Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments |
![]() |
![]() |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY King James II. |
![]() |
![]() | Poems and Songs | ![]() |
247
TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY King James II.
Dread Prince! Whom all the world admires and fears,By Heav'n design'd to wipe away our tears,
To heal our wounds, and drooping spirits raise,
And to revive our former Halcyon days,
Permit us to assure our selves, that You,
Your happy Brothers fortune will pursue,
For what great thing is that You dare not do?
Whose long known, unexampled Gallantry
So oft has shaken th' Earth, and curb'd the haughty Sea.
And may those Stars, that ever o'r You shone,
Double their influence on Your peaceful Throne.
May You in honourable Deeds out-shine
The brightest Heroes of Your Royal Line,
246
Grasp'd in a hand enur'd to Victory,
The Rebels may like Lucifer fall down,
Or fly, like Phantoms from the rising Sun.
Extremum Hunc Arethusa mihi concede Laborem.
Virgil.
![]() | Poems and Songs | ![]() |