Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto I. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Matthew met Richard, when or whereFrom story is not mighty clear:Of many knotty points they spoke,And pro and con by ...
Matthew met Richard, when or whereFrom story is not mighty clear:Of many knotty points they spoke,And pro and con by ...
Sacred, O Glotta! be the following strains;Thy flow'ry borders, and thy pleasing plains,Inspire the Muse. Carnarvon, present be,I sing of ...
Of the Implements for Walking the Streets,and Signs of the Weather.Through winter streets to steer your courses aright,How to walk ...
FLAVIA.The wretched FLAVIA on her couch reclin'd, Thus breath'd the anguish of a wounded mind ; A glass revers'd in her right ...
Tho' great Longinus claims thy aiding Hand,And hopes, thro' thee, t'instruct a barb'rous Land,Where vile Conceits the Pow'r of Wit ...
INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR 'SHE STOOPSTO CONQUER'THERE is a place, so Ariosto sings,A treasury for lost and missing ...
1.OH ! What is he, whose haggard eyeScarce dares to meet the morning's ray;Who trembling would, but cannot, flyFrom MAN ...
I.Meek honor, female shame, O! whither, sweetest offspring of the sky, From Albion dost thou fly;Of Albion's daughters once the favorite fame? O ...
LONG-EXPECTED one and twentyLing'ring year at last has flown,Pomp and pleasure, pride and plentyGreat Sir John, are all your own.Loosen'd ...
The clock struck twelve; o'er half the globeDarkness had spread her pitchy robe:Morpheus, his feet with velvet shod,Treading as if ...
'TIS well--that Man to all the varying statesOf good and ill his mind accommodates;He not alone progressive grief sustains,But soon ...
The river boat had loitered down its way; The ropes were coiled, and business for the day Was ...
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. Salutations of Bath, and an Adventure of Mr. B---n---r---d's in ...
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. Serious Reflections of Mr. B---n---r---d.--His Bill of Expences.-- The Distresses ...
"AUTHOR. Good morning, sir, I'm come to sell A work, perhaps may suit you well; 'Tis styl'd the Gamester, and ...
LONG-EXPECTED one and twenty Ling'ring year at last has flown, Pomp and pleasure, pride and plenty Great Sir John, are ...
Love is a game at tables where the dye Of mayds affections doth by fancie fly: If once you catch ...
To-day the woods are trembling through and through With shimmering forms, that flash before my view, Then melt in green ...
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