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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... these qualifications by one great man , who has fince held the fame staff . The laft honours he received from his fove- reign ( and indeed they were the greatest which a fubject could receive ) , were , that he was made knight of the ...
... these qualifications by one great man , who has fince held the fame staff . The laft honours he received from his fove- reign ( and indeed they were the greatest which a fubject could receive ) , were , that he was made knight of the ...
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... these eminent virtues ( which that he may do to a very old age , fhall be my perpetual with , he may be one of the greatest men that our age , or poffibly our nation has bred ; and leave materials for a panegyric , not unworthy the pen ...
... these eminent virtues ( which that he may do to a very old age , fhall be my perpetual with , he may be one of the greatest men that our age , or poffibly our nation has bred ; and leave materials for a panegyric , not unworthy the pen ...
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... these your God did place , That your high pow'r might worldly thoughts destroy ; That with your numbers you our zeal might raise , And , like himfelf , communicate your joy . When to your native Heav'n you shall repair , And with your ...
... these your God did place , That your high pow'r might worldly thoughts destroy ; That with your numbers you our zeal might raise , And , like himfelf , communicate your joy . When to your native Heav'n you shall repair , And with your ...
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... These lines too faint : the picture is not like . Exalt thy thought , and try thy toil again : Dreadful in arms , on Landen's † glorious plain E 3 Place James Duke of Ormond , eldest fon of Thomas Earl of Offory . He fucceeded his ...
... These lines too faint : the picture is not like . Exalt thy thought , and try thy toil again : Dreadful in arms , on Landen's † glorious plain E 3 Place James Duke of Ormond , eldest fon of Thomas Earl of Offory . He fucceeded his ...
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... long will stay , Upon the wings of Time borne fwift away : Pafs but fome fleeting years , and these poor eyes , ( Where now without a boast fome luftre lies ) No No longer shall their little honours keep ; Shall only M. 45 PRIOR .
... long will stay , Upon the wings of Time borne fwift away : Pafs but fome fleeting years , and these poor eyes , ( Where now without a boast fome luftre lies ) No No longer shall their little honours keep ; Shall only M. 45 PRIOR .
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againſt arms blefs bleft bofom breaſt ceaſe charms Cloe confefs conqueft Cupid Dæmon darts dear death defire Derry dreft e'er Emma Emma's erft eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fecret fent fhall fhew fhould fighs fing firſt flame foft fome fong foon forrow ftand ftill fubject fuch fure fword George Rooke glorious goddeſs grene wode go grief happy heart Heaven Henry hero himſelf honour houſe Jove juft king laft lefs loft Lord maid mankynde I love maſter Mufe muft muſt Namur ne'er numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er paffion Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poet praiſe preſent profe purſue quæ rage raiſe reafon rife rove ſaid Sambre ſay ſhall ſhe ſhow ſpeak ſpoils ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought Venus verfe verſe virtue whilft whofe William's wiſh wode wyll youth
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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.