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POE M S

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GEORGE STEPNEY, Efq.

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B Y

GEORGE STEPNEY, Efq.

TO KING

JAMES II.

Upon his Acceffion to the THRONE.

The Author then of Trinity-College, Cambridge.

AS victors lofe the trouble they fuftain

In greater trophies which the triumphs gain;
And martyrs, when the joyful crown is given,
Forget the pain by which they purchas'd heaven :
So when the Phoenix of our empire dy'd,

And with a greater heir the empty throne fùpply'd;
Your glory diffipates our mournful dew,
And turns our grief for Charles to joy for you.
Mysterious fate, whofe one decree could prove
The high extreme of cruelty and love!

May then no flight of a blafpheming Muse,
Thofe wife refolves of Providence accufe,
Which eas'd our Atlas of his glorious weight,
Since ftronger Hercules fupports the state.
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