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, ...
Thy elder Look, Great Janus, castInto the long Records of Ages past:Review the Years in fairest Action drestWith noted White, ...
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 ...
How long, deluded Albion, wilt thou lieIn the lethargic sleep, the sad reposeBy which thy close thy constant enemyHas softly ...
Sir,As once a twelvemonth to the priest,Holy at Rome, here Antichrist,The Spanish king presents a jennetTo show his love, -- ...
The Sceptics think 'twas long agoSince gods came down incognitoTo see who were their friends or foes,And how our actions ...
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 ...
Two mice, dear boy, of genteel fashion,And, what is more, good education,Frolic and gay, in infant yearsEqually shared their parents' ...
On Exodus iii. 14. "I am that I am."Man! foolish man!Scarce know'st thou how thyself began,Scarce hadst thou thought enough ...
Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend,(Since fleeting life thus suddenly must end)Say, what did all thy busy hopes avail,That anxious ...
Ye careful Angels, whom eternal FateOrdains, on Earth and human Acts to wait;Who turn with secret Pow'r this restless Ball,And ...
To the tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.Who has e'er been at Paris must needs know the ...
In sullen Humour one Day JoveSent Hermes down to Ida's Grove,Commanding Cupid to deliverHis Store of Darts, his total Quiver;That ...
The pride of every grove I chose,The violet sweet and lily fair,The dappled pink and blushing rose,To deck my charming ...
Howe'er, 'tis well that, while mankindThrough fate's perverse meander errs,He can imagined pleasures findTo combat against real cares.Fancies and notions ...
While with labour assiduous due pleasure I mix,And in one day atone for the business of six,In a little Dutch ...
At dead of night, when stars appear,And strong Bootes turns the Bear,When mortals sleep their cares away,Fatigued with labours of ...
Heavy, O Lord, on my thy judgements lie;Accursed I am while God rejects my cry.O'erwhelm'd in darkness and despair I ...
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 ...
Sphinx was a monster that would eatWhatever stranger she could get,Unless his ready wit disclosedThe subtile riddle she proposed.OEdipus was ...
That all from Adam first began,None but ungodly Whiston doubts,And that his son and his son's sonWere all but ploughmen, ...
If wine and music have the powerTo ease the sickness of the soul,Let Phoebis every string explore,And Bacchus fill the ...
Releas'd from the noise of the butcher and baker Who, my old friends be thanked, did seldom forsake her, And ...
How old may Phyllis be, you ask, Whose beauty thus all hearts engages? To answer is no easy task; For ...
Dear Chloe, how blubbered is that pretty face; Thy cheek all on fire, and thy hair all uncurled! Prithee quit ...
No, no; for my virginity, When I lose that, says Rose, I'll die: Behind the elms last night, cried Dick, ...
Dear Chloe, how blubber'd is that pretty face; Thy cheek all on fire, and thy hair all uncurl'd: Prythee quit ...
Interr'd beneath this marble stone, Lie saunt'ring Jack and idle Joan. While rolling threescore years and one Did round this ...
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