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 A sceptre guarded by the pow'rs above, Guarded by honour, loyalty, and love! By the kind Sov'reign willing realms obey, By Cæsar's gentle and paternal sway!


 * Let him embark, and quit the Gallic sands

With all his barb'rous and ferocious bands; With all his abject and submissive slaves,– The sport of war, of whirlwinds, and of waves. Ev'n now I hear the dreadful cannons roar, And bursting bombs resound from shore to shore; I see the combat,–ocean stain'd with blood, And vanquish'd Gauls beneath the whelming flood. I see their leaders shrink with sudden dread Amid their crimes, and mingle with the dead;