Poems by Matthew Prior
To a Child of Quality, Five Years Old, 1704. The Author then Forty
... For, though the strictest prudes should know it, ...
For my own Monument
... And alone with his friends, Lord! how merry was he! Now in equipage stately, now humbly on foot, ...
Horace, Lib. I, Epist. IX, Imitated
... Harley] Dear Dick, how e'er it comes into his head, ...
The Question to Lisetta
... LISETTA'S REPLY Sure Chloe just, and Chloe fair, ...
Epigram - To John I Owed Great Obligation
... Sure John and I are more than quit ...
The English Padlock
... Where Sighs and Looks are bought and sold ...
Partial Fame
... He vaunts his conquests, she conceals her shame: ...
Cupid Turned Stroller. - From Anacreon
... Brought friendly cups of cheerful wine, ...
Songs Set To Music: 2. Set By Mr. Purcell
... Yet would not gain her to undo her ...
A Song. In Vain You Tell Your Parting Lover
... Where first my shipwreck'd heart was lost, ...
Truth And Falsehood. A Tale
... When being, poor thing, extremely gravell'd, ...
Verses - Spoken to Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles-Harley, Countess of Oxford
... And their great followers whom this house has bred, ...
Upon Honour. A Fragment.
... (Not that light heap of tawdry wares, ...
For My Own Tombstone
... Mark! how impartial is the will of Heaven! ...
Chaste Florimel
... None of your flights, your high-rope dodging ...
