Songs Set To Music: 24. Set By Mr. C. R. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Cloe beauty has, and wit,And an air that is not common;Every charm in her does meet,Fit to make a handsome ...
Cloe beauty has, and wit,And an air that is not common;Every charm in her does meet,Fit to make a handsome ...
It oft to many has successful beenUpon his arm to let his mistress lean,Or with her airy fan to cool ...
Haste, my Nannette,My lovely maid,Haste to the bowerThy swain has made. For thee aloneI made the bower,And strew'd the couchWith many ...
The circling months begin this dayTo run their yearly ring,And long-breathed time, which ne'er will stay,Refits his wings and shoots ...
Well, I will never more complain,Or call the Fates unkind;Alas! how fond it is, how vain!But self-conceitedness does reignI nevery ...
Since we your husband daily seeSo jealous out of season,Phillis, let you and I agreeTo make him so with reason.I'm ...
While from our looks, fair nymph, you guessThe secret passions of our mind;My heavy eyes, you say, confessA heart to ...
Say, sire of insects, mighty Sol,(A fly upon the chariot-poleCries out) What blue-bottle aliveDid ever with such fury drive?Tell Beelzebub, ...
Yes, fairest Proof of Beauty's Pow'r,Dear Idol of My panting Heart,Nature points This my fatal Hour:And I have liv'd; and ...
The merchant, to secure his treasure,Conveys it in a borrow'd name:Euphelia serves to grace my measure:But Cloe is my real ...
If wine and music have the powerTo ease the sickness of the soul,Let Phoebis every string explore,And Bacchus fill the ...
Since my words, though ne'er so tender,With sincerest truth express'd,Cannot make your heart surrender,Nor so much as warm your breast;What ...
Lie Philo untouch'd, on my peaceable shelf,Nor take it amiss that so little I heed thee;I've no envy to thee, ...
His lamp, his bow, and quiver laid aside,A rustic wallet o'er his shoulders tied,Sly Cupid, always on new mischief bent,To ...
Dictate, O mighty judge, what thou hast seenOf cities and of courts, of books and men,And deign to let thy ...
Since, Moggy, I mun bid adieu,How can I help despairing?Let cruel Fate us still pursue,There's nought more worth my caring.'Twas ...
See, whilst Thou weep'st, fair Cloe, seeThe World in Sympathy with Thee.The chearful Birds no longer sing,Each drops his Head, ...
Let 'em Censure: what care I?The Herd of Criticks I defie.Let the Wretches know, I writeRegardless of their Grace, or ...
Ma petite ame, ma mignonne,Tu t'en vas donc, m(Matthew Prior)
Some kind angel, gently flying,Moved with pity at my pain,Tell Corinna I am dyingTill with joy we meet again.Tell Corinna, ...
Is it, O love, thy want of eyes,Or by the Fates decreed,That hearts so seldom sympathise,Or for each other bleed?If ...
My Lord,Our weekly friends to-morrow meetAt Matthew's palace in Duke-street,To try for once if they can dineOn bacon-ham and mutton-chine.If, ...
Sure Cloe Just, and Cloe FairDeserves to be Your only Care:But when You and She to-dayFar into the Wood did ...
In vain, alas! poor Strephon triesTo ease his tortured breast,Since Amoret the cure denies,And makes his pain a jest.Ah! fair ...
I know that Fortune long has wanted sight,And therefore pardon'd when she did not right;But yet till then it never ...
Thus to the Muses spoke the Cyprian Dame,Adorn my altars, and revere my name.My son shall else assume his potent ...
While cruel Nero only drainsThe moral Spaniard's ebbing veins,By study worn, and slack with age,How dull, how thoughtless is his ...
In vain you tell your parting loverYou wish fair winds may waft him overAlas! what winds can happy proveThat bear ...
Her time with equal prudence Silvia shares,First writes her billet-doux, then says her prayers,Her mass and toilette, vespers, and the ...
When hungry wolves had trespass'd on the fold,And the robb'd shepherd his sad story told,"Call in Alcides," said a crafty ...
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