Her flag aloft spread ruffling to the wind, And sanguine streamers seem the flood to fire; The weaver, charm'd with what his loom design'd, <span>Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire.
Annus Mirabilis is in Latin and it means 'Year of Miracles'. The title alludes to noble events, despite London had faced a Great Fire and the plague, and England has fought in two battles. John Dryden believes that these events were performed by God and they have saved England from destruction. </span>
Yet like an English general will I die, And all the ocean make my spacious grave: Women and cowards on the land may lie; <span>The sea's a tomb that's proper for the brave</span>
