Coa&s;ts joyn in the Harmoney,</L>
<L>Till our rejoycing univer&s;al be.</L>
<L>This tribute he mo&s;t ju&s;tly from us claims,</L>
<L>Since he our freedom gen'rou&s;ly maintains,</L>
<L>And Yearly doth his precious Life Expo&s;e,</L>
<L>To boi&s;trous Seas, and the more &s;avage Foes;</L>
<L>His brave Attempts throughout the World renown'd,</L>
<L>With ble&s;s'd &s;ucce&s;s have ever yet him Crown'd:</L>
<L>Ju&s;t Heav'n a&s;&s;i&s;ts him in a Cau&s;e mo&s;t right,</L>
<L>And him emboldens valiently to fight</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t an U&s;urping and Tyrannick Power,</L>
<L>Which he re&s;i&s;ts and le&s;&s;ens ev'ry hour.</L>
<L>In vain they &s;hatterd Towns re-edifi,</L>
<L>And make their Ca&s;tles with <HI>Parna&s;&s;us</HI> Vie.</L>
<L>Tho' lofty, they &s;ubmi&s;&s;ively mu&s;t bend</L>
<L>Their &s;tubborn Heads, and be at his command.</L>
<L>Valour and Conduct will at once con&s;pire,</L>
<L>By Bombs to make their Fun'ral Piles in Fire.</L>
<L>So <HI>Calais,</HI> tho' tis thought impregnable,</L>
<L>Was almo&s;t by him made irreparable.</L>
<L>His Boundle&s;s Conque&s;ts will extend to thee,</L>
<L>Proud <HI>Dunkirk</HI> are to their Metropoley.</L>
<L>'Tis not the <HI>Sultan</HI>'s le&s;s unhallow'd Hand,</L>
<L>Whom the Victorious Emp'rour makes to bend,</L>
<L>Will them &s;ecure. The better <HI>Chri&s;tian</HI> he,</L>
<L>Hates their Di&s;honour and their Treachery,</L>
<L>What tho' Perfidious One mo&s;t &s;hamefully</L>
<L>Hath broke the Bonds of Faith and Amity.</L>
<L>The Sacred Knot remains inviolable,</L>
<L>And &s;till will be in &s;pite of him and Hell,</L>
<L>In which United mo&s;t in&s;eperably,</L>
<L>We <HI>Devil, French,</HI> and <HI>Turk,</HI> and <HI>Pope</HI> defy.</L>
<L>The cringing Mon&s;ieur to's di&s;honour craves</L>
<L>Peace, &s;o much wi&s;h'd for by his wearied Slaves,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t daring <HI>WILLIAM</HI> Valiantly pur&s;ues</L>
<L>Honour, and all ba&s;e Proffers he doth refu&s;e,</L>
<L>Fix'd in his Warlike Re&s;olution, he</L>
<L>Maintains the Antient <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> bravery.</L>
<L>Then why &s;hould we with needle&s;s Fears,</L>
<L>Our minds di&s;turb our ea&s;e and quietne&s;s.</L>
<L>Since he's arriv'd what needs there to compleat</L>
<L>Our Joys, what can our future Hopes defeat.</L>
<L>The Faithful and that Wi&s;e Septemvirate,</L>
<L>Fix'd in the highe&s;t magnitude of State,</L>
<L>Like the Seven Stars their borrow'd Light re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>To him the Source of Lu&s;tre and of Power,</L>
<L>While roaring Guns his Safe Return de&s;cry,</L>
<L>And like tremendous Thunder rend the Sky</L>
<L>The joyful Bells do Ring, and an <HI>Hu&s;&s;a</HI></L>
<L>Doth terminate the happy wi&s;h'd-for-Day;</L>
<L>The Night &s;ucceeding, Bonfires all do feed,</L>
<L>As if a Conflagation &s;hould &s;ucceed.</L>
<L>Who but the &s;en&s;ele&s;s murmuring <HI>Jacobite,</HI></L>
<L>Is not tran&s;ported at the Joyful Sight.</L>
<L>Thy Ab&s;ence, Noble Prince, tho' well &s;up<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>By the Sage <HI>Heptarchs</HI> Prudence, Care and G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>Was much deplor'd, on thee our longing I&s;l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>Was fully bent, but now Return'd, doth &s;m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>Not <HI>Phoebus</HI> with his Influential Rays,</L>
<L>More bounteous Heat or languid Earth di&s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>At thy Return, approaching Hyneus flies,</L>
<L>And a perpetual Spring her place &s;upplies.</L>
<L>Strange Revolution, if one may pre&s;age,</L>
<L>We &s;hall enjoy a &s;econd Golden Age.</L>
<L>Hence all Complaints and needle&s;s Jealou&s;es&punc;</L>
<L>Which Mi&s;ers make, the Nations grand Di&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>Penurious thoughts &s;hall ne'r our Souls con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>No Riches like the Riches of the Mind.</L>
<L>No grievous Fears our Hearts &s;hall di&s;comp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>Nor terrours of our fierce envading Foes,</L>
<L>If thou e&s;pou&s;e our ju&s;t and righteous Cau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
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<LG>
<L>Go to, Great Sir, thy Senate ari&s;e conven<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>That Loyal Council makes the State &s;erene,</L>
<L>Con&s;ult their Soveraign's Honour, Subjcts e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>E&s;tabli&s;h Peace and la&s;ting Happine&s;s</L>
<L>By thy Example, and their prudent care,</L>
<L>Vice is re&s;train'd, no wicked Men will dare</L>
<L>With impious and unhallow'd Lips propha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>The Great Creator's mo&s;t adored Name,</L>
<L>Nor with injurious Hands no more deface</L>
<L>Thy Image to the Nations di&s;grace:</L>
<L>From Helli&s;h Plots thy Per&s;on thy'l &s;ecure,</L>
<L>And with untainted Loyalty innure</L>
<L>Thy Kingdom, whil&s;t a&s;&s;ociated they</L>
<L>Do bind them&s;elves and People to obey.</L>
<L>No &s;culking Traytors here &s;hall more abid</L>
<L>Nor &s;tain our I&s;le with barbarous Regicide</L>
<L>Ju&s;t Heaven Protects, and timely will di&s;cl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"></L>
<L>The Helli&s;h Combination of thy Foes.</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed and Sold by <HI>J. Bradford,</HI> in <HI>New-&s;treet,</HI> without <HI>Bi&s;hop&s;gate,</HI> near <HI>Hand Ally</HI></P>
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