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Sicilian Goddess, whose Prophetick tongue
Reveals Fate's dark Decrees in Sacred Song;
The present vile degenerate Age disdain,
And sound the Glories of a Future Reign:
When Whigs again shall rouse the drooping Land,
Unnerv'd and weaken'd by a Female Hand.
St---d for his great Wealth and Wisdom known,
Has in the Faction's Name ador'd the Rising Sun,
Secur'd the point, and made the Game their own.
Then So---t, in whose capacious Mind
Learning and solid Sense with Wit are join'd,
Judiciously in Council shall preside;
And ev'ry deep Design, and ev'ry Project guide.
Then H---x, by Nature form'd to please,
Humble in Greatness, easy of Access,
With unaffected Air the Court shall grace,
And safe from Angry Votes enjoy his Place.
Tonson and he in frequent close Debate
Shall pondring weigh the business of the State;
Then D---re, whose elevated Chin
Proclaims the happy Vacancy within,
Shall shuffle with his Creditors no more,
But pay his Debts, forsake his Dice and Whore.
Wh---n, for Valour and for Truth renown'd,
Whose ev'ry Action is with Justice crown'd,
Whose innocent and undesigning Life
Was always free from Faction, free from Strife,
Shall be invested with his old Command,
And wrest the Staff from haughty Seymour's hand.
S---rs, tho weak in Body, strong in Mind,
No Pox can taint a Substance so refin'd!
With just Applauses shall resume the Mace;
For now, neglecting Health, and private Ease,
He heals Divisions, and promotes the Publick Peace.
Or---d shall lord it o'er the Subject Main,
Eager of Battel, negligent of Gain.
M---n shall put on a Politician's Face,
For Sense with Riches always does increase;
By Railing now, he'll then deserve a Place.
What if sometimes when Strumpet lewd appears,
The Rake confessing, he the Sage cashiers?
So Puss transform'd, the Mouse could not refrain,
But re-assum'd her Shape, and mew'd again,
For Nature will in spite of Art remain.
Ha---ngs, tho now he struts with Comick Mien,
And sneers and jokes with Countenance serene,
Shall gravely quit his Jests, and lisping praise
The glorious Prospect of these happy Days.
Young S---nd, of honest Parents born,
Mature in Council, shall the Board adorn
Shall emulate his Father's spotless Fame,
And with a Faith like his secure a lasting Name.
B---t, the Glory of the Lawn he wears,
Firm to the Churches Interest appears,
Asserts and vindicates her injur'd Cause,
Whene'er invaded by Conforming Foes:
This holy Man shall T---n succeed,
Tall T---n, the Churches awful Head,
Whose venerable Fabrick fills the Eye
With solemn Apostolick Majesty.
Lambeth rejoice, when one great Prelate dies,
Another, great as he, shall soon arise,
Of equal Gravity, of equal Size.
Then Ha---ton, the Commous mighty Chief,
Who with undaunted Zeal oppos'd the word Retrieve,
Shall baffle Harcourt's Reasoning, Harley's Reach,
Musgrave's Experience, Seymour's lofty Speech.
Jekyl, who was by his own Merits rais'd,
Shall justly be by all admir'd and prais'd.
Jessop and he with Finch's Tongue shall vie,
And ev'ry Period, ev'ry Trope supply:
Bromley's clear Notions, Granvile's Vehemence
Shall yield to Jervois Wit, and Pawlet's Sense.
Then B---le, like Sampson, for his Hair renown'd,
One was with Strength and one with Beauty crown'd,
Shall make no scruple to wheel round again,
For he, sweet Soul! complies with ev'ry Reign.
Now Li---ton disdains to buy a Place,
But then the long forbidden Chair shall grace;
All his Debates shall be from Trifles free,
Nor Tale be heard, nor idle Repartee.
K---g in a mixt Capacity shall shine,
The Lawyer's here, and there the Tub Divine.
C---per shall leave his Whoring, and grow chast;
For such excessive Lewdness ne'er can last.
Str---nd shall wisely talk, and cease to rant;
And F---g forget his formal tedious Cant.
Str---ger no longer shall a Bully seem;
The Tories Terror, and the Whigs Esteem.
St---pe, that Offspring of unlawful Lust,
Begot with more than Matrimonial Gust,
Who thinks no Pleasure like Italian Joy,
And to a Venus Arms prefers a Pathick Boy,
Shall thunder in a Senate and the Field,
And reap what Fame, or Arms, or Arts can yield.
Go---n, who this mighty Change foresees,
Advances to their Cause by just degrees;
And happy they who can secure his Heart,
Unvarnish'd with the false disguise of Art:
His Thoughts are free, sincere and unconfin'd,
His Words the dictates of an open Mind.
But S---h sure, who now surrounds the Throne
With her Innumerable Pygmee-spawn,
Can never hope a more Auspicious Reign,
A kinder Mistress or a greater Queen.
L---ds, Wey---th, Ab---don and No---by,
R---ke, No---m and Ro---er shall fly
To some Recess, and there obscurely die.
For their unequal Sense can ne'er support
The vast Ambitious Aims of such a Court.
Ma---ter, B---ton, Ha---am, C---sle,
The Pride and Glory of our British Isle,
Shall undertake and execute the noble Toil.

O that my languid Numbers I could raise,
High as their Merits, sounding as their Praise!
Not Man---ring, tho all his Club should join,
And So---set himself correct each Line,
Could e'er produce Diviner Lays than mine.
Nay, towring Ha---x, that Giant Wit,
Tho he transcrib'd and own'd what Prior writ,
Could not pretend to reach the matchless Strain,
The Poet's Envy, and the Criticks Pain.