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NYG(B.733.003
9-16 Apr 1733:11,12 (390)
A Discourse in Honour of the Queen.
The Grotto or Hermitage (says Mr. Osborne) her Majesty has
made at Richmond, or rather the Bustoes with which she has
adorn'd it, reflect not more honour on the memories of the
dead, than glory upon herself. For Locke, Newton, Clarke,
and Woolaston, whose Bustoes are there placed, were the
glory of their country. . .[52 lines about the above men and
the Queen who has immortalized them]
The following pieces were wrote on her Majesty's setting up
the above-mentioned Bustoes in the Hermitage at Richmond.
[following in col. 2 are the following three poems]
Sic siti letantur Docti.
With honour thus by Carolina plac'd,
How are these venerable Bustoes grac'd;
O Queen! with more than Regal Title crown'd,
For love of Arts and Piety renown'd!
. . . [8 more lines]
Sui memores alios fecere merende.
Behold, O stranger new from foreign lands,
Where slaves obey what lawless will commands;
Where statues to the proud oppressor rise,
And hood-wink'd faith has put out reason's eyes:
. . . [33 more lines]
THE Queen'S HERMITAGE.
Locke, Newton, Clarke, and Woolaston are seen
To grace the sylvan closet of our Queen.
Britain, and Caroline, this choice admire,
Here State may cease, and Walpole may retire:
. . . [18 more lines]
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