To Chloris.

Upon our late lofs of the Duke of Cambridge.

P. 159

160

Inftructions to a Painter for the drawing of the pofture and Progrefs of His Majefty's Forces at Sea, under the command of his Highness Royal: together with the Battel and Victory obtain'd over the Dutch, June 3d, 1665. 161

A Prefage of the ruin of the Turkish Empire: prefented to His Majefty King James II. on his Birth-Day. 172 To the Duchefs, when he prefented this Book to Her Royal Highness.

174

Thefe Verfes were writ in the Taffo of her Royal Highnefs.

175

DIVINE POEM S.

Of Divine Love: a Poem in fix Cantoes.

Of the Fear of GoD, in two Cantoes.

Of Divine Poefy, in two Cantoes.

177

189

194

On the Paraphrafe of the LORD's Prayer, written by Mrs. Wharton.

198

Some reflections of His upon the feveral Petitions of the Jame Prayer.

On the foregoing Divine Poems.

199

201

EPI

EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, and FRAGMENTS;

Under a Lady's Pilure.

202

Of a Lady who writ in praife of Mira.

ibid.

Written on a Card that Her Majesty tore at Omber. 204

To Mr. Granville (now Lord Landfdown) on bis Verfes to

King James the Second.

ibid.

Some Verfes of an imperfect Copy defign'd for a friend on

bis Tranflation of Ovid's Fafti.

ibid.

On the Statue of King Charles I. at Charing-Grofs in the

year 1674.

Pride.

Epitaph on Sir George Speke.

206

207

ibid.

209

210

Epitaph on Colonel Charles Cavendish.

Epitaph on the Lady Sedley.

Epitaph to be written under the Latin infcription upon the

Tomb of the only fon of the Lord Andover.

Epitaph unfinish'd.

The Maid's Tragedy alter'd.

211

212

213

The firft Act of the Tragedy of Pompey, tranflated from

the French of Monfieur Corneille.

241

SPEECHES,

TSPEECHES, LETTERS, &c.

A Speech in the House of Commons, April 22d, 1640.

p. 257

A Speech in Parliament at a Conference of both Houfes in
the Painted Chamber, July 6th, 1641, upon deliver-

ing the impeachment against Mr. Justice Crawley. 264

A Speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday July 4th,

1643: when Mr. Waller was brought to the Bar,

and had leave given him by the Speaker to Say what

he could for himself, before they proceded to expel him

the House.

To the Right Honorable the Earl of Portland.

275

280

To my Lady Lucy Sidney, upon the marriage of my Lady

Dorothy, her fifter, to my Lord Spencer.

To my Lady ***

282

283

Preface to the firft Edition of Mr. Waller's Poems, after

the Reftoration; printed in the year 1664. 285

Preface to the fecond Part of Mr. Waller's Poems, printed

in the year 1690.

Mr. Waller's Epitaph.

287

294

Of

OF THE

Danger His MAJESTY (being PRINCE)

Efcaped in the Road at SAINT ANDERO.

OW had his HIGHNESS bid farewel to

SPAIN,

And reach'd the sphere of his own pow'r, the Main ;

With BRITISH bounty in his ship he feafts Th' HESPERIAN Princes, his amazed guests, To find that wat'ry wilderness exceed The entertainment of their great MADRID. Healths to both Kings, attended with the roar Of cannons echo'd from th' affrighted shore, With loud resemblance of his thunder, prove BACCHUS the feed of cloud-compelling Jove: While to his harp divine ARION fings The loves, and conquefts, of our ALBION Kings. Of the fourth EDWARD was his noble song, Fierce, goodly, valiant, beautiful and young:

B

He

He rent the crown from vanquish'd HENRY's head;
Rais'd the White Rose, and trampled on the Red:
'Till Love, triumphing o'er the victor's pride,
Brought MARS and WARWICK to the conquer'd fide:
Neglected WARWICK (whose bold hand, like Fate,
Gives and refumes the fceptre of our State)
Woos for his Mafter; and, with double fhame,
Himself deluded, mocks the Princely Dame,
The Lady BONA; whom juft anger burns,
And foreign war with civil rage returns.
Ah! fpare your fwords, where beauty is to blame;
Love gave th' affront, and muft repair the fame :
When FRANCE fhall boast of her, whofe conqu'ring eyes
Have made the best of ENGLISH hearts their prize;
Have pow'r to alter the decrees of Fate,
And change again the counfels of our State.
What the prophetic Muse intends, alone

To him that feels the fecret wound is known.
With the sweet sound of this harmonious Lay
About the keel delighted dolphins play;
Too fure a fign of fea's enfuing rage,
Which must anon this Royal troop engage:
To whom soft sleep feems more fecure and sweet,
Within the town commanded by our fleet.

These mighty Peers plac'd in the gilded barge,
Proud with the burden of so brave a charge;
With painted oars the youths begin to sweep
NEPTUNE'S fmooth face, and cleave the yielding Deep:
Which foon becomes the feat of fudden war
Between the wind and tide, that fiercely jar.
As when a fort of lufty fhepherds try
Their force at foot-ball, care of victory

Makes