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 ...
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 ...
Hans Carvel, impotent and old,Married a lass of London mould.Handsome? Enough; extremely gay;Loved music, company, and play:High flights she had, ...
In Virgil's Sacred Verse we find,That Passion can depress or raiseThe Heav'nly, as the Human Mind:Who dare deny what Virgil ...
Howe'er, 'tis well that, while mankindThrough fate's perverse meander errs,He can imagined pleasures findTo combat against real cares.Fancies and notions ...
Dear Howard, from the soft assaults of lovePoets and painters never are secure;Can I untouch'd the fair one's passions move,Or ...
Lords, knights, and squires, the numerous band That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters,Were summoned by her high command To show their ...
Dear Chloe, how blubbered is that pretty face; Thy cheek all on fire, and thy hair all uncurled! Prithee quit ...
Releas'd from the noise of the butcher and baker Who, my old friends be thanked, did seldom forsake her, 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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