King William's Welcome; Or a Congratulatory POEM on His Majesty's Happy Arriva [...]▪ TOGETHER WITH The Mutual Comfort of King and Subject, which is fully demonstrated [...] the wise proceedings of the present Parliament in suppressing Vice, associating and uniting the Hearts of His Majesty's Subjects.
WElcome Great Prince, thrice welcome let it be,
Till multiply'd to an Infinity.
Awake loud Fame, convey it with all speed
To Thames, to Humber and to th' utmost Tweed.
Tell them kind Neptune doth at length restore,
This noble Trust to the triumphing Shore.
Let the strong Currents of their Tydes transgress
The bounding Shore, while they their Joy express.
Let Neighbouring Coasts joyn in the Harmoney,
Till our rejoycing universal be.
This tribute he most justly from us claims,
Since he our freedom gen'rously maintains,
And Yearly doth his precious Life Expose,
To boistrous Seas, and the more savage Foes;
His brave Attempts throughout the World renown'd,
With bless'd success have ever yet him Crown'd:
Just Heav'n assists him in a Cause most right,
And him emboldens valiently to fight
'Gainst an Usurping and Tyrannick Power,
Which he resists and lessens ev'ry hour.
In vain they shatterd Towns re-edifi,
And make their Castles with Parnassus Vie.
Tho' lofty, they submissively must bend
Their stubborn Heads, and be at his command.
Valour and Conduct will at once conspire,
By Bombs to make their Fun'ral Piles in Fire.
So Calais, tho' tis thought impregnable,
Was almost by him made irreparable.
His Boundless Conquests will extend to thee,
Proud Dunkirk are to their Metropoley.
'Tis not the Sultan's less unhallow'd Hand,
Whom the Victorious Emp'rour makes to bend,
Will them secure. The better Christian he,
Hates their Dishonour and their Treachery,
What tho' Perfidious One most shamefully
Hath broke the Bonds of Faith and Amity.
The Sacred Knot remains inviolable,
And still will be in spite of him and Hell,
In which United most inseperably,
We Devil, French, and Turk, and Pope defy.
The cringing Monsieur to's dishonour craves
Peace, so much wish'd for by his wearied Slaves,
Whilst daring WILLIAM Valiantly pursues
Honour, and all base Proffers he doth refuse,
Fix'd in his Warlike Resolution, he
Maintains the Antient English bravery.
Then why should we with needless Fears,
Our minds disturb our ease and quietness.
Since he's arriv'd what needs there to compleat
Our Joys, what can our future Hopes defeat.
The Faithful and that Wise Septemvirate,
Fix'd in the highest magnitude of State,
Like the Seven Stars their borrow'd Light re [...]
To him the Source of Lustre and of Power,
While roaring Guns his Safe Return descry,
And like tremendous Thunder rend the Sky
The joyful Bells do Ring, and an Hussa
Doth terminate the happy wish'd-for-Day;
The Night succeeding, Bonfires all do feed,
As if a Conflagation should succeed.
Who but the senseless murmuring Jacobite,
Is not transported at the Joyful Sight.
Thy Absence, Noble Prince, tho' well sup [...]
By the Sage Heptarchs Prudence, Care and G [...]
Was much deplor'd, on thee our longing Isl [...]
Was fully bent, but now Return'd, doth sm [...]
Not Phoebus with his Influential Rays,
More bounteous Heat or languid Earth disp [...]
At thy Return, approaching Hyneus flies,
And a perpetual Spring her place supplies.
Strange Revolution, if one may presage,
We shall enjoy a second Golden Age.
Hence all Complaints and needless Jealouses▪
Which Misers make, the Nations grand Dise [...]
Penurious thoughts shall ne'r our Souls con [...]
No Riches like the Riches of the Mind.
No grievous Fears our Hearts shall discomp [...]
Nor terrours of our fierce envading Foes,
If thou espouse our just and righteous Cau [...]
Go to, Great Sir, thy Senate arise conven [...]
That Loyal Council makes the State serene,
Consult their Soveraign's Honour, Subjcts e [...]
Establish Peace and lasting Happiness
By thy Example, and their prudent care,
Vice is restrain'd, no wicked Men will dare
With impious and unhallow'd Lips propha [...]
The Great Creator's most adored Name,
Nor with injurious Hands no more deface
Thy Image to the Nations disgrace:
From Hellish Plots thy Person thy'l secure,
And with untainted Loyalty innure
Thy Kingdom, whilst associated they
Do bind themselves and People to obey.
No sculking Traytors here shall more abid
Nor stain our Isle with barbarous Regicide
Just Heaven Protects, and timely will discl [...]
The Hellish Combination of thy Foes.
FINIS.
London, Printed and Sold by J. Bradford, in New-street, without Bishopsgate, near Hand Ally