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Matthew Prior
1664 - 1721
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An Ode - Humbly Inscribed To The Queen, On the Glorious Success of Her Majesty's Arms
When great Augustus govern'd ancient Rome, / And sent his conquering bands to foreign wars, / Abroad when dreaded, and beloved at home,
An Ode - In Imitation of Horace, Book III. Ode II
How long, deluded Albion, wilt thou lie / In the lethargic sleep, the sad repose / By which thy close thy constant enemy
An Ode - Inscribed To The Memory Of The Hon. Colonel George Villiers
Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend, / (Since fleeting life thus suddenly must end) / Say, what did all thy busy hopes avail,
An Ode - Presented To The King, On His Majesty's Arrival In Holland, After The Queen's Death
At Mary's tomb (sad sacred place!) / The Virtues shall their vigils keep, / And every Muse and every Grace
An Ode : On Exodus III. 14
On Exodus III. 14. "I am that I am." / Man! foolish man! / Scarce know'st thou how thyself began,
An Ode : While Blooming Youth And Gay Delight
While blooming youth and gay delight / Sit on thy rosy cheeks confess'd, / Thou hast, my dear, undoubted right
An Ode : While From Our Looks, Fair Nymph, You Guess
While from our looks, fair nymph, you guess / The secret passions of our mind; / My heavy eyes, you say, confess
An Ode To A Lady. She Refusing To Continue A Dispute With Me, And Leaving Me In The Argument
Spare, generous victor, spare the slave, / Who did unequal war pursue; / That more than triumph he might have,
An Ode To Mr. Howard
Dear Howard, from the soft assaults of love / Poets and painters never are secure; / Can I untouch'd the fair one's passions move,
An Ode. The Merchant, To Secure
The merchant, to secure his treasure, / Conveys it in a borrow'd name: / Euphelia serves to grace my measure:
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