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Political poems and songs related to English history
Political poems and songs related to English history Author:Thomas Wright Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: POLITICAL POEMS. Vol. II. Complimentary Verses On King Henry IV.1 By John Gower. Sequitur carmen urule magnificus vex nosier Henri- cus prcenotatus apu... more »d Deum et homines cum omin benedictionc glorificetur. Rex cceli Deus et Dominus, qui tempora solus Condidit, et solus condita cuncta regit; Qui rerum causas ex se produxit, et unum In se priricipium rebus inesse dedit ; Qui dedit ut stabili motu consisteret orbis, Fixus in icternum mobilitate sua; Quique potens verbi produxit adesse creata, Quique sure mentis lege ligavit ea; Ipse caput regum, reges quo rectificantur, Teque tunm regnum, rex pie, quseso regat. Grata superveniens te misit gratia nobis, 0 sine labe salus, nulla par ante fuit. Sic tuus adventus nova gaudia spontc reduxit, Quo prius in luctu lachryma major i-rat. Nos tua milities pavidos relevavit ab imo, Quos prius oppressit ponderis omne maluin. Ex probitate tua, quo mors latitabat in umbra Vita rasurrexit claraque regna regit. i From MS. Cotton. Tiberius A. iv. foL I66, r. It is found in most of the manuscripts of Gower's Latin poems ; and has here been VOL. II. collated with a copy in the MS. of Gower's poems in possession of the duke of Sutherland, now preserved at Trentham. Sic tua sors sortem mediante Deo renovatam Sanat et emendat, qua? prius irgra fmt. 0 pie rex, Christum per so laudamus, et ipsum Qui tibi nos tribuit terra reviva colit. Sancta sit ilia dies, qua tu tibi regna petisti, Sanctus et ille Deus qui tibi regna dedit. Qui tibi prima tulit, confirmet regna fntura, Quo poteris magno magnus henore frui. Sit tibi progenies ita multiplicata per scvum, Quod genus inde pium repleat omne solum. Quicquid in orbe boni fuerit tibi sumnms ab alto Donet, ut in terris rex in honore ...« less