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EHOLD, Britannia, waves her flag on high,
And calls forth breezes from the western ský,
And beckons to her son, and smooths the tide,
That does Hibernia from her clifts divide. 4
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EPISTLES.
71
TO
LORD CARTERET,
departing from Dublin.
1726.
EHOLD, Britannia, waves her flag on high, And calls forth breezes from the western ský,
And beckons to her son, and smooths the tide,
That does Hibernia from her clifts divide. 4
Go, Carteret, go; and, with thee, go along
The nation's blessing, and the poet's song,
Loud acclamations, with melodious lays,
The kindest wishes, and sincerest praise. 8
The nation's blessing, and the poet's song,
Loud acclamations, with melodious lays,
The kindest wishes, and sincerest praise. 8
Go, Carteret, go; and bear my joys away!
So speaks the muse, that fain would bid thee stay:
So spoke the virgin to the youth unkind,
Who gave his vows, and canvass, to the wind, 12
And promis'd to return; but never more
Did he return to the Threïcian shore.
So speaks the muse, that fain would bid thee stay:
So spoke the virgin to the youth unkind,
Who gave his vows, and canvass, to the wind, 12
And promis'd to return; but never more
Did he return to the Threïcian shore.
Go,
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