The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1835 |
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... , ' twixt instant now And fate's approach , is all the gods allow : And of this little hast thou ought to spare To sad reflection , and corroding care ? The moments past , if thou art wise , retrieve OF PRIOR . 11 Imitated.
... , ' twixt instant now And fate's approach , is all the gods allow : And of this little hast thou ought to spare To sad reflection , and corroding care ? The moments past , if thou art wise , retrieve OF PRIOR . 11 Imitated.
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Matthew Prior. The moments past , if thou art wise , retrieve With pleasant memory of the bliss they gave . The present hours in present mirth employ , And bribe the future with the hopes of joy : The future ( few or more , howe'er they ...
Matthew Prior. The moments past , if thou art wise , retrieve With pleasant memory of the bliss they gave . The present hours in present mirth employ , And bribe the future with the hopes of joy : The future ( few or more , howe'er they ...
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... wise disposer Of every good thy praise what man yet born Has sung ? or who that may be born shall sing ? Again , and often hail ! indulge our prayer , Great father ! grant us virtue , grant us wealth : For without virtue , wealth to man ...
... wise disposer Of every good thy praise what man yet born Has sung ? or who that may be born shall sing ? Again , and often hail ! indulge our prayer , Great father ! grant us virtue , grant us wealth : For without virtue , wealth to man ...
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... Wise nature likewise , they suppose , Has drawn two conduits down our nose : Could Alma else with judgment tell , When cabbage stinks , or roses smell ? Or who would ask for her opinion Between an oyster and an onion ? For from most ...
... Wise nature likewise , they suppose , Has drawn two conduits down our nose : Could Alma else with judgment tell , When cabbage stinks , or roses smell ? Or who would ask for her opinion Between an oyster and an onion ? For from most ...
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... wise ? and which were fools ? Poor Alma sits between two stools : The more she reads , the more perplext ; The comment ruining the text : Now fears , now hopes , her doubtful fate : But , Richard , let her look to that— Whilst we our ...
... wise ? and which were fools ? Poor Alma sits between two stools : The more she reads , the more perplext ; The comment ruining the text : Now fears , now hopes , her doubtful fate : But , Richard , let her look to that— Whilst we our ...
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Abra Alma APOLLO arms beauty Belgia birth blest breast call'd CALLIMACHUS charms Cleomenes confest crown'd cruel cruel doubt Cupid dame dart dead death decus delight derry destin'd Dick distinguish'd e'er earth EPIGRAM fair fame fancy fate fear FESCH flame folly forc'd goddess Greece grief grieve Grimalkin hand happy hast heart Heaven HINCHINBROKE honour hope Jove king labour LADY live Lord lov'd Lucretius lyre maid MARGARET CAVENDISH master Matthew MATTHEW PRIOR mighty mind mourn muse ne'er never night nymph o'er pain passion plain pleas'd pleasure poet Poltis poor praise pride Protogenes quoth rage rais'd receiv'd rising shade sighs sing Solomon song sorrow soul t'other tears tell thee thing thou thought throne tir'd truth Twas verse vex'd virtue weep WESTMINSTER SCHOOL whence Whilst wife wise wound youth
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Page 93 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart; so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Page 92 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 120 - For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man ? as the fool.
Page 155 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 22 - She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.
Page 217 - He strove to make interest and freedom agree ; In public employments industrious and grave, And alone with his friends, Lord ! how merry was he. Now in equipage stately, now humbly on foot, Both fortunes he tried, but to neither would trust ; And whirl'd in the round as the wheel turn'd about, He found riches had wings, and knew man was but dust.
Page 155 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 93 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 92 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he epake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 209 - Lords, knights, and squires, the numerous band That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters, Were summoned by her high command To show their passions by their letters. My pen amongst the rest I took, Lest those bright eyes that cannot read Should dart their kindling fires, and look The power they have to be obeyed.