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 Thus as some desart Land, whose wild distress, Seems wanting Providential Care to bless; Where the coy Sun ne'er darts a genial Ray, But cold bleak Frosts blasts each returning Day; Prayers of some fav'rite Votaries Shipwreck'd there, } Having with pious Toyl exacted heavenly Care,       } And chang'd rough Seasons to serene and fair. } Great Goddess Nature proves her kindly force, Turns to proliffick Heat their steril Course; Relieves all Wants caus'd by Celestial doom,                    } Gives Fruit and Grain to crown the Years to come,               } And now fresh budds and plants appear, and princely Roses bloom. } So beauteous Albion wouldst thou happy be, Happy thy Natives all, could they agree; But baneful Feuds prevent that valued Lot, And hateful Jarrs about the Lord knows what: Right and Religion, the great Cause they feign, } Yet tho' that specious Maxim some maintain,    } There is a sly and subtile Devil called Gain;  } That oft unstedfast Nature does surprize, And turns to mischievous the Grave and Wise: Else we're all guided by calm Reason's Rules, Tory and Whig were only Terms for Fools. Oh sacred Union! could thy Charm command, The Erring stubborn Factions of the Land; We need not shrink for fear of Foreign harms, Or value Southern Heats, or Northern Storms: But arm'd with Amity, Victorious be, Securely Proud, we're circl'd round with Sea. And now methinks I see the Dove appear, Soaring with Argent Plumes, to settle here; A virdant Olive branch, he bears t'express, The Emblem of soft Union, Love and Peace; The joyful Natives all with general Joy,         } That for their Country's Aid, their Force employ, } Resolve to banish Discord, with a Vive le Roy. }