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Thus as some desart Land, whose wild distress,
Seems wanting Providential Care to bless;
Where the coy Sun ne'er darts a genial Ray,
But cold bleak Frosts blasts each returning Day;
Prayers of some fav'rite Votaries Shipwreck'd there, }
Having with pious Toyl exacted heavenly Care, }
And chang'd rough Seasons to serene and fair. }
Great Goddess Nature proves her kindly force,
Turns to proliffick Heat their steril Course;
Relieves all Wants caus'd by Celestial doom, }
Gives Fruit and Grain to crown the Years to come, }
And now fresh budds and plants appear, and princely Roses bloom. }
So beauteous Albion wouldst thou happy be,
Happy thy Natives all, could they agree;
But baneful Feuds prevent that valued Lot,
And hateful Jarrs about the Lord knows what:
Right and Religion, the great Cause they feign, }
Yet tho' that specious Maxim some maintain, }
There is a sly and subtile Devil called Gain; }
That oft unstedfast Nature does surprize,
And turns to mischievous the Grave and Wise:
Else we're all guided by calm Reason's Rules,
Tory and Whig were only Terms for Fools.
  Oh sacred Union! could thy Charm command,
The Erring stubborn Factions of the Land;
We need not shrink for fear of Foreign harms,
Or value Southern Heats, or Northern Storms:
But arm'd with Amity, Victorious be,
Securely Proud, we're circl'd round with Sea.
  And now methinks I see the Dove appear,
Soaring with Argent Plumes, to settle here;
A virdant Olive branch, he bears t'express,
The Emblem of soft Union, Love and Peace;
The joyful Natives all with general Joy, }
That for their Country's Aid, their Force employ, }
Resolve to banish Discord, with a Vive le Roy. }