The Year of Wonders.
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(d) Augusta, the old name of London.More great than human, now, and more (d) August,
Now deified she from her Fires does rise:
Her widening Streets on new Foundations trust,
And, opening, into larger parts she flies.
(d) Augusta, the old name of London.More great than human, now, and more (d) August,
Now deified she from her Fires does rise:
Her widening Streets on new Foundations trust,
And, opening, into larger parts she flies.
296.
Before, she like some Shepherdess did shew,
Who sate to bathe her by a River's side:
Not answering to her fame, but rude and low,
Nor taught the beauteous Arts of Modern pride.
Before, she like some Shepherdess did shew,
Who sate to bathe her by a River's side:
Not answering to her fame, but rude and low,
Nor taught the beauteous Arts of Modern pride.
297.
Now, like a Maiden Queen, she will behold,
From her high Turrets, hourly Sutors come;
The East with Incense, and the West with Gold,
Will stand, like Suppliants, to receive her Doom.
Now, like a Maiden Queen, she will behold,
From her high Turrets, hourly Sutors come;
The East with Incense, and the West with Gold,
Will stand, like Suppliants, to receive her Doom.
298.
The silver Thames, her own domestick Floud,
Shall bear her Vessels, like a sweeping Train;
And often wind (as of his Mistress proud,)
With longing eyes to meet her Face again.
The silver Thames, her own domestick Floud,
Shall bear her Vessels, like a sweeping Train;
And often wind (as of his Mistress proud,)
With longing eyes to meet her Face again.
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