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Poems on Affairs of State


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[Volume I.] From the time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second.
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[The First Part.]
  
A Panegyrick on O. Cromwell, and his Victories.
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Three POEMS on the Death of the late Protector, Oliver Cromwell.
  
Directions to a Painter.
  
To the KING.
  
Directions to a Painter.
  
To the KING.
  
Direstions to a Painter.
  
Directions to a Painter.
  
The last Instructions to a Painter, About the Dutch Wars 1667.
  
To the KING.
  
The Loyal Scot.
  
Britannia and Raleigh.
  
Advice to a Painter,
  
To the King.
  
Nostradamus's Prophecy.
  
Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's Ghost.
  
An Historical Poem by A Marvell Esq;.
  
Hodges Vision, from the Monument.
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A Dialogue Between two Horses.
  
On the Lord Mayor and Court of Alderman, presenting the late King and Duke of York each with a Copy of their Freedoms,
  
On Blood's Stealing the Crown.
  
Farther Instructions to a Painter,
  
Oceana. & Britannia.
  
On his Excellent Friend Mr. Anth. Marvell,
  
An Epitaph on the Lord Fairfax.
  
An Essay upon the Earl of Shaftsbury's Death.
  
A Satyr in Answer to a Friend.
  
A Character of the English.
  
Cullen with his Flock of Misses,
  
Sir Tho. Armstrong's Ghost.
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The Royal Game:
  
On the Three Dukes killing the Beadle on Sunday Morning, Febr. the 26th, 1670–1.
  
The History of Insipids;
  
ROCHESTER's Farewell, 1680.
  
Marvil's Ghost.
  
The true Englishman,
  
On the Young Statesmen.
  
Portsmouth's Looking-Glass.
  
The Impartial Trimmer.
  
Brajazet to Gloriana,
  
On King CHARLES, by the Earl of Rochester,
  
Cato's Answer to Libanius,
  
The Lord Lucas's Ghost, 1687.
  
An EPITAPH.
  
The Brazen Head.
  
The Answer.
  
Upon the Execrable Murther of the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Essex.
  
An Essay upon Satyr
  
Upon an undeserving and ungratefull Mistress, whom he could not help loving.
  
The Town Life.
  
A Satyr on the modern Translators.
  
The Parliament House to be Lett,
  
Advice to Apollo,
  
The Duel of the Crabs
  
Instructions to his Mistress how to behave her self at Supper with her Husband,
  
The Session of the Poets,
  
DESIRE.
  
On the Prince's going to England, with an Army to Restore the Government,
  
On his Royall Highness's Voyage beyond Sea.
  
The RABBLE.
  
A New Song of the Times.
  
The Battle-Royall:
  
An Epitaph upon Felton, who was hanged in Chains for Murdering the Old Duke of Buckingham
  
An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death; called the Storm
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The Second Part. Written during the Reign of K. James the II. against Popery and Slavery, and his Arbitrary Proceedings.
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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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Fab. VIII. Of a Man and his Ass.

A wretched Churl was trav'ling with his Ass,
Beneath two Panniers Load opprest;
And hearing noise behind, cry'd to the Beast,
Fly, my Friend Roger, fly apace;
Else I'm undone, and all my Market's naught;
And thou thy self wilt by the Rogues be caught.
Caught? quoth the Beast, what if I be?
What will it signify to me?
My Panniers are so full, they'll hold no more;
I carry two, and cannot carry four.
'Twixt Rogues and You I can no difference make,
They are all Rogues to me, who break my Back.
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Fly, fly from France, our Statesmen cry,
And Slavery's cursed Yoke;
Whilst with our Ancient Liberty
Our very Backs are broke.
France is a Thief; but France can do no more,
Than keep the Panniers on we had before.
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