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An English Ballad, On The Taking Of Namur, By The King Of Great Britain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Dulce est desipere in loco	A
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I	-
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Some Folks are drunk yet do not know it	B
So might not Bacchus give You Law	C
Was it a Muse O lofty Poet	D
Or Virgin of St Cyr You saw	C
Why all this Fury What's the Matter	E
That Oaks must come from Thrace to dance	F
Must stupid Stocks be taught to flatter	E
And is there no such Wood in France	F
Why must the Winds all hold their Tongue	G
If they a little Breath should raise	H
Would that have spoil'd the Poet's Song	I
Or puff'd away the Monarch's Praise	H
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II	-
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Pindar that Eagle mounts the Skies	J
While Virtue leads the noble Way	K
Too like a Vultur Boileau flies	J
Where sordid Interest shows the Prey	K
When once the Poet's Honour ceases	L
From Reason far his Transports rove	M
And Boileau for eight hundred Pieces	N
Makes Louis take the Wall of Jove	M
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III	-
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Neptune and Sol came from above	M
Shap'd like Megrigny and Vauban	O
They arm'd these Rocks then show'd old Jove	M
Of Marli Wood the Wond'rous Plan	O
Such Walls these three wise Gods agreed	P
By Human Force could ne'er be shaken	O
But You and I in Homer read	Q
Of Gods as well as Men mistaken	O
Sambre and Maese their Waves may join	O
But ne'er can William's Force restrain	O
He'll pass them Both who pass'd the Boyn	O
Remember this and arm the Sein	O
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IV	M
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Full fifteen thousand lusty Fellows	R
With Fire and Sword the Fort maintain	O
Each was a Hercules You tell us	S
Yet out they march'd like common Men	O
Cannons above and Mines below	A
Did Death and Tombs for Foes contrive	M
Yet Matters have been order'd so	A
That most of Us are still alive	M
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V	M
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If Namur be compar'd to Troy	T
Then Britain's Boys excell'd the Greeks	U
Their Siege did ten long Years employ	T
We've done our Bus'ness in ten Weeks	U
What Godhead does so fast advance	F
With dreadful Pow'r those Hills to gain	O
'Tis little Will the Scourge of France	F
No Godhead but the first of Men	O
His mortal Arm exerts the Pow'r	V
To keep ev'n Mons's Victor under	E
And that same Jupiter no more	W
Shall fright the World with impious Thunder	E
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VI	M
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Our King thus trembles at Namur	E
Whilst Villeroy who ne'er afraid is	L
To Bruxelles marches on secure	E
To bomb the Monks and scare the Ladies	X
After this glorious Expedition	O
One Battle makes the Marshal Great	Y
He must perform the King's Commission	O
Who knows but Orange may retreat	Z
Kings are allow'd to feign the Gout	A2
Or be prevail'd with not to Fight	B2
And mighty Louis hop'd no doubt	A2
That William wou'd preserve that Right	B2
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VII	M
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From Seyn and Loyre to Rhone and Po	A
See every Mother's Son appear	E
In such a Case ne'er blame a Foe	A
If he betrays some little Fear	E
He comes the mighty Vill'roy comes	C2
Finds a small River in his Way	K
So waves his Colours beats his Drums	C2
And thinks it prudent there to stay	K
The Gallic Troops breath Blood and War	E
The Marshal cares not to march faster	E
Poor Vill'roy moves so slowly here	E
We fancy'd all it was his Master	E
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VIII	A
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Will no kind Flood no friendly Rain	O
Disguise the Marshal's plain Disgrace	D2
No Torrents swell the low Mehayne	O
The World will say he durst not pass	E2
Why will no Hyades appear	E
Dear Poet on the Banks of Sambre	E
Just as they did that mighty Year	E
When You turn'd June into December	E
The Water Nymphs are too unkind	F2
To Vill'roy are the Land Nymphs so	A
And fly They All at Once Combin'd	F2
To shame a General and a Beau	A
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IX	A
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Truth Justice Sense Religion Fame	G2
May join to finish William's Story	E
Nations set free may bless his Name	G2
And France in Secret own his Glory	E
But Ipres Mastrich and Cambray	E
Besancon Ghent St Omers Lysle	T
Courtray and Dole Ye Criticks say	A
How poor to this was Pindar's Style	T
With Eke's and Also's tack thy Strain	O
Great Bard and sing the deathless Prince	A
Who lost Namur the same Campaign	O
He bought Dixmude and plunder'd Deynse	A
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X	A
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I'll hold Ten Pound my Dream is out	A2
I'd tell it You but for the Rattle	T
Of those confounded Drums no doubt	A2
Yon' bloody Rogues intend a Battel	T
Dear me a hundred thousand French	H2
With Terror fill the neighb'ring Field	I2
While William carries on the Trench	H2
'Till both the Town and Castle yield	I2
Vill'roy to Boufflers should advance	A
Says Mars thro' Cannons Mouths in Fire	E
Id est one Mareschal of France	A
Tells t'other He can come no nigher	E
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XI	A
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Regain the Lines the shortest Way	A
Vill'roy or to Versailles take Post	J2
For having seen it Thou can'st say	A
The Steps by which Namur was lost	K2
The Smoke and Flame may vex thy Sight	B2
Look not once back but as thou goest	B2
Quicken the Squadrons in their Flight	B2
And bid the D l take the slowest	B2
Think not what Reason to produce	A
From Louis to conceal thy Fear	E
He'll own the Strength of thy Excuse	A
Tell him that William was but there	E
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XII	A
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Now let us look for Louis' Feather	E
That us'd to shine so like a Star	E
The Gen'rals could not get together	E
Wanting that Influence great in War	E
O Poet Thou had'st been discreeter	E
Hanging the Monarch's Hat so high	A
If Thou had'st dubb'd thy Star a Meteor	E
That did but blaze and rove and die	A
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XIII	A
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To animate the doubtful Fight	B2
Namur in vain expects that Ray	E
In vain France hopes the sickly Light	B2
Shou'd shine near William's fuller Day	E
It knows Versailles it's proper Station	O
Nor cares for any foreign Sphere	E
Where You see Boileau's Constellation	O
Be sure no Danger can be near	E
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XIV	A
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The French had gather'd all their Force	A
And William met them in their Way	E
Yet off they brush'd both Foot and Horse	A
What has Friend Boileau left to say	E
When his high Muse is bent upon't	B2
To sing her King that Great Commander	E
Or on the Shores of Hellespont	B2
Or in the Valleys near Scamander	E
Wou'd it not spoil his noble Task	L2
If any foolish Phrygian there is	A
Impertinent enough to ask	L2
How far Namur may be from Paris	A
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XV	A
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Two Stanza's more before we end	B2
Of Death Pikes Rocks Arms Bricks and Fire	E
Leave 'em behind You honest Friend	B2
And with your Country Men retire	E
Your Ode is spoilt Namur is freed	B2
For Dixmuyd something yet is due	B2
So good Count Guiscard may proceed	B2
But Boufflers Sir one Word with you	B2
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XVI	A
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'Tis done In Sight of these Commanders	A
Who neither Fight nor raise the Siege	M2
The Foes of France march safe thro' Flanders	A
Divide to Bruxelles or to Liege	M2
Send Fame this News to Trianon	O
That Boufflers may new Honours gain	O
He the same Play by Land has shown	O
As Tourville did upon the Main	O
Yet is the Marshal made a Peer	E
O William may thy Arms advance	A
That He may lose Dinant next Year	E
And so be Constable of France	A