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Odes.
To him for whom this springing laurel grows 115
Eternal on the topmost heights of fame
Be kind, and all thy Helicon disclose;
And, all intent on Gloriana's name,
Let silence brood o'er ocean, earth, and air,
As when to victor Jove thou sung'st the Giants' war.
Eternal on the topmost heights of fame
Be kind, and all thy Helicon disclose;
And, all intent on Gloriana's name,
Let silence brood o'er ocean, earth, and air,
As when to victor Jove thou sung'st the Giants' war.
I.
In sure records each shining deed 121
When faithful Clio sets to view,
Posterity will doubting read,
And scarce believe her annals true.
The Muses toil, with art, to raise 125
Fictitious monuments of praise
When other actions they rehearse;
But half of Gloriana's reign,
That so the rest may credit gain,
Should pass unregister'd in verse. 130
In sure records each shining deed 121
When faithful Clio sets to view,
Posterity will doubting read,
And scarce believe her annals true.
The Muses toil, with art, to raise 125
Fictitious monuments of praise
When other actions they rehearse;
But half of Gloriana's reign,
That so the rest may credit gain,
Should pass unregister'd in verse. 130
II.
High on its own establish'd base
Prevailing virtue's pleas'd to rise,
Divinely deck'd with native grace,
Rich in itself with solid joys;
Ere Gloriana on the throne, 135
Quitting for Albion's rest her own,
In types of regal pow'r was seen,
With fair pre-eminence confest
It triumph'd in a private breast,
And made the princess more than queen. 140
High on its own establish'd base
Prevailing virtue's pleas'd to rise,
Divinely deck'd with native grace,
Rich in itself with solid joys;
Ere Gloriana on the throne, 135
Quitting for Albion's rest her own,
In types of regal pow'r was seen,
With fair pre-eminence confest
It triumph'd in a private breast,
And made the princess more than queen. 140
