A thoughtful fadness fits on all,

Expecting where the full-charg'd clouds will fall :
But if the heavenly bow

Deck'd like a gaudy bride appears,
And all her various robes difplays,
Painted by th' conquering fun's triumphant rays,
It mortals drooping spirits chears;
Fresh joy, new light, each vifage wears:
Again the feaman trufts the main,

The jocund fwains their coverts leave again;
Again, in pleasant warbling notes,

The chearful poets of the wood extend their tuneful

throats.

IV.

Then, then, my Muse, raise with the lyre thy voice,
And with thy lays make fields and woods rejoice:
For lo! the heavenly pledge appears,

And in bright characters the promise bears :
The factious deluge shall prevail no more;
In vain they foam, in vain they rage,
Buffet in vain the unmov'd fhore,

Her charms, and Charles's power, their fury fhall affwage.
See! fee! how decently the bashful bride

Does bear her conqueft; with how little pride

She views that prince, the captive of her charms,
Who made the North with fear to quake,
And did that powerful empire shake;

Before whofe arms, when great Gustavus led,
The frighted Roman Eagles fled.

V. What

V.

Whatever then was his defire,

His cannons did command in fire:
Now he himself for pity prays,

His love in timorous fighs he breathes,

While all his spoils, and glorious wreaths

Of laurel, at her feet the vanquifh'd warrior lays.
Great prince! by that fubmiffion you'll gain more
Than e'er your haughty courage won before;
Here on your knees a greater trophy gain,

Than that you brought from Lunsden's famous plain ;
Where, when your brother, fired with success,
Too daringly upon the foe did prefs,

And was a captive made, then you alone
Did with your fingle arm support the throne :
Your gen'rous breast, with fury boiling o'er,

Like lightning through their scatter'd troops you flew,
And from th' amazed foe the royal prize in triumph bore.

VI.

You have your ancestors in this one act out-done, Though their fuccessful arms did this whole isle o’er-run. They, to revenge a ravish'd lady, came,

You, to enjoy one spotlefs as your fame : Before them, as they march'd, the country fled, And back behind them threw

Their curses as they flew;

On the bleak shore, expecting you, they stand,
And with glad shouts conduct to land :

Through gaping crowds you 're forc'd to prefs your way, While virgins figh, the young men shout, and old ones

And with this beauteous lady you may gain

(This lady, that alone

Of greater value is than any throne)
Without that rapine, guilt, and hate,

By a calm and even fate,

That empire, which they did fo fhort a while maintain.

THE MAN OF

HONOUR.

Occafioned by a Poftfcript of Penn's Letter.

NOT

all the threats or favour of a crown,

A prince's whisper, or a tyrant's frown,

Can awe the fpirit, or allure the mind,

Of him, who to ftrict honour is inclin'd.
Though all the pomp and pleafure that does wait
On public places, and affairs of state,
Should fondly court him to be base and great;
With even paffions, and with fettled face,
He would remove the harlot's falfe embrace.
Though all the storms and tempests should arife,
That church-magicians in their cells advice,
And from their fettled bafis nations tear,
He would unmov'd the mighty ruin bear ;
Secure in innocence contemn them all,
And decently array'd in honours fall.

For this, brave Shrewsbury and Lumley's name
Shall ftand the foremost in the lift of fame;
Who first with fteady minds the current broke,
And to the fuppliant monarch boldly spoke ;

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"Great

"Great Sir, renown'd for conftancy, how just
"Have we obey'd the crown, and serv'd our trust,
"Efpous'd your caufe and intereft in diftrefs,
"Yourself must witness, and our foes confefs!
"Permit us then ill-fortune to accufe,

"That you at last unhappy councils ufe,
"And ask the only thing we must refuse.
"Our lives and fortunes freely we 'll expofe,
"Honour alone we cannot, muft not lofe;
"Honour, that spark of the celestial fire,
"That above nature makes mankind afpire;
"Enobles the rude paffions of our frame
"With thirst of glory, and defire of fame;
"The richeft treasure of a generous breaft,

"That gives the stamp and standard to the reft. "Wit, ftrength, and courage, are wild dangerous force, "Unless this foftens and directs their course;

"And would you rob us of the nobleft part?

Accept a facrifice without a heart?

"'Tis much beneath the greatness of a throne,
"To take the cafket when the jewel's gone;
"Debauch our principles, corrupt our race,
"And teach the nobles to be falfe and bafe;
"What confidence can you in them repose,
"Who, ere they ferve you, all their value lofe?
"Who once enflave their confcience to their luft,
"Have loft their reins, and can no more be just.
"Of honour, men at firft like women nice,
"Raife maiden fcruples at unpractis'd vice;

"Their

"Their modeft nature curbs the struggling flame, "And tifles what they wish to act, with thame : "But once this fence thrown down, when they perceive "That they may tafte forbidden fruit and live; "They ftop not here their courfe, but fafely in, "Grow strong, luxuriant, and bold in fin; "True to no principles, prefs forward ftill, "And only bound by appetite their will: "Now fawn and flatter, while this tide prevails, "But fhift with every veering blaft their fails. "Mark thofe that meanly truckle to your power,

They once deferted, and chang'd fides before, "And would to-morrow Mahomet adore. "On higher springs true men of honour move, "Free is their fervice, and unbought their love : "When danger calls, and honour leads the way, "With joy they follow, and with pride obey : "When the rebellious foe came rolling on, "And fhook with gathering multitudes the throne, "Where were the minions then? What arm, what force, "Could they oppofe to ftop the torrent's courfe? "Then Pembroke, then the nobles firmly ftood, "Free of their lives, and lavish of their blood; "But, when your orders to mean ends decline, "With the fame conftancy they all refign."

Thus fpake the youth, who open'd first the way,
And was the Phofph'rus to the dawning day;
Follow'd by a more glorious fplendid host,
Than any age, or any realm can boast :