The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase · Chapter 32End of Addison's Poems
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[Footnote 2: 'Majesty:' King William.]
[Footnote 3: 'Seneffe:' lost by William to the French in 1674. Claverhouse fought with him at this battle.]
[Footnote 4: The four last lines of the second and third stanzas were added by Mr Tate.]
[Footnote 5: 'Eridanus:' the Po.]
[Footnote 6: 'Such as of late.' See Macaulay's 'Essay on Addison,' and the 'Life' in this volume, for an account of this extraordinary tempest.]
[Footnote 7: 'Tallard,' or Tallart: an eminent French marshal, taken prisoner at Blenheim; he remained in England for seven years.]
[Footnote 8: A comedy written by Sir Richard Steel.]
[Footnote 9: A dramatic poem written by the Lord Lansdown.]
[Footnote 10: 'Smith:' Edmund, commonly called 'Rag;' see Johnson's 'Poets.']
[Footnote 11: 'Lyæus:' Bacchus.]
[Footnote 12: 'Princess of Wales:' Willielinina Dorothea Carolina of Brandenburg-Anspach—afterwards Caroline, Queen of George II.; she figures in the 'Heart of Mid-Lothian.']
[Footnote 13: 'Gloriana:' Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. See our edition of Waller.]
[Footnote 14: 'Sir Godfrey Kneller:' born at Lubeck in 1648; became a painter of portraits; visited England; was knighted by William III.; died in 1723; lies in Westminster Abbey.]
[Footnote 15: This refers to a portrait of George I.]
[Footnote 16: 'R——:' Rich.]
[Footnote 17: Otherwise, 'Thy goodness I'll proclaim;' And, 'Resume the glorious theme.' ]