Carmen Seculare. For the Year 1700. To The King (Matthew Prior Poems)
Thy elder Look, Great Janus, castInto the long Records of Ages past:Review the Years in fairest Action drestWith noted White, ...
Matthew Prior Poems on Fire (21 Poems)
Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto III. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Richard, who now was half asleep,Roused, nor would longer silence keep;And sense like this, in vocal breath,Broke from his twofold ...
Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto II. (Matthew Prior Poems)
But shall we take the Muse abroad,To drop her idly on the road,And leave our subject in the middle,As Butler ...
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 ...
An Ode – Humbly Inscribed To The Queen, On the Glorious Success of Her Majesty’s Arms (Matthew Prior Poems)
When great Augustus govern'd ancient Rome,And sent his conquering bands to foreign wars,Abroad when dreaded, and beloved at home,He saw ...
An Ode – In Imitation of Horace, Book III. Ode II. (Matthew Prior Poems)
How long, deluded Albion, wilt thou lieIn the lethargic sleep, the sad reposeBy which thy close thy constant enemyHas softly ...
An English Ballad, On The Taking Of Namur, By The King Of Great Britain (Matthew Prior Poems)
Dulce est desipere in loco.Some Folks are drunk, yet do not know it:So might not Bacchus give You Law?Was it ...
Charity : A Paraphrase On 1 Cor. Chap. 13 (Matthew Prior Poems)
Did sweeter Sounds adorn my flowing Tongue,Than ever Man pronounc'd, or Angel sung:Had I all Knowledge, Human and Divine,That Thought ...
On Beauty. A Riddle (Matthew Prior Poems)
Resolve Me, Cloe, what is This:Or forfeit me One precious Kiss.'Tis the first Off-spring of the Graces;Bears diff'rent Forms in ...
To A Child Of Quality, Five Years Old. The Author Then Forty (Matthew Prior Poems)
Lords, knights, and squires, the numerous band That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters,Were summoned by her high command To show their ...
Cupid Turned Stroller. – From Anacreon (Matthew Prior Poems)
At dead of night, when stars appear,And strong Bootes turns the Bear,When mortals sleep their cares away,Fatigued with labours of ...
The Female Phaeton (Matthew Prior Poems)
Thus Kitty, beautiful and young,And wild as colt untamed,Bespoke the fair from whence she sprung,With little rage inflamed.Inflamed with rage ...
To My Lord Buckhurst, Very Young, Playing With A Cat (Matthew Prior Poems)
The amorous youth, whose tender breastWas by his darling Cat possest,Obtain'd of Venus his desire,Howe'er irregular his fire:Nature the power ...
Songs Set To Music: 6. Set By Mr. Smith (Matthew Prior Poems)
Phillis, since we have both been kind,And of each other had our fill,Tell me what pleasure you can findIn forcing ...
Songs Set To Music: 24. Set By Mr. C. R. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Cloe beauty has, and wit,And an air that is not common;Every charm in her does meet,Fit to make a handsome ...
A Dutch Proverb (Matthew Prior Poems)
Fire, Water, Woman, are Man's Ruin;Says wise Professor Vander Bruin.By Flames a House I hir'd was lostLast Year: and I ...
To Cloe (Matthew Prior Poems)
Whilst I am scorch'd with hot desire,In vain cold Friendship you return,Your drops of pity on my fire,Alas! but make ...
A Better Answer (Matthew Prior Poems)
Dear Chloe, how blubbered is that pretty face; Thy cheek all on fire, and thy hair all uncurled! Prithee quit ...
To Chloe Jealous (Matthew Prior Poems)
Dear Chloe, how blubber'd is that pretty face; Thy cheek all on fire, and thy hair all uncurl'd: Prythee quit ...
An Epitaph (Matthew Prior Poems)
Interr'd beneath this marble stone, Lie saunt'ring Jack and idle Joan. While rolling threescore years and one Did round this ...
To a Child of Quality, Five Years Old, 1704. The Author then Forty (Matthew Prior Poems)
LORDS, knights, and squires, the numerous band That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters, Were summoned by her high command ...