ENGLAND's Over-Joy AT THE Duke of Monmouth's Return:

By the Author of ENGLANDS Lamentation for his Departure: Reflecting on his Heroick Actions.
THIS Morn, as in my Bed I slee­ping lay,
When busy Dreams led my mind astray:
Methought I on Parnassus top did stand,
Where the Nine Sisters, each with Harp in Hand,
As their grand Master Phoebus did inspire,
Sung Monmouths Welcome to the tuneful Lyre:
And as thy sung, one kinder than the rest,
Breathing a gentle Heat, o'r all my Breast,
Cry'd, Rouze, for shame, and trail thy lasy Pen,
For the Brave Monmouth is return'd agen,
The Valiant Monmouth, to whom this our Isle
Is more oblig'd than Aegypt unto Nile.
With that (for who could such a CALL withstand?)
Unskillfull as I was, I took in hand
My scribling Instrument, Willing to pay
An uncouth Off'ring to this welcome day,
Welcome indeed, when such good News it bears,
As is of Force to banish all our Fears:
What, my dear Britons, to that Angel's due!
Who always has so careful been of you?
As not to let those Daemons of the Land
Destroy and ruin you, but was at hand,
And did with timely diligence remove
The Dangers that hung threatning from above;
And hath dispell'd the CLOUD which threatn'd NIGHT,
Hiding the Glorious Monmouth from your sight:
Monmouth! whom we like Merchants that have lost
Jewels of weighty Value, and great cost,
If ere they find them, doe esteem them more,
Than ever they were wont to do before.
Have you not seen after a cloudy Day,
The rising Sun next Morn appear more gay?
As though he had withdrawn his dimmer Light,
Only to deck himself with Rayes more bright:
So Monmouth to inrich himself withdrew,
That he might come again more dear to you.
Let then your JOYS be great as were your FEARS,
For HE the Noble Monmouth now appears:
Go, Bid him welcom from the Belgick shore,
And consecrate the Yatch that brought him o're;
Let it be Sacred, as DRAKE's famous Boat,
Which round the watry Universe did float;
As sacret as the Ship that brought the Fleece
Of Gold, which Jason stole from Greece:
For none did e're a richer Treasure bring;
Except that ship which brough Great Charles our KING.

London, Printed by T. Dawks, his Majestier British Printer, at the Blew Anchor in Ludgate-street. 1679.

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