Poems on Affairs of State

[Volume I.] From the time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second.

The Second Part. Written during the Reign of K. James the II. against Popery and Slavery, and his Arbitrary Proceedings.

Miscellany POEMS, &c.

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Vol. II. From The Reign of K. James the First, To this Present Year 1703.

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VOL. III. From the Year 1640. to the Year 1704.

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VOL. IV. From 1620. to this present Year 1707.

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Here one the Hero acts in Lovit's Arms,
And calls his Passion out in warlike Terms,
Tells of soft Sieges, Batteries and Alarms;
How the Artillery of her Eyes did wound,
And how at the first Onset he gave ground:
He who ne're yet did to a Conqueror bow,
Yet kisses and adores his Fetters now;
VVhile all the Batteeies ever he essay'd,
Have been against some Female Fortless Maid;
But Love-it, who has less of Love than Pride,
Being with guilt Coach and Country-house supply'd,
Makes that attone for all Defects beside.

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