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

Poems by Matthew Prior

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Songs Set To Music: 16. Set By Mr. Smith

... Then take it kindly, as 'twas meant, ...

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By Mons. Fontenelle

... Tu t'en vas donc, má fille, et Dieu scache ou tu vas: ...

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The Second Hymn Of Callimachus. To Apollo

...   Apollo Spurn'd Envy with his foot, and thus the god: ...

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An English Ballad, On The Taking Of Namur, By The King Of Great Britain

... Of Death, Pikes, Rocks, Arms, Bricks, and Fire: ...

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Full Oft Doth Matt. With Topaz Dine - In Chaucer's Style

... Now shure as priest did e'er shrive sinner, ...

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To Dr. Sherlock, On His Practical Discourse Concerning Death

...   To its last height mad Britain's guilt was rear'd, ...

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To A Young Lady, Who Was Fond Of Fortune-Telling

...   This secret then I dare not know, ...

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Songs Set To Music: 15. Set By Mr. De Fesch

... Think in what perfect bliss you reign'd, ...

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Songs Set To Music: 5. Set By Mr. De Fesch

... For ne'er 'twas found (though often tried) ...

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Songs Set To Music: 18. Set By Mr. Smith

... Then, Phillis, heal my wounded heart, ...

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Cloe Jealous

... Or withering Wreath, or fleeting Youth: ...

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Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto I.

... His thought quite changes the stripling finds ...

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Henry And Emma. A Poem.

... Emma. Are there not poisons, racks, and flames, and swords, ...

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To a Child of Quality, Five Years Old, the Author Suppos'd Forty

... ordain'd (would Fate but mend it)That I shall be past making love, When she begins to comprehend it ...

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To A Lady, She Refusing to Continue a Dispute with me, and Leaving me in the Argument: An Ode

... wound, she shuns the fight: She drops her arms, to gain the field:Secures her conquest by her flight ...