Imagens da página
PDF
ePub

And whirl'd in the round as the wheel turn'd about,

He found riches had wings, and knew man was but [dust.

vl.

This verse, little polish'd, tho' mighty sincere,
Sets neither his titles nor merit to view;
It says that his relics collected lie here,

And no mortal yet knows if this may be true.

VII.

Fierce robbers there are that infest the highway,

So Matt may be kill'd, and his bones never found; Faise witness at court, and fierce tempests at sea, So Matt may yet chance to be hang'd or be drown'd.

VIII.

If his bones lie in earth, roll in sea, fly in air,

To Fate we must yield, and the thing is the same; And if passing thou giv'st him a smile or a tear, He cares not-yet pr'ythee be kind to his fame.

OF

PRIOR, VOL. THE SECOND.

EPISTLES.

An epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq. 1689.

[merged small][ocr errors]

Page

Ad virum doctissimum, et amicum, dominum Sa-
muelem Schaw,

To ditto,

Presented to the King, at his arrival in Holland,
after the discovery of the conspiracy 1696,

To a child of quality. Five years old, 1704, the
Author then forty,

[ocr errors]
[ocr errors][merged small]

10

ib.

15

To the Countess of Exeter, playing on the lute, 16

To the Countess of Dorset. Written in her Milton, 18

To the Lady Dursley, on the same subject,

To my Lord Buckhurst, very young, playing with

a cat,

[merged small][ocr errors][merged small]

To the Lady Elizabeth Harley, since Marchioness

of Carmarthen, on a column of her drawing,

26

[merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][ocr errors][ocr errors][ocr errors]
[blocks in formation]

The honest shepherd. A Greek epigram imitated, ib.

[blocks in formation]

ib.

63

ib.

To Duke de Noailles,

On a fart, let in the House of Commons,
From the Greek,

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

Carmen sculare, for the year 17c0. To the King, 64

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small]
[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
« AnteriorContinuar »