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The Poetical Remains of William Lithgow [ed. by J. Maidment].
The Poetical Remains of William Lithgow - ed. by J. Maidment Author:William Lithgow General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SCOTLANDS PARNESIS To her dread Soveraign, KING CHARLES The Second. COme to thy Land, my long'd for Soveraign, And here in safety and in honour raign : Come to these bounds, where, of thy royal Stem, Ten and One hundred wore the Diadem : Disperse griefs cloudy frowns, to me restore Those Halcion dayes which I enjoy'd before, When by his presence, my late gracious King, Transcending pleasure to my coasts did bring, And all my minions joyntly did expresse Their boundlesse comfort, and my joyes excesse. Raigu with those joy'd enduments from above, Th'Almighties blessing, and thy Subjects love. Raign and live long, Thou period of my pleasure My joyes triumph, the sum of all my treasure, Best of my thoughts, center of my delight Raign, as a beam of beauty shining bright From heavens aspect: Haign in all Royal parts A King of men, a conquerour of hearts. Raign, let Jehova's will model'd in heaven In gold characters, on thy Throne be graven, Of Piety and Justice ; to enable Thee to defend the one and other Table. Raign, Scotland's Lyon to the worlds end out, Who dare presume to call thy Powtr in doubt. A 2 Pint, In the Authors Poeme, intituled, Scot- lands wclmmi to KING 0 H A R L £ S in Anno, 1633. Raign, Raign, and triumph throughout great Britans soyle In gpight of all envenom'd breasts that boyle With hell-hatch'd malice, in that neighbour ground, Wherein excesse of raigning sins abound, Raign, and that Land from vipers venome clenge, So shall that motto hold, Raign and Revenge. A guard from heaven have hedg'd thee so about, That thee to ha...« less