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"All jargon of the schools."
Matthew Prior / I am that I am. An Ode.
I am that I am. An Ode.
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"Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim At objects in an airy height; The little pleasure of the game Is from afar to view the flight."
Matthew Prior / To the Hon. Charles Montague.
To the Hon. Charles Montague.
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"From ignorance our comfort flows. The only wretched are the wise."
Matthew Prior / To the Hon. Charles Montague.
To the Hon. Charles Montague.
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"Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?"
Matthew Prior / A Better Answer.
A Better Answer.
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"Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind."
Matthew Prior / An English Padlock.
An English Padlock.
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"That if weak women went astray, Their stars were more in fault than they."
Matthew Prior / Hans Carvel.
Hans Carvel.
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"The end must justify the means."
Matthew Prior / Hans Carvel.
Hans Carvel.
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"And thought the nation ne'er would thrive Till all the whores were burnt alive."
Matthew Prior / Paulo Purganti.
Paulo Purganti.
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"They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think."
Matthew Prior / Upon a passage in the Scaligerana.
Upon a passage in the Scaligerana.
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"That air and harmony of shape express, Fine by degrees, and beautifully less."
Matthew Prior / Henry and Emma.
Henry and Emma.
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"Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave, but was loth to depart."
Matthew Prior / The Thief and the Cordelier.
The Thief and the Cordelier.
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"Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?"
Matthew Prior / Epitaph. Extempore.
Epitaph. Extempore.
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"Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrives She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven."
Matthew Prior / Charity.
Charity.
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"His noble negligences teach What others' toils despair to reach."
Matthew Prior / Alma. Canto ii. Line 7.
Alma. Canto ii. Line 7.
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"Till their own dreams at length deceive 'em, And oft repeating, they believe 'em."
Matthew Prior / Alma. Canto iii. Line 13.
Alma. Canto iii. Line 13.
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"Abra was ready ere I called her name; And though I called another, Abra came."
Matthew Prior / Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book ii. Line 364.
Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book ii. Line 364.
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"For hope is but the dream of those that wake."
Matthew Prior / Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book iii. Line 102.
Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book iii. Line 102.
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"Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
Matthew Prior / Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book iii. Line 240.
Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book iii. Line 240.
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"A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale."
Matthew Prior / The Wandering Pilgrim.
The Wandering Pilgrim.
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