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FOR THE PLAN OF A FOUNTAIN by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: YE ACTIVE STREAMS, WHERE'ER YOUR WATERS FLOW
Last Line: ANNA QUID IMPERIIS POTUIT, QUID MARLBURUS ARMIS.
Subject(s): DANUBE (RIVER); FOUNTAINS; THAMES (RIVER); WATER;
YE active streams, where'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 Marlborough fought.

Quacunque aeterno properatis, flumina, lapsu,
Divisis late terris, populisque remotis,
Dicite, nam vobis Tamisis narravit et Ister,
Anna quid imperiis potuit, quid Marlburus armis.



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