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Adhuc ftetiffet, nec vibrato

Dextra Dei tonuiffet igne.

Quin nunc requiris tecta virentia
Nini ferocis, nunc Babel arduum,
Immane opus, crefcentibúfque
Vertice fideribus propinquum.
Nequicquam: Amici difparibus fonis
Eludit aures nefcius artifex,
Linguáfque miratur recentes
In patriis peregrinus oris.
Veftitur hinc tot fermo coloribus,
Quot tu, PocOCKI, diffimilis tui
Orator effers, quot viciffim

Te memores celebrare gaudent.
Hi non tacebunt quo Syriam fenex
Percurrit æftu raptus, ut arcibus
Non jam fuperbis, & verendis
Indoluit Solimæ ruinis.

Quis corda pulfans tunc pavor hauserat
Dolor quis arfit non fine gaudio,
Cum bufta Chrifti provolutus
Ambiguis lacrymis rigaret!
Sacratur arbos multa PocoCKIO,
Locófque monftrans inquiet accola.
Hæc quercus Hofeam fupinum,
Hæc Britonem recreavit ornus.
Hic audierunt gens venerabilem
Ebræa Mofen, inde PococKIUM
Non ore, non annis minorem,
Atque fuam didicere linguam.

Ac

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Ac ficut albens perpetuâ nive
Simul favillas, & cineres finu
Eructat ardenti, & pruinis

Contiguas rotat Ætna flammas; Sic te trementem, te nive candidum Mens intus urget, mens agit ignea Sequi reluctantem Ioëlem

Per tonitru, aëreáfque nubes Annon pavefcis, dum tuba pallidum. Ciet Sionem, dum tremulum polo Caligat aftrum, atque incubanti

Terra nigrans tegitur sub umbrâ ?
Quod agmen ! heu quæ turma fequacibus
Tremenda flammis! quis ftrepitantium
Flictus rotarum eft! O PocOCKI
Egregie, O animose Vatis

Interpres abftrufi, O fimili ferè
Correpte flammâ, te, quot imagine
Crucis notantur, te, subacto
Chrifticolæ gravis Ottomannus

Gemens requirit, te Babylonii
Narrant poëtæ, te pharetris Arabs
Plorat revulfis, & fragofos

Jam gravior ferit horror agros.
Quà Gesta nondum cognita Cæfaris,
Quà nec Matronis fcripta, PocoCKIUS
Ploratur ingens, & dolenda

Neftores brevitas fenectæ.

OD E

O D

D E,

FOR THE

YEAR 17051.

I.

JANUS, did ever to thy wondering eyes,

So bright a scene of triumph rise?

Did ever Greece or Rome fuch laurels wear,
As crown'd the laft aufpicious year?

When first at Blenheim ANNE her enfigns spread, And Malborough to the field the fhouting fquadrons led. In vain the hills and streams oppofe,

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

They fee with staring haggard eyes
The rapid torrent roll, the foaming billows rife;
Amaz'd, aghast, 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 horses, 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 smoke involve the day.
Affrighted Europe hears the cannons roar,
And Afric echoes from its diftant shore.
The French, unequal in the fight,
In force fuperior, take their flight.
Factions in vain the hero's worth decry,
In vain the vanquifh'd triumph, while they fly.
IV.

Now, Janus, with a future view,

The glories of her reign furvey,

Which fhall 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, oppress;
ANNA conquers but to free,
And governs but to bless.

CON

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