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LAST DAY,

by Dr Edward Young.

SAPPHO to PHAON,
by Alexander Pope Esq.

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by James Thomson

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Y only title to the great honor I now do myself, is the obligation I have formerly received from your royal indulgence; which I remember with the utmoft gratitude. I was indeed uneafy, 'till I had bethought myfelf of fome means of relieving my heart, by expreffing its acknowledgment. My inclination carried me to poetry; your virtues determined me to facred poetry above all other; and in that kind there is no subject more exalted and affecting, than this which I have chofen. Its very firft mention fnatches away the foul to the borders of eternity, furrounds it with wonders, opens to it on every hand the most furprifing fcenes of awe and aftonishment, and terminates its view with nothing lefs than the fulness of glory, and the throne of God.

BUT this may feem a very improper feafon for any thing of fo grave and folemn a nature to prefent itself before you, and mingle with the gaiety and fplendor of univerfal joy and thanksgiving: yet if we confider that the Vol. II. 8.

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thoughts which you will meet in the following pages, are fuch as are ever uppermoft in your own heart; and that in all probability, thofe great bleffings, which your people now enjoy, are the reward of that religious bent of mind, and virtuous difpofition in their prince; I hope that may feem lefs foreign and unfcafonable, which is the root of the felicity now flourishing among us, and fhedding its ripened fruits upon our land.

THEY are firangers to your Majefly, who think, when they write to the British throne, that victories and triumphs must be their conflant theme; they know not there is fomething you hold much dearer than either your fortune or your glory. They have not attended to your unbounded charities; they have not heard of your royal care and generofity to thofe who ferve at the holy altar; they never fufficiently admired your refolution of building magnificently to the Lord, and setting wide the gates of falvation: in a word, they are fill to be informed, that prudent councils and fuccefsful arms, well-ordered flates, and humbled foes, are only the fecond glories of your moft illuftrious reign.

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Ir is, Madam, a profpect truly great, to behold you feated on your throne, furrounded with faithful counsellers, and mighty men of war, iffuing forth commands to your own people, or giving audience to the great princes and powerful rulets of the earth. But why fhould we confine your glory here? I am pleafed to fee

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you rife from this lower world, foaring above the clouds, paffing the firft and fecond heavens, leaving the fixed flars behind you; nor will I lofe you there, but keep you fill in view through the boundlefs fpaces on the other fide of creation, in your journey towards eternal blifs, until I behold the heaven of heavens opens, and angels receiving, and conveying you fill onward from the ftretch of my imagination, which tires in her parfuit, and falls back again to the earth.

WHAT a panegyric is it on human nature to confider, that it fhall come to pafs in fome future time, through which the thread of your exiflence fhall run, that yo yourfelf may forget this glorious year, or make its remem brance only ferve by comparifon to recommend fuperior honors, and more fplendid renown? Let us tremble at the power of God, and adore the profufion of his goodness on us his creatures? We behold thee, O Queen! greater in peace than war, great in thy alliance, great in thyfelf; we fee thee bleffing thy people, and compofing the frifes of Europe; we furvey thee in this full light, this blaze of fublunary greatnefs, and own thy glory is not yet begun.

SecH thoughts might appear too warm and affected on another occafion; but they are fo natural to him who prefents fuch a theme to fuch a Queen, that they are not without violence to be fuppreffed. When at your royal leifure you turn over the following fheets, if you find any

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