an Heroick Poem.
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11.
Her Fathers prosp'rous Palace was the Sphear
Where she to all with Heav'nly order mov'd;
Made rigid virtue so benign appear,
That 'twas without Religion's help belov'd.
Her Fathers prosp'rous Palace was the Sphear
Where she to all with Heav'nly order mov'd;
Made rigid virtue so benign appear,
That 'twas without Religion's help belov'd.
12.
Her looks like Empire shew'd, great above pride;
Since pride ill counterfeits excessive height;
But Nature publish'd what she fain would hide;
Who for her deeds, not beautie, lov'd the light.
Her looks like Empire shew'd, great above pride;
Since pride ill counterfeits excessive height;
But Nature publish'd what she fain would hide;
Who for her deeds, not beautie, lov'd the light.
13.
To make her lowly minds appearance less,
She us'd some outward greatness for disguise;
Esteem'd as pride the Cloist'ral lowliness,
And thought them proud who even the proud despise.
To make her lowly minds appearance less,
She us'd some outward greatness for disguise;
Esteem'd as pride the Cloist'ral lowliness,
And thought them proud who even the proud despise.
14.
Her Father (in the winter of his age)
Was like that stormie season froward grown;
Whom so her springs fresh presence did asswage,
That he her sweetness tasted as his own.
Her Father (in the winter of his age)
Was like that stormie season froward grown;
Whom so her springs fresh presence did asswage,
That he her sweetness tasted as his own.
15.
The pow'r that with his stooping age declin'd,
In her transplanted, by remove increas'd;
Which doubly back in homage she resign'd;
Till pow'rs decay, the Thrones worst sickness, ceas'd.
The pow'r that with his stooping age declin'd,
In her transplanted, by remove increas'd;
Which doubly back in homage she resign'd;
Till pow'rs decay, the Thrones worst sickness, ceas'd.
16.
Oppressours big with pride, when she appear'd
Blush'd, and believ'd their greatness counterfeit;
The lowly thought they them in vain had fear'd;
Found virtue harmless, and nought else so great.
Oppressours big with pride, when she appear'd
Blush'd, and believ'd their greatness counterfeit;
The lowly thought they them in vain had fear'd;
Found virtue harmless, and nought else so great.
17.
Her mind (scarce to her feeble sex of kin)
Did as her birth, her right to Empire show;
Seem'd careless outward when imploy'd within;
Her speech, like lovers watch'd, was kind and low.
Her mind (scarce to her feeble sex of kin)
Did as her birth, her right to Empire show;
Seem'd careless outward when imploy'd within;
Her speech, like lovers watch'd, was kind and low.
She
