A poem on the present assembly of Parliament, November 9th. 1685 Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687. 1686 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A67341 Wing W510 ESTC R889 12241408 ocm 12241408 56785 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A67341) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 56785) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 904:7) A poem on the present assembly of Parliament, November 9th. 1685 Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687. [2], 6 p. Printed for George Powell ..., London : 1686. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. An alteration and adaptation of the author's A poem on the present assembling of the Parliament, March the 6th, 1678. Advertisement: p. 6. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Political poetry, English. 2002-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-12 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2003-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A POEM ON THE Present Assembly OF PARLIAMNT , November 9 th . 1685. Licensed , November 7 th . 1686. Ro. L'Estrange . LONDON , Printed for George Powell over against Lincolns-Inn-Gate . 1686. A POEM ON THE Present Assembly OF PARLIAMENT , November 9th . 1685. BReak sacred Morn on our expecting I 'le , And make our Albion's sullen Genius smile ; His brightest Glories let the Sun display , He rose not with a more auspicious Ray , Since God-like IAMES receiv'd * Imperial State , Our only recompence for CHARLES his Fate . A joyful Bridegroom then , our Eyes he drew , And now seems wedded to his Realms anew : Since when our panick Fears are quite o're-blown , And on our Enemies Coast the Terror thrown . Ye ancient Bards that Britain's Glory wrought As warmly as our British Heroes fought , Be still assisting to your Country's Fame , And in my daring Song revive your Flame . Behold , behold , the bright Assembly plac'd , And with our Monarch's Sacred Presence grac'd : Transported with a Vision so sublime , Our thoughts review the Infant-Pride of time , We think how at the New Creation sate Th' Eternal Monarch in his Heavens fresh State ; The Stars yet wondring at each others Fires , And all the Sons of Glory rank'd in Quires . As various Streams from distant Regions fall , And in the Deep their gen'ral Counsel call , Conveying thence supplies to ev'ry source , And fail not to maintain the rowling Course ; Our Senate thus from ev'ry Quarter met , And with our Peers in awful Council set , Dispense their Influence to each Province round , And in our I 'le no barren spot is found . Justice as freely as our Thames shall flow , In Peace the Sailer steer , and Peasant plow , Our Publick safe from foreign Wrongs shall be , And private Rights from Home-oppressors free . Proceed brave Worthies then to your Debates , And by your Counsels to direct our Fates . Thus , IAMES the pious , valiant , wise and just , Performs not only yours , but Europe's Trust ; Whose Power or Prudence makes their Discords cease , Where he perswades not , he commands a Peace . So ( if small things with great may be compar'd ) We oft have seen two Monarchs of the Herd , Upon some long-disputed Plain engage With equal Vigour , and with equal Rage ; Their goring Horns are in the Contest worn , The harrass'd Earth is in the Combat torn ; But if a Lion from the Hill descends , Their Fury ceases , and the Battel ends . What though the Gallick Pride has swell'd so high ▪ A war-like Empires Forces to defie , To crush united States , confederate Powr , And quite suppress the Belgian Lions roar ; Yet let their Troops in silent Triumph come From conquer'd Fields , and steal their Trophies home . Take care their Cannon at just distance roar , Nor with too near a Volley rouze our shore . The Terror still of our Third Edward's Name Rebukes their Pride , and checks their towring Fame : Nor can the Tide of many rowling Years , VVash the stain'd Fields of Cressey and Poictiers . A conscious Terror strikes their Bosoms still , VVhen they behold that famous fatal Hill , Where Edward , with his Host , Spectator stood , And left the Prince to make the Conquest good . Such was the Vertue of our Ancestours , And such , on due resentment , shall be ours ; Averse from acting , as receiving wrong , VVeak States support , and Terror to the strong ; VVhose temper'd Vallour just Pretence requires , As Flints are struck before they shew their Fires . Once more great Patriots in the Nation 's stead , VVith due respect , the Loyal Muses plead , Since from your gen'rous Trust our Peace did spring , Joyn'd with the matchless Conduct of our King. Secure the Blessing you so well begun , And take for Pattern what your selves have done . So Albion to her ancient Fame shall grow , By Heaven's Decrees above , and yours below . Nor shall your Influence in our lesser world Lie pent , but through the Universe be hurl'd : Thence Christian Leagues shall firmly be combin'd , While Turks and Rebels equal Fate shall find . Thus Earth and Seas with safety shall be blest , And Peace as calm as their great Masters Breast . Heaven to our I 'le this Priv'ledge does allow , Besides her self to have no pow'rful Foe . By Rocks and Seas fenc'd round from foreign Harms , And only liable to in-bred Arms. Such shocks ( alas ! ) too oft we have endur'd , But ev'n from home-bred Rage are now secur'd : No Storm can rise while Caesar guides the Helm , While you support the Throne , and He the Realm . Our Faith and Freedom trusted in his Hand , Immoveable as Fate 's Decrees must stand . Usurpers from their Promise may retreat , And Common-wealths their publick Trust defeat , While each his private Interest does pursue , But Heaven's and Britain's Monarch must be true . FINIS . ADVERTISEMENT . A Devout Exercise for every day of the Month , together with Meditations upon the most important Truths of the Gospel , translated from the last Edition of the Original , enlarged by the Author . Sir Tho. Moor's Vtopia in English. All sorts of Law-Books printed for , and sold by George Powel over against Lincolns-Inn Gate . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A67341-e120 * The Coronation , April 23 , 1685.