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28 Ruſtling from ev’ry quarter of the ſky, North, eaſt, and weſt, in airy ſwiftneſs vie, One cloud repuls’d, new combatants prepare To meet as fierce, and form a thund’ring war: So when the trumpet ſounding gives the ſign, The juſtling chiefs in rude rencounter join; So meet, and ſo renew the dext’rous fight, Each fair beholder trembling for her knight, Still as one falls another ruſhes in, And all muſt be o’ercome or none can win: The victor, from the ſhining dame whoſe eyes Aided his conqu’ring arm, receives a precious prize.
 * Thus flouriſh’d Love, and Beauty reign’d in ſtate,

Till the proud Spaniard gave theſe glories date: Paſt is the gallantry, the fame remains, Tranſmitted ſafe in Dryden’s lofty ſcenes: Granada loſt beheld her pomps reſtor’d, And Almahide once more by kings ador’d.
 * Love, driven thence, to colder Britain flies,

And with bright nymphs the diſtant ſun ſupplies; Romances, which relate the dreadful fights, The loves and proweſs of advent’rous knights, To animate their rage, a kiſs record From Britain’s faireſt nymph was the reward. Thus ancient to Love’s empire was the claim Os Britiſh beauty, and ſo wide the fame,