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Show it TOE M S. Dreft m fuch terrour as to make us all Be Jnti-Perfians, and adore his Fall; Then quits the World depriving it of Day, While every Herb and Plant does droop away: So when our gafping Englifh Royalty Perceiv'd her Period was now drawing nigh, She fummons her whole ftrength to give one blow, T o raife her felf, or pull down others too. Big with revenge and hope m e now fpake more O f terror than in many months betore; And mufters her Attendents, or to fave Her from, or elfe attend her to, the Grave: Yet but enjoy'd the miferable fate O f fetting Majefty, to die in State. Unhappy Kings, who cannot keep a Throne, Nor be fo fortunate to fall alone \ Their weight finks others: Pompey could not fly, But half the World muft bear him Company; And captiv'd Samfon could not life conclude, Unlefs attended with a multitude. Who'd truft to Greatnefs now, whofe food is air, Whofe mine fudden, and whofe end defpair > W h o would prefume upon his Glorious Birth, Or quarrel for a fpacious {hare of Earth, That fees fuch Diadems become fo cheap, And Hero's tumble in a common heap > O h give m e Virtue then, which fums up all, And firmly ftands when Crowns and Scepters fall. To the Noble Patemon, on his incomparable Difcourfe of Friendjhip. WE had been ftill undone, wrapt in difguife, Secure^ not happy, cunning, and not wife; W a r had been our defign, Intereft our trade ; W e had not dwelt in fafety, but in {hade, Hadft ••• "POEMS. u Hadft thou not hung our Light more welcom far Than wand'ring Sea-men think the Northern Star; T o (hew, left w e our Happinefs fiiould mifi, 'Tis plac'd in Friendfhip, Mens and Angels Blifs. Friendship, which had a fcorn or mask been made^ And ftill had been derided or betray'd ; At which the great Phyfitian ftill had laugh'd, The Souldier ftormed, and the Gallant feoff'dj Or worn not as a Paffion, but a Plot, At firft pretended, and at laft forgot; Hadft thou not been her great Deliverer, At firft difcover'd, and then refcu'd her, And railing what rude Malice had flung 40wn, Unveil'd her Face, and then reftor'd her GinOwn * By fo Auguft an Action to convince, 'Tis greater to fupport than be a Prince. O h for a Voice which loud as Thunder Were* That all Mankind thy Conqu'ring Truths might hear 1 Sure the Litigious as amaz'd would ftand As Fairy Knights touch'd with Cambinas Wand, Drawn by thy fofter, and yet ftronger Charms/ Nations and Armies would lay down their Arms': And what more Honour can on thee be hurl'd Than to ptoteft a Vertue, fave a World > But while great Friendfhip thou haft Copied out, Thou'ft drawn thy felf fo well, that w e may doubt Which moft appears, thy Candour or thy Art, Whether w e owe more to thy Brain or Heart.' But this w e know without thy own confent Thou'ft rais'd thy felf a Glorious Monument': Temples arid Statues Time will eat away, And Tombs (like their Inhabitants) decay; But there PaUmon lives, and fo he muft, W h e n Marbles crumble to forgotten Dufc To |