Otia Sacra Optima Fides [by Mildmay Fane] |
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Upon King CHARLES return out of Scotland in November, 1641.
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Upon King CHARLES return out of Scotland in November, 1641.
Doth Charles return to make our Climate shine,And shall not every Spring run Claret-wine?
Is not the Kalendar reverst, and where
Decembers dirt, and th' Frost of Janivere,
Threatn'd a winter, now those sheets display
Themselves ore fruitfull June, or teeming May:
For thus as 'thin the Tropicks may we boast,
That two fair Seasons have twice blest our Coast
Ere one whole year ran round: The time He went
Seeming the Springs forerunner, or our Lent;
For so He was but borrowed, and we rest
Pleas'd with's return alone, who's interest
Sufficient of Himself, in which bank lies
The Treasure of His subjects hearts and eyes:
See how they Flock else, and with tumbling hast
Are less content because so soon He past.
Be satisfi'd, ye have your Prince again,
Fro' th' North, and Charles triumphant, not in Wain.
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