A SONG At the Loyal Feast, held by the Nobility and Gentry of the Parish of St. MARTINS, kept on the 14th. of October, 1685. Being His MAJESTIES Birth Day.
I.
TO offer up high to this Days Celebration,
The Birth of our Glorious KING;
No Gums nor Perfumes from Arabia wee'l bring,
Nor Sweets from the Zephyrus Grove;
The HEART that is Loyal and free from Invasion,
Is the Incense that pleases our JOVE.
Let Zealots strut on, puft up with Ambition
Of Riches and Fame, the Source of Sedition,
Whence Treason and Jealousie springs,
With such a lost Wretch who would change his Condition;
For Fame is an Eccho, and Riches have Wings,
Whilst Loyalty sleeps in the Bosom of Kings.
Chorus. Then to render a Grateful Oblation,
Of our Hearts wee'l an Offering lay down;
From the Counterfeit Imps of Invasion,
'Tis Loyalty guards the Crown.
II.
Since then this Glad Day with the Gods did record Him
A MARS in the Annals of Fame;
This Day we devote to that Glorious Name,
Since Rebels their Shame did expose,
And Heaven through a Series of Wonders restor'd Him
To Triumph in spight of his Foes.
Let a Volley go round at so solemn a Season,
Let Care be a Pain, and a Sigh be held Treason,
Whilst zealous Debauches repine;
To be Drunk with Rebellion is a Sot without Reason;
Would you seek a Vertue more Noble in Wine?
'Tis LOYALTY flows from the Bottom of Mine.
Chorus. Then to render, &c.
III.
With LOYALTY crown'd each man fill a Brimmer,
A Health to our Soveraign JAMES;
Whose Courage his Conquests so loudly proclaims,
The Gods from all Treasons defend;
But for the Pretender and Bigotted Trimmer,
The Gibbet and Vengeance attend.
With LOYALTY arm'd and wing'd with ALLEGIANCE,
Advanc't with our JOVE to the uppermost Regions
Triumphant in's Chariot wee'l ride;
Whilst Captivate Rebels that kick at Obedience,
Like Icarus scorcht in the height of his Pride,
Shall drop in the Ocean and fall with the Tide.
Chorus. Then to render, &c.
LONDON, Printed for Gilbert Cownly at the Popes Head in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange in the Strand, 1685.
Licensed
October 10. 1685.
R. L. S.