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 ...
How long, deluded Albion, wilt thou lieIn the lethargic sleep, the sad reposeBy which thy close thy constant enemyHas softly ...
Written three hundred years since.Be it right or wrong, these men amongOn women do complayne;Affyrmynge this, how that it isA ...
Since hired for life, thy servile Muse must singSuccessive conquests and a glorious King;Must of a man immortal vainly boast,And ...
Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...
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, ...
In Virgil's Sacred Verse we find,That Passion can depress or raiseThe Heav'nly, as the Human Mind:Who dare deny what Virgil ...
To the tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.Who has e'er been at Paris must needs know the ...
Dum studeo fungi fallentis munere vitae,Adfectoque viam sedibus ElysiisArctoa florens sophia, Samiisque superbusDiscipulis, animas morte carere cano.Has ego corporibus profugas ...
While blooming youth and gay delightSit on thy rosy cheeks confess'd,Thou hast, my dear, undoubted rightTo triumph o'er this destined ...
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 ...
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 ...
Come, weep no more, for 'tis in vain;Torment not thus your pretty heart;Think, Flavia, we may meet again,As well as ...
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant;If friendship be thy virgin vows' extent,O! let me in Aminta's praises join,Hers ...
Out from the injured canvas, Kneller, strikeThese lines too faint; the picture is not like.Exalt thy thought, and try thy ...
Thus Kitty, beautiful and young,And wild as colt untamed,Bespoke the fair from whence she sprung,With little rage inflamed.Inflamed with rage ...
Still, Dorinda, I adore;Think I mean not to deceive you,For I loved you much before,And, alas! now love you moreThough ...
Some kind angel, gently flying,Moved with pity at my pain,Tell Corinna I am dyingTill with joy we meet again.Tell Corinna, ...
Why, Harry, what ails you? why look you so sad?To think and ne'er drink will make you stark mad.'Tis the ...
Democritus, dear droll, revisit earth,And with our follies glut thy heighten'd mirth:Sad Heraclitus, serious wretch, return,In louder grief our greater ...
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