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88 THE POEMS OF ANNE �Must be in this Reverse of Sight forgott �All must be Glorious whilst thy Youth we trace �Whilst shelt'ring Waves shall Brittish Shores embrace �Or whilst our Reccords shall haue place �Where thy Rewards and Attributes are such �As show noe Gratitude was thought too much �For keeping England then, superiour to the Dutch. �Whil'st These shall last no Envy shall deface 70 �Of that Tryumphant Day th' Aduantage and the Grace. ���Yett even in Youth War n'er was thy Delight �Nor Led by Thee but in the Nations right �Which well Asserted and the souldier paid �The Honour rescu'd and the gainfull Trade �The solid Buisnesse wisely done �And each who shar'd the Generous Cause �Possess'd too of the share that He had won �The warrantable Spoiles the Fauour and Applause �Again Commissions ceas'd and Arms apart were laid. 80 �So good Dictators fought for ancient Rome �And brought not single Fame, but Peace and Plenty �Home �Nor bred new Strifes to keep that ample sway But to the Plough return'd cou'd chearfully Obey. So had our Charles (whilst Reigning) cause to own �(The Pow'er recalled which his great Seal had shown) The readyest subject stood the next his Throne. Oh You who under James in fight were try'd, Who strove successfull by that Prince's side, Who've seen Him brave the Cannons angry breath 90 For Brittan's Interest and Renown As if He had courted rather then her Crown �(Which was His right of birth) to merit itt by Death ��� �