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Each individual Votary ſhall ſhare
Repeated Pledges of my conſtant Care +
A balmy Mift of Zethe-Dews fhall fall
In cool refrefhing Oféares on all :
As ‘Lands of Sfzces, ina fragrant Air,
Difperfe and featter their Perfumes afar,
‘With equal Franknefs, and with greater Love,
Vil fhower down my Blefiings from Above,
That peaceful Days may ſtill my Reign await,
Pl give the God of War an Opiate;
Your Starch’d, Puctilio-Bravoes, can’t conclude
A private Quarrel but with Lofs.of Blood :
Yet my Kind Fools are naturally ſtrange
To all the Means and Mifchief of Revenge.
And thus PU lay all Difcords that arife
From being really or reputed Wife.
Let not the Folly.Heir, who revels on,
‘Unrav'ling all, his Father’s Thrift had fpun,
Turn Sant, for fear-of fome reftri@ive Ties,
‘Or that penurious Projet, Legacies :
Pil keep the Szre fo doating, he fhall ne'er
Impoverifh 2425, or chufe avorher Heir.
Thus with a Prézcely-Care will I contrive
To guard your Rights, and my Prerogative,
The peeve/h Cynick, in.a whining Strain,
Will ftrive to Preach Tub-learning up againd
And prove that none, but 4vehorétes are Men.
Tho’ now you'll /corz their Philofophick-Rants,
And laugh their Reafonings out of Countenance.
You'll fee the Fruit and Influence of Books,
And ne’er defire to be made Great by Stocks,
Admonifh’d thus, and repoffefs’d anew
Of Freedom, Peace, and my Proteétion too,
Pufh your Career with an advancing hatte,
Let one Day’s Joy. excced all Ages pait :
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