The Year of Wonders.
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15.
It seems as every Ship their Sovereign knows,
His awful Summons they so soon obey;
So hear the skaly Herd when (d) Proteus blows, (d) When Proteus blows, or Cœruleus Proteus immania ponti armenta & magnas poscit sub gurgite-Phocas. Virg.
And so to Pasture follow through the Sea.
It seems as every Ship their Sovereign knows,
His awful Summons they so soon obey;
So hear the skaly Herd when (d) Proteus blows, (d) When Proteus blows, or Cœruleus Proteus immania ponti armenta & magnas poscit sub gurgite-Phocas. Virg.
And so to Pasture follow through the Sea.
16.
To see this Fleet upon the Ocean move,
Angels drew wide the Curtains of the Skies:
And Heav'n, as if there wanted Lights above,
For Tapers made two glaring Comets rise.
To see this Fleet upon the Ocean move,
Angels drew wide the Curtains of the Skies:
And Heav'n, as if there wanted Lights above,
For Tapers made two glaring Comets rise.
17.
Whether they unctuous Exhalations are,
Fir'd by the Sun, or seeming so alone;
Or each some more remote and slippery Star,
Which loses footing when to Mortals shewn.
Whether they unctuous Exhalations are,
Fir'd by the Sun, or seeming so alone;
Or each some more remote and slippery Star,
Which loses footing when to Mortals shewn.
18.
Or one, that bright companion of the Sun,
Whose glorious aspect seal'd our new-born King;
And now, a round of greater years begun,
New influence from his walks of light did bring.
Or one, that bright companion of the Sun,
Whose glorious aspect seal'd our new-born King;
And now, a round of greater years begun,
New influence from his walks of light did bring.
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