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TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY, ON HIS RESTORATION IN THE YEAR 1660, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Virtue's triumphant shrine! Who dost engage
Last Line: By daring loyalty, your wilmot's son.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685)


Virtue's triumphant shrine! who dost engage
At once three kingdoms in a pilgrimage;
Which in ecstatic duty strive to come
Out of themselves, as well as from their home;
Whilst England grows one camp, and London is
Itself the nation, not metropolis,
And loyal Kent renews her arts again,
Fencing her ways with moving groves of men;
Forgive this distant homage, which doth meet
Your blest approach on sedentary feet;
And though my youth, not patient yet to bear
The weight of arms, denies me to appear
In steel before you, yet, Great Sir, approve
My manly wishes, and more vigorous love;
In whom a cold respect were treason to
A father's ashes, greater than to you;
Whose one ambition 'tis for to be known,
By daring loyalty, your Wilmot's son.





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