Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry by Edmund Goldsmid
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I. You Catholick States-men and Church-men, rejoyce, And praise Heaven's Goodness with Heart and with Voice; None greater on Earth or in Heaven than She, Some say she's as good as the best of the Three. Her miracles bold Were famous of old, But a Braver than this was never yet told; 'Tis pity that every good Catholick living Had not heard on't before the last Day of Thanksgiving. II. In _Lombardy-Land_ great _Modena's_ Duchess [3] Was snatched from her Empire by Death's cruel clutches; When to Heaven she came (for thither she went) Each Angel received her with Joy and Content. On her knees she fell down, Before the bright Throne, And begged that God's Mother would grant her one Boon: Give _England_ a Son (at this Critical Point) To put little _Orange's_ Nose out of Joynt. III. As soon as our Lady had heard her Petition, To _Gabriel_, the Angel, she strait gave Commission; |
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