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 ...
Written three hundred years since.Be it right or wrong, these men amongOn women do complayne;Affyrmynge this, how that it isA ...
What can I say? What Arguments can proveMy Truth? What Colors can describe my Love?If it's Excess and Fury be ...
Light of the World, and Ruler of the Year,With happy Speed begin Thy great Career;And, as Thou dost thy radiant ...
Beneath a Myrtle's verdant ShadeAs Cloe half asleep was laid,Cupid perch'd lightly on Her Breast,And in That Heav'n desir'd to ...
As Nancy at her toilette sat,Admiring this, and blaming that,Tell me, she said, but tell me true,The nymph who could ...
Still, Dorinda, I adore;Think I mean not to deceive you,For I loved you much before,And, alas! now love you moreThough ...
Phillis, give this humour over,We too long have time abused;I shall turn an errant roverIf the favour's still refused.Faith 'tis ...
Let 'em Censure: what care I?The Herd of Criticks I defie.Let the Wretches know, I writeRegardless of their Grace, or ...
Why, Harry, what ails you? why look you so sad?To think and ne'er drink will make you stark mad.'Tis the ...
AS doctors give physic by way of prevention, Mat, alive and in health, of his tombstone took care; For delays ...
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