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... thought also to have been the author of a very satirical attack on the Duke of Marlborough , called the Widow and her Cat , which concludes with the following stanza : So glaring is thy insolence , So vile thy breach of trust is , That ...
... thought also to have been the author of a very satirical attack on the Duke of Marlborough , called the Widow and her Cat , which concludes with the following stanza : So glaring is thy insolence , So vile thy breach of trust is , That ...
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... page has this motto underneath — “ I had ra- " I ther be thought a good Englishman , than the best poet , or greatest scholar , that ever wrote . " Matt . Prior . his late Excellency Matthew Prior , Esq . It was XX LIFE OF PRIOR . Page.
... page has this motto underneath — “ I had ra- " I ther be thought a good Englishman , than the best poet , or greatest scholar , that ever wrote . " Matt . Prior . his late Excellency Matthew Prior , Esq . It was XX LIFE OF PRIOR . Page.
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... thought the taste of Prior would have rejected . Abra is going to give a dinner to Solo mon . Abra invites the nation is the guest : To have the honour of each day sustain'd , and massive wisdom , the axiomatic and pregnant brevity of ...
... thought the taste of Prior would have rejected . Abra is going to give a dinner to Solo mon . Abra invites the nation is the guest : To have the honour of each day sustain'd , and massive wisdom , the axiomatic and pregnant brevity of ...
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... thought : and in the unaffected clearness of its language , which flows on with perfect ease , as if totally unem- barrassed by the restraints of rhyme . Of Prior's larger poems it is undoubtedly the most perfect . To Prior must be ...
... thought : and in the unaffected clearness of its language , which flows on with perfect ease , as if totally unem- barrassed by the restraints of rhyme . Of Prior's larger poems it is undoubtedly the most perfect . To Prior must be ...
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... thought much better than several things he himself published . In particular , I remember there was a dialogue of about two hundred verses , between Apollo and Daphne , which pleased me as much as any thing of his I ever read . There ...
... thought much better than several things he himself published . In particular , I remember there was a dialogue of about two hundred verses , between Apollo and Daphne , which pleased me as much as any thing of his I ever read . There ...
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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 confest cried crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight Derry Dorset dread Duke e'er Earl Earl of Dorset Emma Emma's eyes fair fame fate favour fear flame France glorious glory goddess grace grene wode go grief hand happy hast heart Heaven Henry hero honour Jove king light live Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer lyre mankynde I love Marlborough Matthew Prior Muse mynde Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain peace poem poet Pope praise Prior queen rage reign rove Sambre sav'd sighs sing soft song sorrow tell thee things thou thought Torcy treaty of Ryswick triumph Venus verse vex'd virtue vows weep William wound wretched write wyll youth
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Página 74 - Chloe noted her desire, That I should sing, that I should play. My lyre I tune, my voice I raise ; But with my numbers mix my sighs : And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise, I fix my soul on Chloe's eyes.
Página 274 - Slothful disorder fill'd his stable; And sluttish plenty deck'd her table. Their beer was strong; their wine was port; Their meal was large ; their grace was short.
Página 127 - And youth, seduc'd from friends and fame, Must give up age to want and shame. Let her behold the frantic scene, The women wretched, false the men : And when, these certain ills to shun, She would to thy embraces run ; Receive her with extended arms : Seem more delighted with her charms : Wait on her to the park and play : Put on good humour ; make her gay : Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind.
Página 211 - The wordes on the splene. Ye shape some wyle me to begyle, And stele from me, I wene : Than were the case worse than it was, And I more wo-begone : For, in my mynde, of all mankynde I love but you alone.
Página 227 - Thou, ere thou goest, unhappiest of thy kind, Must leave the habit and the sex behind. No longer shall thy comely tresses break In flowing ringlets on thy snowy neck ; Or sit behind thy head, an ample round, In graceful...
Página 200 - To love them wele ; for never a dele They love a man agayne : For...
Página 193 - Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with Gods ; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleased with their own verses' sound ; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always low.
Página v - Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire ? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require. Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you...
Página 197 - Yes, every poet is a fool ; By demonstration Ned can show it ; Happy could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet.
Página 262 - On his death-bed poor Lubin lies, His spouse is in despair ; With frequent sobs and mutual cries, They both express their care. " ' A different cause,' says Parson Sly, ' The same effect may give ; Poor Lubin fears that he shall die, His wife that he may live.