O D E, FOR THE YEAR 17058 I. JANUS ANUS, did ever to thy wondering eyes, Did ever Greece or Rome fuch laurels wear, As crown'd the last auspicious year? When first at Blenheim ANNE her enfigns fpread, And Malborough to the field the shouting squadrons led... In vain the hills and ftreams oppofe, In vain the hollow ground in faithless hillocks rofe. II. They see with staring haggard eyes - They juftling plunge amidst the founding deeps; : 3 III. Rooke III. Rooke on the feas afferts her sway, IV. Now, Janus, with a future view, The glories of her reign furvey, Which shall o'er France her arms display, Lewis in his turn, fhall mourn, CON CONTENTS O F SMITH'S POEM S. Hædra and Hippolitus, a Tragedy PH Epiftle Dedicatory to Charles Lord Halifax A Poem to the Memory of Mr. John Philips. Charlettus Percivallo fuo 87 ibid. 190 - 200 |