O D E,

FOR THE

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JANUS

ANUS, did ever to thy wondering eyes,
So bright a scene of triumph rife?

Did ever Greece or Rome fuch laurels wear,

As crown'd the last auspicious year?

When first at Blenheim ANNE her enfigns fpread, And Malborough to the field the shouting squadrons led... In vain the hills and ftreams oppofe,

In vain the hollow ground in faithless hillocks rofe.
To the rough Danube's winding shore,
His fhatter'd foes the conquering hero bore.

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They see with staring haggard eyes -
The rapid torrent roll, the foaming billows rife;
Amaz'd, aghaft, they turn, but find,
In Malborough's arms, a furer fate behind.
Now his red fword aloft impends,
Now on their fhrinking heads defcends:
Wild and distracted with their fears,

They juftling plunge amidst the founding deeps; :
The flood away the ftruggling fquadrons fweeps,
And men, and arms, and horfes, whirling bears.
The frighted Danube to the sea retreats,
The Danube foon the flying ocean meets,
Flying the thunder of great ANNA's fleets.

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III. Rooke

III.

Rooke on the feas afferts her sway,
Flames o'er the trembling ocean play,
And clouds of fmoke involve the day.
Affrighted Europe hears the cannons roar,
And Afric echoes from its diftant fhore.
The French, unequal in the fight,
In force fuperior, take their flight.
Factions in vain the hero's worth decry,
In vain the vanquish'd triumph, while they fly.

IV.

Now, Janus, with a future view,

The glories of her reign furvey,

Which shall o'er France her arms display,
And kingdoms now her own fubdue.
Lewis, for oppreffion born;

Lewis in his turn, fhall mourn,
While his conquer'd happy fwains,
Shall hug their eafy wifh'd-for chains.
Others, enflav'd by victory,
Their fubjects, as their foes, opprefs;
ANNA conquers but to free,
And governs but to bless.

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CONTENTS

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Hædra and Hippolitus, a Tragedy

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Epiftle Dedicatory to Charles Lord Halifax

A Poem to the Memory of Mr. John Philips.
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