The Poetical Entertainer Or, Tales, Satyrs, Dialogues, And Intrigues, &c. Serious and Comical. All digested into such Verse as most agreeable to the several Subjects. To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer [by Edward Ward] |
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All Sublunary Things are subject to Mutation.
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All Sublunary Things are subject to Mutation.
A Poem.
Great were our Hero's Actions, Great the HouseRais'd to his Fame, but neither finish'd are;
The Pile, a Mountain seems; the Man, a Mouse;
And yet the Monster does in both appear.
His Blenheim Laurels wither on his Brow,
Whilst Blenheim Weeds at Woodstock thrive apace;
Which will hereafter shew, as well as now,
Both the Foundations of their Greatness base.
'Tis true, had Faction prosper'd, as she hop'd,
The wondrous Babel might e'erlong have made
King John a Palace, but his Pride was stop'd,
When Anna would no longer be betray'd.
In him the change of sublunary Things,
To caution humane Race, are justly seen,
For he that was to conquer many Kings,
Is now the scorn of an offended Queen.
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Or trespass on the Favours of a Crown;
For if he does, it is no more than just,
The Pow'r that set him up should pull him down.
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