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 ...
At Mary's tomb (sad sacred place!)The Virtues shall their vigils keep,And every Muse and every GraceIn solemn state shall ever ...
Hans Carvel, impotent and old,Married a lass of London mould.Handsome? Enough; extremely gay;Loved music, company, and play:High flights she had, ...
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred,(Ye Nymphs, for every guard that sacred stream)To Wimple's woody shade his ...
Apollo.Abate, fair fugitive, abate thy speed,Dismiss thy fears, and turn thy beauteous head;With kind regard a panting lover view;Less swiftly ...
Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend,(Since fleeting life thus suddenly must end)Say, what did all thy busy hopes avail,That anxious ...
In Heav'n, one Holy-day, You readIn wise Anacreon, GanymedeDrew heedless Cupid in, to throwA Main, to pass an Hour, or ...
The pride of every grove I chose,The violet sweet and lily fair,The dappled pink and blushing rose,To deck my charming ...
Recit.Beneath a verdant laurel's ample shadeHis lyre to mournful numbers strung,Horace, immortal bard supinely laid,To Venus thus address'd the song;Ten ...
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 ...
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant;If friendship be thy virgin vows' extent,O! let me in Aminta's praises join,Hers ...
When Kneller's works, of various grace,Were to fair Venus shown,The Goddess spied in every faceSome features of her own.Just so, ...
Let others from the Town retire,And in the fields seek new delight;My Phillis does such joys inspire,No other objects please ...
As Nancy at her toilette sat,Admiring this, and blaming that,Tell me, she said, but tell me true,The nymph who could ...
Whilst others proclaimThis nymph or that swain,Dearest Nelly the lovely I'll sing:She shall grace every verse,I'll her beauties rehearse,Which lovers ...
I, MY dear, was born to-day-- So all my jolly comrades say: They bring me music, wreaths, and mirth, And ...
LORDS, knights, and squires, the numerous band That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters, Were summoned by her high command ...
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