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 ...
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 ...
Tune. — "King John and the Abbot of Canterbury."I sing not old Jason who travell'd through GreeceTo kiss the fair ...
Since hired for life, thy servile Muse must singSuccessive conquests and a glorious King;Must of a man immortal vainly boast,And ...
Dulce est desipere in loco.Some Folks are drunk, yet do not know it:So might not Bacchus give You Law?Was it ...
While we to Jove select the holy victimWhom apter shall we sing than Jove himself,The god for ever great, for ...
What can I say? What Arguments can proveMy Truth? What Colors can describe my Love?If it's Excess and Fury be ...
To the tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.Who has e'er been at Paris must needs know the ...
Tway Mice, full Blythe and Amicable,Batten beside Erle Robert's Table.Lies there ne Trap their Necks to catch,Ne old black Cat ...
Sly Merry Andrew, the last Southwark fair;(At Bartholomew he did not much appear,So peevish was the dict of the Mayor)At ...
Forbear to ask Me, why I weep;Vext Cloe to her Shepherd said:'Tis for my Two poor stragling SheepPerhaps, or for ...
At dead of night, when stars appear,And strong Bootes turns the Bear,When mortals sleep their cares away,Fatigued with labours of ...
While from our looks, fair nymph, you guessThe secret passions of our mind;My heavy eyes, you say, confessA heart to ...
Love! inform thy faithful creatureHow to keep his fair one's heart;Must it be by truth of nature,Or by poor dissembling ...
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