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 ...
Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...
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, ...
On Exodus iii. 14. "I am that I am."Man! foolish man!Scarce know'st thou how thyself began,Scarce hadst thou thought enough ...
In Virgil's Sacred Verse we find,That Passion can depress or raiseThe Heav'nly, as the Human Mind:Who dare deny what Virgil ...
Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend,(Since fleeting life thus suddenly must end)Say, what did all thy busy hopes avail,That anxious ...
In sullen Humour one Day JoveSent Hermes down to Ida's Grove,Commanding Cupid to deliverHis Store of Darts, his total Quiver;That ...
In one great now, superior to an age,The full extremes of nature's force we find:How heavenly virtue can exalt, or ...
Dear Howard, from the soft assaults of lovePoets and painters never are secure;Can I untouch'd the fair one's passions move,Or ...
Alexis shun'd his Fellow Swains,Their rural Sports, and jocund Strains:(Heav'n guard us all from Cupid's Bow!)He lost his Crook, He ...
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 ...
Let others from the Town retire,And in the fields seek new delight;My Phillis does such joys inspire,No other objects please ...
Whate'er thy countrymen have doneBy law and wit, by sword and gun,In thee is faithfully recited,And all the living world ...
Phillis, since we have both been kind,And of each other had our fill,Tell me what pleasure you can findIn forcing ...
Some kind angel, gently flying,Moved with pity at my pain,Tell Corinna I am dyingTill with joy we meet again.Tell Corinna, ...
In vain you tell your parting loverYou wish fair winds may waft him overAlas! what winds can happy proveThat bear ...
Let perjured fair Amynta knowWhat for her sake I undergo;Tell her, for her how I sustainA lingering fever's wasting pain;Tell ...
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