{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/arthur/art025.htm","path":"neu/arthur/art025.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/arthur/art025.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends/Sagas\u00a0\n England\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n An Arthurian Miscellany\n MERLIN'S PROPHECY\n by\n MELISSA\n [pseudonym of Jane Brereton]\n \n Humbly inscrib'd to his R.H. the PRINCE of WALES. \n \n ROYAL FREDERICK! Britain' s Pride!\n Prince , for future Safety giv'n;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For Thee 's decree'd a Virtuous Bride, \n Choicest Gift of bounteous Heav'n.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To reward thy filial Duty,\n To perpetuate Brunswick' s Race,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wit, and Learning, Youth, and Beauty,\n Heav'n prepares for thy Embrace.\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No blust'ring Storms, affright the Fair,\n No raging Billows, dare to rise;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Safe by Heav'n' s, and George' s Care,\n May She bless our longing Eyes!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neptune , sooth old Father Ocean ,\n Mild Favonius , waft thy Gales;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0May One repell each theat'ning Motion,\n For Albion , t' other swell the Sails!\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Behold! She comes, enrich'd with Charms,\n Indulgent to thy plighted Love!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Receive the Blessing to thy Arms,\n And Hymen' s hallow'd Rites approve.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Illustrious Pair! wou'd You in Story,\n Thro' succeeding Ages shine?\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wou'd You tread the Paths to Glory?\n Follow George , and Caroline .\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And lo! I see a glorious Race, \n Successive rising to Renown!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Decree'd Britannia 's Throne to grace;\n And give new Lustre to a Crown.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ordain'd, to wield the Sceptre Royal,\n With righteous Pow'r, and gentle Sway;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And rule o'er Britons , Brave, and Loyal,\n 'Till Heavn, and Earth, shall melt away. \n \n \n Next: Merlin: A Poem: Humbly Inscrib'd to her Majesty Queen Guardian, by Melissa [pseudonym for Jane Brereton] [1735]","title":"Arthurian Miscellany: Merlin's Prophecy: Humbly Inscrib'd to his R.H. the Prince of Wales, by Melissa [pseudonym of Jane Brereton] [1735]","type":"page"}