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TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY KING JAMES II, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dread prince! Whom all the world admires and fears
Last Line: Or fly like phantoms from the rising sun.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


DREAD Prince! whom all the world admires and fears,
By Heav'n design'd to wipe away our tears,
To heal our wounds, and dropping spirits raise,
And to revive our former halcyon days,
Permit us to assure ourselves, that you
Your happy brother's fortune will pursue,
For what great thing is that you dare not do?
Whose long known, unexampled gallantry
So oft has shaken th' Earth, and curb'd the haughty Sea.
And may those Stars, that ever o'er you shone,
Double their influence on your peaceful throne.
May you in honourable deeds outshine
The brightest heroes of your Royal line,
That when your enemies shall the sceptre see
Grasp'd in a hand enur'd to victory,
The rebels may like Lucifer fall down,
Or fly like phantoms from the rising Sun.





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