Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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On the Prospect from Westminster
Bridge, March 1750.
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On the Prospect from Westminster Bridge, March 1750.
Cæsar! renown'd in Science as in War,Look down a while from thy maternal Star:
See! to the Skies what sacred Domes ascend,
What ample Arches o'er the River bend;
What Vills above in rural Prospect lye,
Beneath a Street that intercepts the Eye,
Where happy Commerce glads the wealthy Streams,
And floating Castles ride. Is this the Thames?
The Scene where brave Cassibelan of Yore
Repuls'd thy Legions on a savage Shore?
Britain 'tis true was hard to overcome,
Or by the Arms, or by the Arts of Rome,
Yet we allow thee Ruler of the Sphere;
And last of all resign thy Julian Year.
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