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Beauty gives courage; for, fhe knows, the day
Must not be won the AMAZONIAN way.
Legions of CUPIDS to the battel come,

For LITTLE BRITAIN these, and those for ROME,
Drefs'd to advantage, this illustrious pair,
Arriv'd, for combat in the lift appear.
What may the Fates defign! for never yet
From diftant regions two such Beauties met.
VENUS had been an equal friend to both,
And VICT'RY to declare herself feems loth:
Over the camp with doubtful wings she flies;
'Till CHLORIs fhining in the field she spies.
The lovely CHLORIS well attended came,
A thousand GRACES waited on the dame:
Her matchless form made all the ENGLISH glad,
And foreign Beauties lefs affurance had.
Yet, like the three on IDA's top, they all
Pretend alike, contefting for the ball.
Which to determine, Love himself declin'd,
Left the neglected fhould become lefs kind..
Such killing looks! fo thick the arrows fly!
That 'tis unfafe to be a ftander-by.
Poets, approaching to defcribe the fight,
Are by their wounds instructed how to write.
They with lefs hazard might look on, and draw
The ruder combats in ALSATIA:

And, with that foil of violence, and rage,

Set-off the fplendor of our golden age :

Where Love gives law, Beauty the fceptre fways;
And, uncompell'd, the happy world obeys.

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Of an ELEGY made by Mrs. WHARTON
on the Earl of ROCHESTER.

HUS mourn the MUSES! on the herfe
Not ftrowing tears, but lasting verfe:
Which fo preserve the Hero's name,
They make him live again in fame.

CHLORIS, in lines fo like his own,
Gives him so just, and high, renown;
That fhe th' afflicted world relieves,
And fhews, that still in her he lives.
Her wit as graceful, great, and good:
Ally'd in genius, as in blood.

His lofs fupply'd, now all our fears
Arę, that the Nymph fhould melt in tears.
Then, faireft CHLORIS! comfort take,
For his, your own, and for our fake;
Left his fair foul, that lives in you,
Should from the world for ever go.

To CHLOR IS.

HLORIS! what's eminent, we know,

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Muft for fome caufe be valu'd fo:
Things without use, tho' they be good,
Are not by us fo understood.

The early rofe, made to difplay
Her blushes to the youthful MAY,
Doth yield her fweets, fince he is fair,
And courts her with a gentle air,

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Our stars do fhew their excellence,
Not by their light, but influence:
When brighter comets, fince ftill known
Fatal to all, are lik'd by none.

So, your admired beauty still

Is, by effects, made good, or ill.

Upon our late Lofs of the Duke of
CAMBRIDGE.

TH

HE failing bloffoms which a young plant bears,
Engage our hope for the fucceeding years:
And hope is all which art, or nature, brings,
At the first trial, to accomplish things.
Mankind was firft created an effay;

That ruder draught the Deluge wafh'd away.
How many ages pafs'd, what blood, and toil,
Before we made one Kingdom of this Ifle!
How long in vain had nature striv'd to frame
A perfect Princess, e'er her HIGHNESS came?
For joys fo great we muft with patience wait,
'Tis the fet price of happiness complete.

As a first-fruit, heav'n claim'd that lovely boy:
The next fhall live, and be the nation's joy.

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INSTRUCTIONS to a PAINTER, for the Drawing of the Pofture, and Progress, of his MAJESTY's Forces at Sea, under the Command of his HIGHNESS-ROYAL: Together with the Battel, and Victory, obtain'd over the DUTCH, June 3, 1665.

F

IRST draw the fea; that portion, which between
The greater world, and this of ours, is feen:

Here place the BRITISH, there the HOLLAND fleet,
Vaft floating armies! both prepar'd to meet.
Draw the whole world, expecting who fhould reign,
After this combat, o'er the conquer'd Main.
Make heav'n concern'd, and an unusual star
Declare th' importance of th' approaching war.
Make the sea shine with gallantry, and all
The ENGLISH youth flock to their Admiral,
The valiant DUKE! whofe early deeds abroad,
Such rage in fight, and art in conduct show'd.
His bright fword now a dearer int'reft draws,
His Brother's glory, and his country's cause.

Let thy bold pencil hope and courage spread
Thro' the whole navy, by that Hero led:
Make all appear, where fuch a Prince is by,
Refolv'd to conquer, or refolv'd to die..
With his extraction, and his glorious mind,

Make the proud fails fwell, more than with the wind:
Preventing cannon, make his louder fame

Check the BATAVIANS, and their fury tame.

So

So hungry wolves, tho' greedy of their prey,
Stop, when they find a lion in their way.
Make him beftride the ocean, and mankind
Ask his consent, to use the sea, and wind:
While his tall ships in the barr'd Channel stand,
He grafps the INDIES in his armed hand.

Paint an eaft-wind, and make it blow away
Th' excufe of HOLLAND for their navy's stay:
Make them look pale, and, the bold Prince to shun,
Thro' the cold north, and rocky regions run.
To find the coaft where morning first appears,
By the dark Pole the wary BELGIAN fteers
Confeffing now, he dreads the ENGLISH more,
Than all the dangers of a frozen shore;
While from our arms, fecurity to find,
They fly fo far, they leave the day behind.
Describe their fleet abandoning the sea,
And all their merchants left a wealthy prey;
Our first success in war make BACCHUS crown,
And half the vintage of the year our own.
The DUTCH their wine, and all their brandy lose;
Difarm'd of that, from which their courage grows:
While the glad ENGLISH, to relieve their toil,
In Healths to their great Leader drink the spoil.

His high commands to AFRI C's coaft extend, And make the MOORS before the ENGLISH bend: Those barb'rous pirates willingly receive

Conditions, fuch as we are pleas'd to give.
Deferted by the DUTCH, let nations know,
We can our own, and their great business do:
False friends chastise, and common foes restrain,
Which, worse than tempefts, did infeft the Main.

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