Round the vast ball thy new dominions chain
The wat'ry kingdoms, and controul the main;
Magellan's streights to Gibraltar they join,
Across the seas a formidable line;
The sight of adverse Gaul we fear no more,
But pleas'd see Dunkirk, now a guiltless shore.
In vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground,
And meant his waters for Britannia's bound;
Her giant Genius takes a mighty stride,
And sets his foot beyond th' incroaching tide;
On either bank the land its master knows,
And in the midst the subject ocean flows.