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A pindarique ode on the birth of the young Prince of Wales by Caleb Calle, Gent.
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Calle, Caleb.
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1688
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A Pindarique ODE ON THE BIRTH Of the YOUNG PRINCE OF WALES By CALEB CALLE Gent. Licensed July 9th 1688. R. P. LONDON Printed for Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1688. A PINDARIQUE ODE On the BIRTH of the Young PRINCE I. 'T IS come the Mighty Blessing 's come Heav'n heard the Prayers of our Isle And now both Heav'n and Earth-together Smile And sent the beneficial Blessing home Some Angel with Triumphant Wings To the whole Nation Joyful Requiems sings And to far distant Shores the Message brings Happy those Lands whose Sacred Monarchs are The Favourites of Heav'ns peculiar Care All things on Earth do to their Scepters bow And Gods above smile on their Wills below Some mighty business must say they be done We must our Choicest Moulds prepare To cast some Demi-God some wondrous Son To be almost like Jove three Kingdoms Heir A Princely HERO must be Born The Ancient Brittish Line t' adorn To prop and spread the Royal Name In Lands remote t' advance its Fame As far as Ganges is beyond the Thame May peaceful thoughts Lodge in the Mothers Breast Thoughts Still and Calm as an Helcyons Nest And when her Eyes her Princely Babe shall View May all surprizing Joys ensue Joys more than humane and for ever New. II. May all th' auspicious marks of Gallantry Imprinted on his Royal Outside be Then let a beautiful and comely Grace Shine through each Feature of his Face To manifest he 's more than humane Race A sweet yet a Majestick Mien That as a Prince his Subjects should outshine So should his make and shape be all Divine Minevva too shall showre down Her Blessing on his budding Crown To his sweet Looks she shall impart A Valiant and Heroick Heart That at the Face of Danger scorns to start Renown'd and famous shall he be For Arts of Arms and Chivalry His Fathers Banners he shall soon advance With thundering musick and a martial Dance Fearing no frowns nor need the help of chance III. He like another Hercules with ease To death shall all unnatural Serpents squeeze In vain they hiss in vain they Roar Their Venom they shall shed no more His Conquering Arm shall soon subdue Teckelite Turks and homebred Jews Such as our Great forefathers never knew In his victorious Ensigns shall he wear The Cross the Sacred Badge of Christendome The Cross that all our Battles past hath won The Earnest of our Victories to come Worse Dragons shall that Mystick Trophee quell Than by St. George e're fell Passions and Lusts and Sparks of Hell That ' gainst the Nobler Part Rebel His Glory like the unweary'd Sun From Pole to Pole shall Run And Tributary Kings shall Come With Gold and Incense and Arabian Gum And to his Royal Scepter bow And dazl'd with his Glory Vow They n'ere beheld a Prince so rare So like the Second James for War For Wisdom James the First the Second Solomon IV. Who then can say that Wonders are no more And Miracles long since giv'n o're What Chains of Wonders have we seen What Miracles have lately been On that for ever Lamentable Day When at the stake three helpless Kingdoms lay When the whole Isle with storms was tost When it the best of Kings and Fathers lost What Plagues what Desolation did ensue What dire confusions did we view Triumphant Babel then bore sway Men knew not how nor whom to obey How did the trembling Nation Lye In a Convulsive Agony Quite senceless and about to expire And it had dy'd had not the Royal Line Been kept alive by Power Divine And Phaenix-Charles and James Rofe from their Fathers Pyre V. VVhen Sons of Belial do combine In some tremendous black design Deeper than Hell and think to overthrow Kings and Kingdoms at a blow Heaven then prepares a Countermine A sure tho' unexpected providence Hovering waits for their Defence The happy Monument Newmarket stands A Sacred and Prophetick Flame Traytors had Royal Blood prepar'd But Heav'n the Royal Victim spar'd Mercy their Curst Design o'recame Heav'n spar'd the Isaac and prepar'd a Ram. The guiltless Town in ashes lies And falls the unthought on Sacrifice VI. So Heav'n the same Face of Mercy wore When on the treacherous Leman-Our Th' unhappy Glocester struck Long did she with the waves contend But they prov'd Victors in the end The Mariners distracted Cries Rend the Melancholly Skies In hast their trembling knees they bend And hearty tho confused Prayers send For some Angelick friend The Royal Cargo to defend Heav'n heard And tho' each Object horror shew'd Great James with a Coelestial Guard Bold and undaunted stood And brav'd the fury of the flood Troops of Hero's by his side Like lesser Stars dropt down and dy'd Whiles he a Tear or two let fall To mourn and to Inrich their Funeral VII Return my Muse and once more strike thy Lyre Kindle a soft and peaceful fire Let Plots and dangers for a while retire Welcome Illustrious Infant now we View The Joy of Men and Angels too Welcome as is to Misers wealth Or to despairing Sinners health As Life to men rais'd from the Dead As Heav'n to a Soul just fled How much admir'd shall Albion be When other Nations shall her blessing see What props are to the Royal Cedar rear'd To render it at once belov'd and fear'd No more shall sactious discords sway Nor Point to Anarchy th' unhappy way Peace shall her beauteous face put on And Unity once more ascend the Throne Since all are blessings in such a Prince as he May all in an united Love agree Oh may the happy Reformation come That those that would exclude the Father now may love the Son. FINIS