XXVII. While thus the ruin'd Foe's Despair commends Thy Council and Thy Deed, Victorious Queen, What shall Thy Subjects fay, and what Thy Friends? How fhall Thy Triumphs in Our Joy be seen? Oh! daign to let the Eldest of the NINB Recite BRITANNIA Great, and GALLIA Free: Oh! with her Sifter SCULPTURE let her join To raise, Great ANNE, the Monument to Thee; To Thee, of all our Good the Sacred Spring; To Thee, our dearest Dread; to Thee, our fofter KING. XXVIII. Let EUROPE fav'd the Column high erect, Sublime the QUBEN fhall on the Summit ftand, And pointing down to Earth Her dread Command. flow. XXIX. There Fleets fhall strive by Winds and Waters tost; 'Till the young AUSTRIAN on IBERIA'S Strand, Great as ANBAS on the LATIAN Coaft, Shall fix his Foot: and This, be This the Land, Great Great Jovв, where I for ever will remain Like the fam'd TROJAN fuffer and abide ; For ANNE is Thine, I ween, as VENUS was His Guide. XXX. There, in Eternal Characters engrav'd, VIGO, and GIBRALTAR, and BARCELONE, Their Force deftroy'd, their Privileges fav'd, Shall ANNA's Terrors, and Her Mercies own: SPAIN, from th' Ufurper BOURBON's Arms retriev'd, Shall with new Life and grateful Joy appear, Numb'ring the Wonders which That Youth atchiev'd, Whom ANNA clad in Arms, and fent to War; Whom ANNA fent to claim IBERIA'S Throne; And made Him more than King, in calling Him Her XXXI. 1 [Son. There ISTER pleas'd, by BLENHEIM's glorious Field Rolling, fhall bid his Eastern Waves declare GERMANIA fav'd by BRITAIN'S ample Shield, And bleeding GAUL afflicted by her Spear: Shall bid Them mention MARLBRÔ, on that Shore Leading his Inlanders, renown'd in Arms, Thro' Climes, where never BRITISH Chief before Or pitch'd his Camp, or founded his Alarms: Shall bid Them blefs the QUEEN, who made his Streams Glorious as thofe of Boys, and fafe as thofe of THAMES. XXXII. BR A XXXII. BRABANTIA, clad with Fields, and crown'd with Tow'rs, With decent Joy fhall her Deliv'rer meet; Shall own Thy Arms, Great QUEEN, and blefs Thy Pow'rs, Shall weep her Crime, and bow to CHARLES restor'd; HOW ANNE fupports a Friend, and how forgives a Foe. XXXIII. Bright Swords, and crested Helms, and pointed Spears In artful Piles around the Work fhall lye; And Shields indented deep in ancient Wars, Blazon'd with Signs of GALLIC Heraldry; And Standards with diftinguish'd Honors bright, Marks of high Pow'r and National Command, Which VALOIS' Sons, and BOURBON'S bore in Fight, Or gave to Foix, or MONTMORANCY'S Hand: Great Spoils, which GALLIA must to BRITAIN yield, From CRESSY'S Battel fav'd, to grace RAMILLIA's Field. XXXIV. And as fine Art the Spaces may dispose, The knowing Thought and curious Eye fhall fee Thy Emblem, Gracious QUEEN, the BRITISH Rofe, Type of sweet Rule, and gentle Majesty: The The NORTHERN Thistle, whom no Hoftile Hand XXXV. Beneath, Great QUEEN, Oh! very far beneath; And when Thy Will, and when Thy Subject's Hand CANTАТА. Set by Monfieur GALLIARD. BENE RECIT ENEATH a verdant Lawrel's ample Shade, HORACE, immortal Bard, fupinely laid, ARIE T Potent VENUS, bid Thy Son Sound no more His dire Alarms. Youth on filent Wings is flown: Graver Years come rolling on. Spare my Age, unfit for Arms: Safe and Humble let Me reft, From all Am'rous Care releas'd. Potent VENUS, bid Thy Son Sound no more His dire Alarms. RECIT Yet, VENUS, why do I each Morn prepare |