Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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ODE on Part of the same.
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As on Euphrates' Bank we sateAdown our Cheeks such Torrents glide,
To mourn our melancholy Fate,
As emulate the swelling Tide.
O Sion! all on thee revolv'd our Thought;
Sad, lov'd Idea! to Remembrance brought,
Eternal Anguish to inspire:
While we, upon the Willow, fed
With plenteous Moisture by the River's Bed,
Suspend the silent Lyre.
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The cruel Authors of our servile BandsInsult us with severe Commands:
That mean Delight of arbitrary Pride,
The Miserable to deride;
They bad us tune our mournful Voice
Difus'd to sing, or to rejoice:
Begin, th' imperious Victors cry'd,
Begin the lofty Strain, which er'st you sung
When ecchoing Sion with the Music rung.
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Lord! shall we sing thy Hymns, to be profan'dBy such an Audience in a barb'rous Land?
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That to Oblivion I abandon thee,
May this right Hand, forsaken of it's Skill,
And all it's paralytic Nerves unstrung,
Forget to Act the Dictates of my Will.
If ever my ingrateful Breast
Shall with thy Image cease to be possess'd,
Fix'd to my Palate cleave my stupid Tongue
If any Joy my pensive Bosom chear;
Nor I Jerusalem to all prefer.
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