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Born in July 21, 1664 / Died in September 18, 1721 / United Kingdom / English

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WRITINGS BY AUTHOR: SELECTED BOOKS

  • A Satyr on the modern Translators (London, 1685).
  • Satyr on the Poets. In Imitation of the Seventh Satyr of Juvenal (London, 1687).
  • The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of The Country Mouse and the City-Mouse, by Prior and Charles Montagu (London: Printed for W. Davis, 1687).
  • An Ode in Imitation of the Second Ode of the Third Book of Horace (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1692).
  • An Ode. Presented to the King, on his Majesty's Arrival in Holland, After the Queen's Death. 1695 (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1695).
  • An English Ballad: In Answer to Mr. Despreaux's Pindarique On the Taking of Namur by the King of Great Britain, 1695 (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1695).
  • Carmen Saculare, For the Year 1700. To the King (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1700).
  • To a Young Gentleman in Love. A Tale (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1702).
  • A Letter to Monsieur Boileau Despreaux; Occasion'd by the Victory at Blenheim, 1704 (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1704).
  • An English Padlock (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705).
  • Pallas and Venus. An Epigram [single sheet] (London: Printed for John Nutt, 1706).
  • An Ode, Humbly Inscrib'd to the Queen. On the Late Glorious Success of Her Majesty's Arms. Written in Imitation of Spenser's Stile (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1706).
  • Poems on Several Occasions: Consisting of Odes, Satyrs and Epistles; With Some Select Translations and Imitations [unauthorized edition] (London: Printed for R. Burrough, J. Baker & E. Curll, 1707).
  • Poems on Several Occasions [authorized edition] (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1709 [i.e., 1708]; revised and enlarged edition, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson & John Barber, 1718).
  • Earl Robert's Mice. A Poem In Imitation of Chaucer, & c. [unauthorized edition] (London: Printed for A. Baldwin, 1712).
  • Erle Robert's Mice. A Tale, In Imitation of Chaucer, & c. [authorized edition] (London: Printed for John Morphew, 1712).
  • A Second Collection of Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1716).
  • The Dove. A Poem (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1717).
  • The Conversation. A Tale (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1720).
  • Colin's Mistakes. Written in Imitation of Spenser's Style (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1721).
  • A Supplement to Mr. Prior's Poems. Consisting Of such Pieces as are Omitted in the late Collection of his Works, and Others, now first Published, from his Original Manuscripts, in the Custody of his Friends (London: Printed for E. Curll, 1722).
  • Some Memoirs of the Life and Publick Employments of Matthew Prior, Esq.; With a Copy of his Last Will and Testament. Drawn up by himself in the Year MDCCXXI (London: Printed for E. Curll, 1722).
  • The Turtle and the Sparrow. A Poem (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1723).
  • Down-Hall: A Poem (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1723).
  • A New Collection of Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Prior, and Others (London: Printed for Tho. Osborne, 1725); revised and enlarged as Poems on Several Occasions, ... Volume III. The Second Edition (London, 1727); revised again as Poems on Several Occasions ... Volume the Third, and Last. The Third Edition. To Which is Prefixed The Life of Mr. Prior, By Samuel Humphreys, Esq. (London: Printed & sold by S. Birt & W. Feales, 1733); revised and enlarged again as Poems on Several Occasions ... The Fourth Edition. To which is Prefixed, The Life of Mr. Prior, By Samuel Humphreys, Esq. (London: Printed for C. Hitch & J. Hodges, 1742).
  • Miscellaneous Works of His late Excellency Matthew Prior Esq.; Consisting of Poems on Several Occasions, Viz. Epistles, Tales, Satires, Epigrams, &c. With some Select Latin Performances. Now first published from His Original Manuscripts. Revised by Himself, and Copied fair for the Press By Mr. Adrian Drift, His Executor (Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, 1739); enlarged edition, edited by J. Bancks, 2 volumes (London: Printed for the editor & sold by C. Corbett, 1740 [i.e., 1739]).
  • The History of His Own Time. Compiled from the Original Manuscripts of His late Excellency Matthew Prior Esq.; Revised and Signed by Himself, and Copied fair for the Press by Mr. Adrian Drift, His Executor, edited by Bancks (London: Printed for the editor, 1740).
  • Lyric Poems; Being Twenty Four Songs (Never before Printed:) by the Late Matthew Prior Esqr.; Set to Music by Several Eminent Masters (London: Printed for & sold by Sam: Harding, 1741).
  • Eighteen Canzonets for Two, and three Voices; (The Words chiefly by Matthew Prior Esqr.) Set to Musick by John Travers (London: Printed by John Simpson for [Travers], 1745?).
  • Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c.: in The Speechless Wife ... Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden (London: Printed by W. Woodfall, 1794).
Editions and Collections
  • The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior. In Three Volumes. With the Life of the Author (Edinburgh: At the Apollo Press by the Martins, 1777).
  • The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior: Now First Collected, With Explanatory Notes, And Memoirs of the Author, 2 volumes (London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington & Sons, J. Dodsley, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, T. Caslon, J. Nichols & T. Evans, 1779); revised as The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior: A New Edition Revised with Memoir by Reginald Brimley Johnson, edited by Johnson, 2 volumes (London: Bell, 1892).
  • The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior. Collated with the Best Editions, edited by Thomas Park, 2 volumes (London: J. Sharpe, 1807).
  • Selected Poems of Matthew Prior, edited by Austin Dobson (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, 1889).
  • Poems on Several Occasions, edited by A. R. Waller (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905).
  • Matthew Prior: Dialogues of the Dead, and Other Works in Prose and Verse, edited by Waller (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907).
  • The Shorter Poems of Matthew Prior, edited by Francis Bickley (London: Chapman & Dodd, 1923).
  • The Literary Works of Matthew Prior, edited by H. Bunker Wright and Monroe K. Spears, 2 volumes (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959, 1971).
LETTERS
  • Prior's Papers, in Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Bath Preserved at Longleat, Wiltshire, volume 3, includes letters (Hereford: Anthony, 1908).
  • The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, edited by Harold Williams, 5 volumes, includes letters by Prior (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963-1965).