Wars > War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) > On His Grace the Duke of Marlborough going for Holland

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            On His GRACE the

 DUKE of MARLBOROUGH

      Going for HOLLAND.

In Imitation of the Third ODE of the Firſt Book of
                      HORACE.

                        Cæſarem Vehis.

THRICE happy Barque, to whom is giv'n
The Pride of Earth, and Favourite of Heav'n,
Thy ev'ry Guardian God implore,
And waft th' important Charge to Belgia's Shore
Where Councils yet ſuſpended, wait
Britannia's laſt Reſolves, and Europe's Fate.
So may the Winds with conſtant Gales
Fulfil thy Purpoſe, and inſpire thy Sails;
Nereids and Nymphs attend thy Side,
Thy glitt'ring Stern protect, and gilded Pride.
Bold was the Man, and bravely good,
That tempted firſt the Sea's impetuous Flood,
He d the Waves roar, the Tempeſts blow,
And fought in Foreign Climes the diſtant Foe:
That made his Country's Glory known,
And for the publick Weal, deſpis'd his own.
Auſpicious Iſle, in vain deſign'd,
By jealous Fate, a Stranger to Mankind,
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