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ON THE TAKING OF NAMUR by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: THE TOWN WHICH LOUIS BOUGHT, NASSAU RECLAIMS
Last Line: HE HAD STUNNED THE DAME, HIS THUNDER IN HIS HAND.
Subject(s): AGING; THUNDER; TOWNS;
THE town which Louis bought, Nassau reclaims,
And brings instead of bribes avenging flames;
Now, Louis, take thy titles from above,
Boileau shall sing, and we'll believe thee Jove;
Jove gained his mistress with alluring gold,
But Jove, like thee, was impotent and old!
Active and young did he like William stand,
He had stunned the dame, his thunder in his hand.



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