King Arthur An Heroick Poem. In Twelve Books. By Richard Blackmore. To which is Annexed, An Index, Explaining the Names of Countrys, Citys, and Rivers, &c |
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His Supper ended, Arthur did relate
How he in Peace had left Britannia's State.
And what amazing Dangers him befel,
Caus'd by the Malice of the Prince of Hell,
Both on the Waves and in Pomona's Isle,
All which he vanquish'd with unwearied toil.
Then did he hear his Chiefs Narration make
How all things past, since he did first forsake
Lutetia's Fields Brittania to compose,
Leaving the Franks to quell Domestic Foes.
For Solmar's fall he did his Grief express,
And prais'd the pious Clovis stedfastness.
Then he declar'd to all his fixt intent
That when t'atone th'Almighty they had spent
Th'approaching Day in Fervent Praise, and Prayer,
To the proud Foe he would advance the War.
How he in Peace had left Britannia's State.
And what amazing Dangers him befel,
Caus'd by the Malice of the Prince of Hell,
Both on the Waves and in Pomona's Isle,
All which he vanquish'd with unwearied toil.
Then did he hear his Chiefs Narration make
How all things past, since he did first forsake
Lutetia's Fields Brittania to compose,
Leaving the Franks to quell Domestic Foes.
For Solmar's fall he did his Grief express,
And prais'd the pious Clovis stedfastness.
Then he declar'd to all his fixt intent
That when t'atone th'Almighty they had spent
Th'approaching Day in Fervent Praise, and Prayer,
To the proud Foe he would advance the War.
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