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R33394 REceive a bold unbidden Guest, among / The least, the worst of all your Nobler throng, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 135978 A / Congratulatory Poem / TO THE / MINISTERS SONS, on their Splendid / FEAST, Thursday December 7th, 1682. A Congratulatory Poem TO THE MINISTERS SONS, on their Splendid FEAST, Thursday December 7th, 1682. A Congratulatory Poem TO THE MINISTER'S SONS, on their Splendid FEAST, Thursday December 7th, 1682. Dunton, John Printer J.A. 1682-1682 John Dunton

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REceive a bold unbidden Guest, among The least, the worst of all your Nobler throng, Who for admittance only dares to Sue, Because kind Fate has made him one of you. When that wise King, whose young, but mighty hand Bore the vast Scepter of the Sacred Land, When him and all his Glories time shall rust, Then you shall be obscurd with common Dust. In vain the trembling Atheist would dethrone That Power, which for his Life he dares not own; Whilst grateful Heaven its Servants here does grace With such a worthy, such a generous Race. In vain on Inspiration tother dotes, And humane Learning but a need-not Votes; Whilst he the Prophets Sons so far may find Beyond the usual stamp of Humane kind. More madly Rome grants to the Sacred Life Dozens of Whores, but not one single Wife: Since from the holy Matrimonial Flame Of Priests, so great, so brave an Army came. All here look pure like Truth, like Vertue fair, And all breath something more than common Air. Envy look round, and when thy Blood-shot Eye Can find no Spot, Envy look round and dye. But as for you, let Plenty pleasure bring, And Veil you safe beneath her gentle Wing, Till from long happy Ages you remove, And all your bright Forefathers meet above.
LONDON, Printed by J.A. for John Dunton at the Black Raven in the Poultrey. 1682.