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.

II.

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

III.

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

IV.

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

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White-hall , a Palace impious and accurs'd,
Where bloody Violence, Treachery and Lust
Had revel'd Ages, now her Date expires,
She glows and blazes with revenging Fires.
While Albion's Genius on a flaming Cloud,
Smiling and joyful round the Bonfire rode:
He saw each Building sink its lofty Head,
And cleanse its black Guilt with atoning red.
But when the sacred Pile began to smoke,
That sent the Tyr---t to the fatal Stroke;
Stop here, ye Flames, he cry'd, These Walls must stand
Th' Avengers of our Blood, and Guardians of our Land.

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