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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>A PINDARIQUE ODE. ON THE MURDER OF King Charles the Fir&s;t, <HI>January</HI> the 30^t^h 1648.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>MY Mu&s;e, joyn mournful Voice to mournful Strings,</L>
<L>And play as mournfully as now you &s;ing</L>
<L>The la&s;t &s;ad Tragick Scene of our great martyr'd <HI>KING.</HI></L>
<L>All dark and gloomy was th' unhappy Day,</L>
<L>and the unwilling Sun</L>
<L>Refus'd his daily Race to run,</L>
<L>Nor the lea&s;t Beam of Brightne&s;s would di&s;play;</L>
<L>Black as the Tyrants Heart that did the Nation &s;way.</L>
<L>We fear'd (and very ju&s;tly too)</L>
<L>That Heaven would pour all its Vials down,</L>
<L>And &s;end wor&s;e Plagues than ever <HI>Aegypt</HI> knew,</L>
<L>the wretched I&s;land to undoe.</L>
<L>the wretched I&s;le de&s;erv'd to be</L>
<L>dig'd up, and ca&s;t into the Sea</L>
<L>For the dire Sin of its own Progeny.</L>
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<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>We've heard of the Calamities God &s;ent down</L>
<L>Upon <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> his own lov'd Town,</L>
<L>What Plagues, what Ruines, did en&s;ue,</L>
<L>What Blood, what De&s;olations, did pur&s;ue</L>
<L>When they had crucifi'd the Eternal King;</L>
<L>Though that was richer Gore,</L>
<L>Yet was the Guilt almo&s;t the &s;ame,</L>
<L>Never any Sin</L>
<L>Since that, of deeper Dye has been,</L>
<L>Nor ever was before.</L>
<L>When the Eternal Son of God did dye,</L>
<L>The Temple's Veil was rent,</L>
<L>And fearful Signs and Wonders fill'd the Firmament;</L>
<L>So when the horrid Blow was given,</L>
<L>It frighted Earth, and &s;tartl'd Heav'n.</L>
<L>In vain <HI>A&s;trologers</HI> their skill did try:</L>
<L>all mu&s;t in <HI>Chaos</HI> lye,</L>
<L>When Rebels rule, and God-like Kings mu&s;t dye.</L>
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<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>Ah, cur&s;t effects of <HI>Civil Wars!</HI></L>
<L>And lawle&s;s Lu&s;t, and impious Rage</L>
<L>Of a rebellious, Factious Age.</L>
<L>Thus did the Hands and Feet rebell,</L>
<L>And 'gain&s;t their Sovereign Head to Civil Di&s;cords fell,</L>
<L>Rea&s;on depos'd and gone,</L>
<L>Lu&s;t &s;trait u&s;urp'd the injur'd Throne,</L>
<L>and &s;wore 'twould reign and rule alone:</L>
<L>And what but Ruine could be e're the Fate</L>
<L>Of &s;uch a rude, ungovern'd, head-&s;trong State?</L>
<L>Let, gracious Heaven, never more this Land</L>
<L>Fall under the dire Vengeance of thy Hand;</L>
<L>No more let <HI>Albion</HI> be the &s;port and &s;hout</L>
<L>Of all her Neighbours round about.</L>
<L>Ah! wretched <HI>Albion,</HI> then they cry'd;</L>
<L>Ah! wretched <HI>Albion,</HI> then the Gods and Men reply'd.</L>
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<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<L>If it be true</L>
<L>That from the Martyrs Blood the Churches Greatne&s;s grew,</L>
<L>That for one &s;lain</L>
<L>Out of his Du&s;t many &s;hould ri&s;e again;</L>
<L>We &s;ee the mighty Sentence prov'd divine,</L>
<L>What God-like Heroes &s;prang from <HI>Charles</HI> his Line,</L>
<L>What God-like <HI>Phoenixes</HI> did re-a&s;pire</L>
<L>From out their Royal Father's Funeral Pyre?</L>
<L>Ju&s;t like the Sun after a &s;torm,</L>
<L>Such was the happy Entry of our <HI>KING,</HI></L>
<L>His Royal bounty &s;mil'd on every thing:</L>
<L>(Out doing Heaven) Pardons he gave</L>
<L>to every ba&s;e rebellious Slave;</L>
<L>Forgave his Father's Death and his own Sufferings.</L>
<L>Kind Heaven has <HI>Albion</HI> happy made</L>
<L>under the God-like <HI>Charles</HI> his &s;hade,</L>
<L>His Noon-tide Glories all &s;hall ri&s;e,</L>
<L>and mount before him to the <HI>Skies,</HI></L>
<L>Too high for any <HI>Poli&s;h, Traiterous Policies:</HI></L>
<L>And Men &s;hall envy us, and call</L>
<L>The great <HI>Defender of our Faith,</HI> Defender of us all.</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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