THE ASSOCIATION: OR, LIBERTY and LOYALTY.
[5]WRONGS to redreſs, and Juſtice to maintain,
Has been the Buſineſs of our So⯑vereign's Reign;
The Injur'd from Oppreſſion's Sword to ſave,
To puniſh Vice, and to reward the Brave;
His Subjects from Invaſions to defend,
And his Allies, in their Diſtreſs, befriend;
[6]Unbiaſs'd to aſſert the general Good,
For Europe's Safety to expend his Blood:
To fix the Ballance of her Power his View;
That golden Point unerring to purſue,
Was the firſt End that Providence deſign'd,
When for Benificence ſhe form'd his Mind.
Well this appear'd, when Gallic Arms, of late,
Join'd with Bavarian, threaten'd Europe's Fate;
Hungaria's Princeſs deſolate remain'd,
Her Legions ſlaughter'd, and her Treaſures drain'd;
When her Allies fraternal were afraid,
To ſend that Queen her ſtipulated Aid,
Touch'd with Compaſſion, generous Brunſwick came,
And poiz'd the Balance ſteady on the Beam.
Thouſands of Gauls lay ſtretch'd along the Plain,
Thouſands were drown'd repaſſing thro' the Mayne;
And while thoſe Gauls precipitately ran,
They hop'd more Mercy from the Deep than Man:
So, when a Prieſt-rid Tyrant heretofore,
The Papal Power attempted to reſtore,
Soon as he ſaw brave Naſſau's Troops advance,
He fled for Refuge to the Arms of France.
[7]O, may our Monarch ſtill, by Deeds the ſame,
Protect this Kingdom, gain a deathleſs Name,
And with immortal William, ſhare immortal Fame.
While England's Safety George's Thoughts controul,
(The fav'rite in felt Impulſe of his Soul)
That Trade may flouriſh, Peace may be reſtor'd,
HE, to the Empire gives a Sovereign Lord;
Nor Toil, nor Treaſure ſpares: Yet, ſtrange to tell!
A ranc'rous Rebel Rabble Rout, from Hell,
Flatter'd by Rome, cajol'd by treach'rous France,
Our fertil Fields to waſte, with haſty Strides advance;
A medley, miſchief-making, motley Crew,
Un-hos'd, un-breech'd,—ſome ſhod;—but, thoſe, how few!
Begot by Rapes, by Rapine fed, they prove,
Without Wit wicked, Luſtful without Love;
Of mongrel French and Scotch, a Mixture bad,
Half-blooded, and croſs-bred, from Sires run mad;
Train'd in Hypocriſy, that impious Evil!
They God affront, yet meanly fear the Devil!
Lawleſs Banditti, who, abandon'd, dare
Miſcall baſe Robbery, and foul Murder, War;
[8]Tyrants at heart, ungenerouſly brave,
They fight not to protect, but to enſlave;
Should they ſucceed (which Heaven avert!) their Fate
Now mark, how juſt! which they'll repent too late;
Frantic, fool-hardy, bigot-blinded Elves,
The Snares, for others laid, entrap themſelves:
To glut the Malice, and the Pride, they come,
Of Paris, Madrid, and inſatiate Rome.
Now, all their papal Puppet-ſhews diſplay'd,
That tinſel'd Trump'ry which ſupports their Trade;
Monks teach deluded Mortals to believe,
They merit Heav'n, who Hereticks deceive:
"Again religious Fires prepare to ſhine,
"And Inquiſitions plead their Right Divine."
England, provok'd, now feels, one generous Soul
Inſpires each honeſt Heart, to loyalize the Whole;
From northern Tweed, far as the eaſtmoſt Thames,
A Patriot-Paſſion every Breaſt inflames:
The healthy Hunters, whoſe high mettled Blood
Late ſwept the Vale, or beat the neighb'ring Wood,
To chaſe the wily Fox, quick catch th' Alarm;
Themſelves, their Tenants, and their Huntſmen arm:
[9]In full Career, their Courſers ſcour the Plain,
To ſeek a more pernicious ſavage Train.
The Farmer, ſtrait, unyokes the generous Steed,
Who, from his tramel'd Harneſs, being freed,
Snuffs up the Air, and jocund, neighs aloud,
Of his new Trappings and arm'd Maſter proud;
Both find their Boſoms with new Spirit fill'd,
And march to guard the Lands they lately till'd:
Divines and Nobles, Gentry, Merchants, All,
Chearful aſſociate at their Country's Call;
Without Diſtinction, dauntleſs iſſue forth,
To dare the Deſparadoes of the North.
O thou, great God of Battles, ſtretch thy Hand,
All pow'rful, to preſerve this threaten'd Land;
All Hearts, all Hands unite; ſupport the Cauſe
Of Loyalty, Religion, Freedom, Laws!
O'er our courageous Chiefs, may'ſt thou preſide,
Our Councils thy unerring Wiſdom guide;
Nor let dire Faction, more, this happy Realm divide!
FINIS.