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II.
When Albion first majestic shew'd
High o'er the circling seas her head,
Her the great Father smiling view'd,
And thus to bright Victoria said:
Mindful of Phlegra's happy plain, 45
On which, fair Nymph! you fix'd my reign,
This Isle to you shall sacred be;
Her hand shall hold the rightful scale,
And crowns be vanquish'd or prevail
As Gloriana shall decree. 50

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Victoria, triumph in thy great increase!
With joy the Julian stem the Tiber claims,
Young Ammon's might the Granic waves confess;
The Heber had a Mars, a Churchill Thames:
Roll sov'reign of the streams thy rapid tide, 55
And bid thy brother floods revere the Queen
Whose voice the hero's happy hand employ'd
To save the Danube and subdue the Seine;
And, boldly just to Gloriana's fame,
Exalt thy silver urn, and duteous homage claim. 60

I.
Advanc'd to thy meridian height,
On earth, great god of Day! look down;
Let Windsor entertain thy sight,
Clad in fair emblems of renown;