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 ...
Richard, who now was half asleep,Roused, nor would longer silence keep;And sense like this, in vocal breath,Broke from his twofold ...
But shall we take the Muse abroad,To drop her idly on the road,And leave our subject in the middle,As Butler ...
Matthew met Richard, when or whereFrom story is not mighty clear:Of many knotty points they spoke,And pro and con by ...
Behind an unfrequented glade,Where yew and myrtle mix their shade,A widow Turtle pensive sat,And wept her murder'd lover's fate.The Sparrow ...
When great Augustus govern'd ancient Rome,And sent his conquering bands to foreign wars,Abroad when dreaded, and beloved at home,He saw ...
How long, deluded Albion, wilt thou lieIn the lethargic sleep, the sad reposeBy which thy close thy constant enemyHas softly ...
Tune. — "King John and the Abbot of Canterbury."I sing not old Jason who travell'd through GreeceTo kiss the fair ...
Since hired for life, thy servile Muse must singSuccessive conquests and a glorious King;Must of a man immortal vainly boast,And ...
Sir,As once a twelvemonth to the priest,Holy at Rome, here Antichrist,The Spanish king presents a jennetTo show his love, -- ...
Tune — "Lady Isabella's Tragedy." or "The Stepmother's cruelty."Of Nero, tyrant, petty king,Who heretofore did reignIn famed Hibernia, I will ...
Dulce est desipere in loco.Some Folks are drunk, yet do not know it:So might not Bacchus give You Law?Was it ...
The Sceptics think 'twas long agoSince gods came down incognitoTo see who were their friends or foes,And how our actions ...
Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...
Hans Carvel, impotent and old,Married a lass of London mould.Handsome? Enough; extremely gay;Loved music, company, and play:High flights she had, ...
What can I say? What Arguments can proveMy Truth? What Colors can describe my Love?If it's Excess and Fury be ...
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred,(Ye Nymphs, for every guard that sacred stream)To Wimple's woody shade his ...
Two mice, dear boy, of genteel fashion,And, what is more, good education,Frolic and gay, in infant yearsEqually shared their parents' ...
Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend,(Since fleeting life thus suddenly must end)Say, what did all thy busy hopes avail,That anxious ...
When poets wrote and painters drewAs Nature pointed out the view,Ere Gothic forms were known in GreeceTo spoil the well-proportion'd ...
It always has been a thought discreetTo know the company you meet;And sure there may be secret dangerIn talking much ...
To the tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.Who has e'er been at Paris must needs know the ...
Miss Danae, when Fair and Young(As Horace has divinely sung)Could not be kept from Jove's EmbraceBy Doors of Steel, and ...
Dum studeo fungi fallentis munere vitae,Adfectoque viam sedibus ElysiisArctoa florens sophia, Samiisque superbusDiscipulis, animas morte carere cano.Has ego corporibus profugas ...
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 ...
The pride of every grove I chose,The violet sweet and lily fair,The dappled pink and blushing rose,To deck my charming ...
Dear Howard, from the soft assaults of lovePoets and painters never are secure;Can I untouch'd the fair one's passions move,Or ...
Dear Dick, how e'er it comes into his head, Believes, as firmly as he does his creed, That you and I, sir, ...
Lords, knights, and squires, the numerous band That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters,Were summoned by her high command To show their ...
At dead of night, when stars appear,And strong Bootes turns the Bear,When mortals sleep their cares away,Fatigued with labours of ...
As Nancy at her toilette sat,Admiring this, and blaming that,Tell me, she said, but tell me true,The nymph who could ...
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