History & Politics
For the Plan of a Fountain
From Poems on Several Occasions (1718)
History & Politics
YE active Streams, where-e'er your Waters flow,
Let distant Climes and furthest Nations know,
What Ye from Thames and Danube have been taught,
How Anne Commanded, and how Marlbro Fought.
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Prior, Matthew. “For the Plan of a Fountain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/88/.
Chicago
Prior, Matthew. “For the Plan of a Fountain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/88/.
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