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EPOCHS 31
1416 When Henry's fleet, with half expanded sail
And •Tolden banner, wooed the tardy gale,
At distance seen, opposing squadrons lay,
And strict blockade closed in the shuddering bay.
At length the western breeze each flag unfurled,
And meteor Henry awed the Gallic world.
]445 Here Anjou Margaret, of warlike fame,
With courtly retinue in splendour came :
Both Church and State their choicest pomp displayed,
Rome's gorgeous panoply, and Court parade.
Imperial lustre beamed in all the scene :
Sixth Henry's tribute to his matchless Queen.
1475 Such splendour shone again, when, Edward, thou
Beheld thy cohorts thick in grand Review ;
When English warriors brave and ladies gay
Met on our Southern plain, in blythsome May.
1503 Seventh Henry laid foundations of the Docks,
And placed the ' Mi/ghtic Harri/'' on the stocks ;
Which finished, rode in splendour on the seae,
Her golden pennant floating on the breeze.
On her broad silken sails, of purest white,
Th' emblazoned arms of England met the sight.
Her massy bulk, by gilded sculpture prest,
The first of England's Navy stood confest.
Still France our port beheld with envious eye,
And long'd the valour of our fleets to try.
With this intent, in our Eighth Harry's reign,
Lo ! hostile barks usurp the Solent main.
Tow'rds famed St. Helen's Bay a course they bore.
Mocked heaven's high thunder with their cannon's
roar.
Our sturdy Monarch hastened to the coast,
To theer and animate \\\% loval host.
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