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Rh Impurpl'd ran, with gushing Gore distain'd.

Thus the Experience'd Valour of One Man, Mighty in Conflict, rescu'd harrast Pow'rs From Ruin impendent, and th’ afflicted Throne Imperial, that once Lorded o’er the World, Sustain’d. With prudent Stay, he long deferr’d The rough Contention, nor would deign to rout An Host disparted; when, in Union firm Embody’d, They Advanc’d, collecting All Their Strength, and worthy seem’d to be subdu’d; He the proud Boafters sent, with stern Assault, Down to the Realms of Night. The British Souls, (A Lamentable Race!) that ceas'd to breathe, On Landen-Plains, this Heav’nly Gladsome Air, Exult to see the crouding Ghosts descend Unnumber'd; well aveng’d, they quit the Cares Of Mortal Life, and Drink th’ Oblivious Lake. Not so the New Inhabitants; They roam Erroneous, and disconsolate, Themselves Accusing, and their Chiefs, improvident Of Military Chance; when-lo! They see, Thrô the Dun Mist, in Blooming Beauty fresh, Two Lovely Youths, that Amicably walkt Rh