Poems on Several Occasions With Imitations from Horace, Ovid, Martial, Theocritus, Bachylides, Anacreon, &c. To which is prefix'd A Discourse on Criticism, and the Liberty of Writing. In a letter to a Friend. By Samuel Cobb ... The Third Edition. To which is added, Poems on the Duke of Marlborough, Prince Eugene, the Electoral Prince of Hannover, with other Poems. Never before Printed |
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ON THE Electoral Prince OF HANOVER. |
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ON THE Electoral Prince OF HANOVER.
To pleasing Pastures the untry'd Lyon flies,
And makes the tim'rous Deer his Virgin Prize.
Till from the Herd some Princely Prey he draws,
And tempts the noble Brute with firmer Claws.
So Hanover bids early for Renown,
So learns to merit the Britannick Crown.
If Anna Childless should submit to Fate,
(But may that Day, that fatal Day, be late.)
And makes the tim'rous Deer his Virgin Prize.
Till from the Herd some Princely Prey he draws,
And tempts the noble Brute with firmer Claws.
So Hanover bids early for Renown,
So learns to merit the Britannick Crown.
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(But may that Day, that fatal Day, be late.)
To hear how valiant young Augustus fought,
When Fame in Blood with adverse Breast he sought;
(When Poets of his Acts at Scaldis tell)
Will make our future Sons turn Infidel.
When Fame in Blood with adverse Breast he sought;
(When Poets of his Acts at Scaldis tell)
Will make our future Sons turn Infidel.
His unus'd Sword when his first Valour drew,
From the false Prince, distinguishing the true;
He dar'd the Gallick Flames with steddy Eye,
As Parent Eagles their new Off-spring try,
By the Sun's Faith, and Judgment of the Sky.
None sure, but She who wears the Royal Robe,
So well deserves the Scepter and the Globe:
As He descending from the British Gem,
Exalted to th' Imperial Diadem.
If to a Conclave Modern Rome assign
The certain Help of Influence Divine,
God sure to this Succession gave Consent,
And breath'd upon th' Adopting Parliament.
From the false Prince, distinguishing the true;
He dar'd the Gallick Flames with steddy Eye,
As Parent Eagles their new Off-spring try,
By the Sun's Faith, and Judgment of the Sky.
None sure, but She who wears the Royal Robe,
So well deserves the Scepter and the Globe:
As He descending from the British Gem,
Exalted to th' Imperial Diadem.
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The certain Help of Influence Divine,
God sure to this Succession gave Consent,
And breath'd upon th' Adopting Parliament.
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