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Poems on Affairs of State | ||
XIV.
And after some small Interval of Rest,
Scarce cur'd he buckles for the last Contest
Against the Dutch, tho much impaired by
His Martial Hurts received formerly;
Inducing him to say, he was more fit
For some sick Hospital than brave De Wit
And valiant Trump to fight: yet he again,
With Mind above his Strength, and not in vain,
Takes Neptune's Field, and on the Flemish Flood
Relieves Brave Dean and Monk engag'd in Blood;
Whose valiant Acts and high Atchievements then
In that sharp Fight, deserve a golden Pen.
The English Standard then by Blake display'd
In Laureate Essex, finds the Foe dismay'd.
Scarce cur'd he buckles for the last Contest
Against the Dutch, tho much impaired by
His Martial Hurts received formerly;
Inducing him to say, he was more fit
For some sick Hospital than brave De Wit
And valiant Trump to fight: yet he again,
With Mind above his Strength, and not in vain,
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Relieves Brave Dean and Monk engag'd in Blood;
Whose valiant Acts and high Atchievements then
In that sharp Fight, deserve a golden Pen.
The English Standard then by Blake display'd
In Laureate Essex, finds the Foe dismay'd.
Here now in Sight of both the Nations, you
Great Earthquakes on each Shore might sadly view,
Made by those horrid Thunders which did quell
Their Navy, where their chiefest Pillar fell;
With whose dear Blood the greatest Victory
Was gained by our Fleet, for that hereby
'Twixt antient Friends is wrought a lasting Peace,
For mutual Commerce, and their Joys encrease:
His former Wish he now fulfill'd doth see,
So often by him mention'd, that as he
The Tragick Prologue of this War hath seen,
So might a happy Period, which hath been
Accomplish'd in his Eyes: Let Spain and Rome
Hence read with Grief and Rage their fatal Doom.
Great Earthquakes on each Shore might sadly view,
Made by those horrid Thunders which did quell
Their Navy, where their chiefest Pillar fell;
With whose dear Blood the greatest Victory
Was gained by our Fleet, for that hereby
'Twixt antient Friends is wrought a lasting Peace,
For mutual Commerce, and their Joys encrease:
His former Wish he now fulfill'd doth see,
So often by him mention'd, that as he
The Tragick Prologue of this War hath seen,
So might a happy Period, which hath been
Accomplish'd in his Eyes: Let Spain and Rome
Hence read with Grief and Rage their fatal Doom.
Poems on Affairs of State | ||