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The victor to the vanquish'd yields a prize.
For in thy triumph their redemption lies;
Freedom and peace for ravish'd fame you give,
Invade to blefs, and conquer to relieve.
So the fun fcorches and revives by turns,
Requiting with rich metals where he burns.

Taught by this great example to be just,
Succeeding kings fhall well fulfill their truft;
Difcord and war and tyranny fhall ceafe,
And jarring nations be compell'd to peace;
Princes and ftates, like fubjects, fhall agree
To truft her power, fafe in her piety.

If curious to infpect the book of fate, You'd farther learn the deftin'd time and date Of Britain's glory, know, this royal dame

From Stuart's race fhall rife, ANNA fhall be her name.

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LANSDOWNE'S POEMS.

N the Earl of Peterborough's happy Negotiation

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of the Marriage between his Royal Highness and the Princess Mary d'Este of Modena Page 125 Spoken by the Author, being then but Twelve

128

Years of Age, to her Royal Highness the Dutchefs of York, at Trinity-College in Cambridge To the King, in the First Year of his Majesty's Reign 129 To the King

To the King

Mr. Waller to the Author, on his foregoing Verfes

to the King

To Mr. Waller

To the immortal Memory of Mr. Waller, upon his Death

On the Queen's Picture, given in Exchange for

130 ibid.

131

ibid.

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The Progrefs of Beauty

On my Lady Hyde, having the Small-Pox

To Myra

To Myra. Song

To Myra. The Surrender

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ibid.

149

To Myra. Song

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CONSTANTIUS.

Fly where thou wilt, but not to bleft abodes, For know, where-e'er thou art, there are no gods, [Approaches Oriana, bowing refpefully,

I come not here an object to affright,

Or to moleft, but add to your delight.
Behold a prince expiring in your view,
Whose life's a burthen to himself and you,
Fate and the king all other means deny
To fet you free, but that Conftantius die :
A Roman arm had play'd a Roman's part,
But 'tis prevented by my breaking heart :
I thank you, gods, nor think my doom fevere,
Refigning life, on any terms, for her.

URGANDA.

What cruel destiny on beauty waits,
When on one face depend so many fates!
Confin'd by honour to relieve but one,
Unhappy men by thousands are undone.

CONSTANTIUS.

Make room, ye Decii, whofe devoted breath
Secur'd your country's happiness by death;
I come a facrifice no lefs renown'd,
The cause as glorious, and as fure the wound.

[Kneels at Oriana's feet, she seems concerned

Oh Love! with all thy fweets let her be bleft,
Thy reign be gentle in that beauteous breast.
Though thy malignant beams, with deadly force,
Have fcorch'd my joys, and in their baneful course
Wither'd each plant, and dry'd up every source;

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Ah! to Oriana fhine lefs fatal bright,

Cherish her heart, and nourish her delight,
Reftrain each cruel influence that destroys,

Blefs all her days, and ripen all her joys.

[Amadis addreffing to Conftantias.

AMADI S.

Where fortune us'd to fmile upon defert,
Love had been yours; to die, had been my part :
Thus fate divides the prize; though beauty's mine,
Yet fame, our other miftrefs, is more thine.

[Confiantius rifes, locking fternly upon him.

Difdain not, gallant prince, a rival's praife,
Whom your high worth has humbled to confefs
In every thing, but love, he merits lefs.

CONSTANTIUS.

Art thou that rival then? O killing fhame!
And has he view'd me thus, fo weak, fo tame?
Like a fcorn'd captive proftrate at his fide,
To grace his triumph, and delight his pride?
O'tis too much! and nature in difdain
Turns back from death, and firing every vein,
Reddens with rage, and kindles life again.
Be firm, my foul, quick from this fcene remove,
Or madness else may be too strong for love.

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[Draws a dagger, and fiands between Amadis and Oriana, facing Amadis.

Spent as I am, and weary'd with the weight

Of burthening life----I could reverse my fate,
Thus planted, and thy everlafting bar;

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