The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Том 1W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, T. Caslon, J. Nichols, and T. Evans, 1779 |
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... equal thofe that I sustain , From flighted vows , and cold disdain ? Be gentle , and in pity choose To wish the wildeft tempefts loose : That thrown again upon the coaft , Where first my shipwrackt heart was loft , I may once more ...
... equal thofe that I sustain , From flighted vows , and cold disdain ? Be gentle , and in pity choose To wish the wildeft tempefts loose : That thrown again upon the coaft , Where first my shipwrackt heart was loft , I may once more ...
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... equal wound ; Since in thy kindness my defires are crown'd , By thy each look , and thought , and care , ' tis fhown , Thy joys are center'd all in me alone ; And fure I am , thou wouldst not change this hour For all the white ones ...
... equal wound ; Since in thy kindness my defires are crown'd , By thy each look , and thought , and care , ' tis fhown , Thy joys are center'd all in me alone ; And fure I am , thou wouldst not change this hour For all the white ones ...
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... equal pain ; Had I been vefted with the monarch's power ; Thou must have figh'd , unlucky youth , in vain ; Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure . VIII . Though to convince thee , that the friend did feel A kind concern for thy ...
... equal pain ; Had I been vefted with the monarch's power ; Thou must have figh'd , unlucky youth , in vain ; Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure . VIII . Though to convince thee , that the friend did feel A kind concern for thy ...
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... equal to thy pride : Let a brave enemy for once advise , And Venus ( if ' tis poffible ) be wife . Thou to be strong must put off every dress : Thy only armour is thy nakedness : And more than once , ( or thou art much bely'd ) By Mars ...
... equal to thy pride : Let a brave enemy for once advise , And Venus ( if ' tis poffible ) be wife . Thou to be strong must put off every dress : Thy only armour is thy nakedness : And more than once , ( or thou art much bely'd ) By Mars ...
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... . M O WHILE men have thefe ambitious fancies ; And wanton wenches read romances ; Our fex will - What ? out with it . Lye ; And theirs in equal ftrains reply . VOL . I. K The The moral of the tale I fing ( A pofy M. 117 PRI O R.
... . M O WHILE men have thefe ambitious fancies ; And wanton wenches read romances ; Our fex will - What ? out with it . Lye ; And theirs in equal ftrains reply . VOL . I. K The The moral of the tale I fing ( A pofy M. 117 PRI O R.
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Сторінка 119 - 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.
Сторінка 217 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
Сторінка 30 - Gather all the fmiling hours ; Such as with friendly care have guarded Patriots and kings in rightful wars ; Such as with conqueft have rewarded Triumphant viftors' happy cares ; Such as ftory has recorded Sacred to Naflau's long renown, For countries fav'd, and battles won.
Сторінка 111 - tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come: No matter what beauties I saw in my way; They were but my visits, but thou art my home.
Сторінка 25 - tis thus complain, Since you appear'd upon the plain; You are the cause of all my care: Your eyes ten thousand dangers dart: Ten thousand torments vex my heart: I love, and I despair.
Сторінка 111 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.
Сторінка 111 - Chloe, and what I write, shows The difference there is betwixt nature and art: I court others in verse; but I love thee in prose: And they have my whimsies; but thou hast my heart.
Сторінка 10 - Cheeks confest ; Thou hast, my Dear, undoubted Right To triumph o'er this destin'd Breast. My Reason bends to what thy Eyes ordain ; For I was born to Love, and Thou to Reign. II. But would You meanly thus rely On Power, You know I must Obey ? Exert a Legal Tyranny...
Сторінка 376 - With honour take her back again ? From hence I logically gather, The woman cannot live with either. Now, I have two right...
Сторінка 358 - Note here, Lucretius dares to teach (As all our youth may learn from Creech) That eyes were made but could not view, Nor hands embrace, nor feet pursue, But heedless Nature did produce The members first, and then the use : What each must act was yet unknown, Till all is mov'd by Chance alone.