 | The Poems of Ambrose Philips |  |
Were He, our Island's Glory and Defence,
To reign unactive, at the World's Expence;
Say, generous Craggs, who then should quell the Rage
Of lawless Faction, and reform the Age?
Who should our dear-bought Liberties maintain?
Who fix our Leagues with France, and treat with Spain?
Who check the headstrong Swede; asswage the Czar;
Secure our Peace, and quench the Northern War?
The Turk, though He the Christian Name defies,
And curses Eugene, yet from Eugene flies,
His Cause to Brunswick's Equity dare trust;
He knows him Valiant, and concludes him Just:
He knows his Fame in early Youth acquir'd,
When Turban'd Hoasts before his Sword retir'd.
To reign unactive, at the World's Expence;
Say, generous Craggs, who then should quell the Rage
Of lawless Faction, and reform the Age?
Who should our dear-bought Liberties maintain?
Who fix our Leagues with France, and treat with Spain?
Who check the headstrong Swede; asswage the Czar;
Secure our Peace, and quench the Northern War?
The Turk, though He the Christian Name defies,
And curses Eugene, yet from Eugene flies,
His Cause to Brunswick's Equity dare trust;
He knows him Valiant, and concludes him Just:
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When Turban'd Hoasts before his Sword retir'd.
| The Poems of Ambrose Philips | |