The Temple of Death, Art of Poetry, Duel of the Stags, etc (1695)/On the Marriage of the Lady Mary with the Prince of Orange
ON THE
MARRIAGE
Of the LADY
MARY
WITH THE
Prince of ORANGE.
By Edmond Waller, in the Year 1677.
As once the Lyon Honey gave,
Out of the Strong such Sweetness came:
A Royal Hero, no less brave,
Produc'd this Sweet, this Lovely Dame.
Out of the Strong such Sweetness came:
A Royal Hero, no less brave,
Produc'd this Sweet, this Lovely Dame.
To her the Prince, that did oppose
Such mighty Armies in the Field,
And Holland from prevailing Foes
Could so well free, himself does yield.
Such mighty Armies in the Field,
And Holland from prevailing Foes
Could so well free, himself does yield.
Not Belgia's Fleet (his high Command)
Which Triumphs where the Sun does rise,
Nor all the force he leads by Land,
Could guard him from her Conquering Eyes.
Which Triumphs where the Sun does rise,
Nor all the force he leads by Land,
Could guard him from her Conquering Eyes.
Orange with Youth Experience has,
In Action Young, in Counsel Old:
Orange is what Augustus was,
Brave, Wary, Provident and Bold.
In Action Young, in Counsel Old:
Orange is what Augustus was,
Brave, Wary, Provident and Bold.
On that fair Tree, which bears his Name,
Blossoms and Fruit at once are found:
In him we all admire the same,
His Flowery Youth with Wisdom Crown'd.
Blossoms and Fruit at once are found:
In him we all admire the same,
His Flowery Youth with Wisdom Crown'd.
Empire and Freedom Reconcil'd,
In Holland are, by Great Nassaw,
Like those he sprung from, Just and Mild,
To willing People he gives Law.
In Holland are, by Great Nassaw,
Like those he sprung from, Just and Mild,
To willing People he gives Law.
Thrice happy Pair, so near Ally'd
In Royal Blood, and Virtue too;
Now Love has you together ty'd,
Let none this Triple Knot undoe.
In Royal Blood, and Virtue too;
Now Love has you together ty'd,
Let none this Triple Knot undoe.
The Church shall be the happy place,
Where Streams which from the same Source run,
(Tho' divers Lands awhile they grace)
United there again make one.
Where Streams which from the same Source run,
(Tho' divers Lands awhile they grace)
United there again make one.
A thousand Thanks the Nation owes
To him that does protect us all,
For while he thus his Niece bestows,
About our Isle he builds a Wall.
To him that does protect us all,
For while he thus his Niece bestows,
About our Isle he builds a Wall.
A Wall like that, which Athens had,
By th' Oracle's Advice, of Wood:
Had theirs been such, as Charles has made,
That Mighty State till now had stood.
By th' Oracle's Advice, of Wood:
Had theirs been such, as Charles has made,
That Mighty State till now had stood.
FINIS.