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Poems on Affairs of State

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I.

[Volume I.] From the time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second.

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1.

[The First Part.]

A Panegyrick on O. Cromwell, and his Victories.

Three POEMS on the Death of the late Protector, Oliver Cromwell.

Directions to a Painter.

Directions to a Painter.

Direstions to a Painter.

Directions to a Painter.

The last Instructions to a Painter, About the Dutch Wars 1667.

The Loyal Scot.

Britannia and Raleigh.

Advice to a Painter,

Nostradamus's Prophecy.

Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's Ghost.

An Historical Poem by A Marvell Esq;.

Hodges Vision, from the Monument.

A Dialogue Between two Horses.

On the Lord Mayor and Court of Alderman, presenting the late King and Duke of York each with a Copy of their Freedoms,

On Blood's Stealing the Crown.

Farther Instructions to a Painter,

Oceana. & Britannia.

On his Excellent Friend Mr. Anth. Marvell,

An Epitaph on the Lord Fairfax.

An Essay upon the Earl of Shaftsbury's Death.

A Satyr in Answer to a Friend.

A Character of the English.

Cullen with his Flock of Misses,

Sir Tho. Armstrong's Ghost.

The Royal Game:

On the Three Dukes killing the Beadle on Sunday Morning, Febr. the 26th, 1670–1.

The History of Insipids;

ROCHESTER's Farewell, 1680.

Marvil's Ghost.

The true Englishman,

On the Young Statesmen.

Portsmouth's Looking-Glass.

The Impartial Trimmer.

Brajazet to Gloriana,

On King CHARLES, by the Earl of Rochester,

Cato's Answer to Libanius,

The Lord Lucas's Ghost, 1687.

The Brazen Head.

Upon the Execrable Murther of the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Essex.

An Essay upon Satyr

Upon an undeserving and ungratefull Mistress, whom he could not help loving.

A Satyr on the modern Translators.

The Parliament House to be Lett,

Advice to Apollo,

The Duel of the Crabs

Instructions to his Mistress how to behave her self at Supper with her Husband,

The Session of the Poets,

On the Prince's going to England, with an Army to Restore the Government,

On his Royall Highness's Voyage beyond Sea.

A New Song of the Times.

The Battle-Royall:

An Epitaph upon Felton, who was hanged in Chains for Murdering the Old Duke of Buckingham

An Answer to Mr. Waller's Poem on Oliver's Death; called the Storm

2.

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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The Brazen Head.

What strepitantious Noise is it that sounds
From raised Banks, or from the lower Grounds?
From hollow Caverns, Labyrinths from far,
Threatning Confusions of a dreadfull War?
What dismal Cries of People in Despair,
Fill the vast Region of the troubled Air?
The Tune of Horror, or of what's as strange,
That strikes uneven like a World of Change,
With such a bold Surprize attacks my Sense,
Beyond the Power of Counsel or Defence?
But tho' blind Fortune rolls her turning Wheel
With a perpetual Motion, who can feel
This Surge of Fate, push'd on with Fire and Steel?
You precious Moments of serener Days!
When many Victories enlarg'd my Praise,
And all things ran in a most easie Stream,
Back unto me their Ocean and Supreme.
Are you all vanish'd by the sudden Fright,
And left m' encompass'd with a dismal Night?
By my own Subjects in suspicion held,
Murmurings as bad, as if they had Rebell'd?
You all controuling Powers of things above!
Who easier Dictates guide the World by Love!
Avert th'impendent Miseries, and show
Us Earthly Gods to govern here below.