The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 |
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... turn to sing , after the performance of a young lady , he produced these extempore and elegant lines : - Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux Font Cupidon trop dangereux , Et je suis triste quand je crie Banissons la mélancolie . Prior ...
... turn to sing , after the performance of a young lady , he produced these extempore and elegant lines : - Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux Font Cupidon trop dangereux , Et je suis triste quand je crie Banissons la mélancolie . Prior ...
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... turn of mind ; who having passed through the business of his early life , and acquired an inde- pendence of fortune by the kindness of his friends , spent the remainder of his days in a leisure , where amusement could be acquired with ...
... turn of mind ; who having passed through the business of his early life , and acquired an inde- pendence of fortune by the kindness of his friends , spent the remainder of his days in a leisure , where amusement could be acquired with ...
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... turn to his poetry . 1 Dr. Johnson has observed , that Prior's works may be considered distinctly as comprising Tales , Love verses , occasional Poems , the Alma , and the Solomon . Taking then this distribution , we may observe , that ...
... turn to his poetry . 1 Dr. Johnson has observed , that Prior's works may be considered distinctly as comprising Tales , Love verses , occasional Poems , the Alma , and the Solomon . Taking then this distribution , we may observe , that ...
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... turn . To shut out all allusions to the beautiful fictions of ancient mythology , would be to rob poetry of one of its richest provinces , a pro- vince created by the finest genius , and embellished by the most captivating fancy . The ...
... turn . To shut out all allusions to the beautiful fictions of ancient mythology , would be to rob poetry of one of its richest provinces , a pro- vince created by the finest genius , and embellished by the most captivating fancy . The ...
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... turn of it , as to have overlooked all its defects , and to have given it a consecrated place in their memories , without ever feeling it a burthen . ' See Letter , Jan. 17 , 1782. As regards Dr. Johnson's criticisms on Prior , there is ...
... turn of it , as to have overlooked all its defects , and to have given it a consecrated place in their memories , without ever feeling it a burthen . ' See Letter , Jan. 17 , 1782. As regards Dr. Johnson's criticisms on Prior , there is ...
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arms banyshed battle of Landen beauteous beauty Belgia bless blest Boileau Bolingbroke bosom breast breath Britain charms Cloe Cloe's command cried crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight Derry dread Duke e'er Earl of Dorset earth Emma Emma's eyes fair fame fate favour fear fight flame France Gallic Ganymede George Rooke glorious glory goddess grace grene wode go grief hand happy hast heart Heaven Henry hero honour Jove king lady live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankynde I love Marlborough master sword MATTHEW PRIOR Muse mynde Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain peace poem poet praise prince queen rage reign rove Sambre sav'd sighs sing smiles soft song sorrow tell thee things thou thought Torcy triumph Venus verse vex'd virtue vows weep William wound wretched write wyll youth
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Página 109 - tis his fancy to run. At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come; No matter what beauties I saw in my way, They were but my visits, but thou art my home.
Página 104 - Ah me ! the blooming pride of May And that of Beauty are but one : At morn both flourish, bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone.
Página 172 - Dear Thomas, did'st thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? There, Thomas, did'st thou never see ('Tis but by way of Simile !) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage ? The cage, as either side...
Página 180 - I am the knyght ; I come by nyght, As secret as I can ; Sayinge, Alas ! thus standeth the case, I am a banyshed man.
Página 40 - In vain you tell your parting lover, You wish fair winds may waft him over. Alas! what winds can happy prove, That bear me far from what I love? Alas ! what dangers on the main Can equal those that I sustain, From slighted vows, and cold disdain?
Página 204 - Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea ; While gentle zephyrs play in prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; 3»» But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests roar...
Página 103 - explain This change of humour : pry'thee tell : That falling tear — what does it mean ?" She sigh'd : she smiled : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : " See ! friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. " Ah me, the blooming pride of May, And that of Beauty are but one ; At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone.
Página 133 - Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword and gun, In thee is faithfully recited ; And all the living world that view Thy work, give thee the praises due, At once instructed and delighted. ' " Yet for the fame of all these deeds, What beggar in the Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, Or any monarch he has written?
Página 240 - ... rolling threescore years and one Did round this globe their courses run, If human things went ill or well, If changing empires rose or fell, The morning past, the evening came, And found this couple still the same. They...
Página 44 - Our anxious pains we, all the day, In search of what we like, employ : Scorning at night the worthless prey, We find the labour gave the joy.