02c. 1692 ADOur hopes, like towering falcons, aim At objects in an airy height; The little pleasure of the game Is from afar to view the flight.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
06c. 1692 ADThat if weak women went astray, Their stars were more in fault than they.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
08c. 1692 ADAnd thought the nation ne'er would thrive Till all the whores were burnt alive.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
09c. 1692 ADThey never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
10c. 1692 ADThat air and harmony of shape express, Fine by degrees, and beautifully less.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
11c. 1692 ADNow fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave, but was loth to depart.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
12c. 1692 ADNobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?Matthew Prior / quote ↗
13c. 1692 ADSoft peace she brings; wherever she arrives 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.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
15c. 1692 ADTill their own dreams at length deceive 'em, And oft repeating, they believe 'em.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
16c. 1692 ADAbra was ready ere I called her name; And though I called another, Abra came.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
18c. 1692 ADWho breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
20UndatedCircles to square, and cubes to double, / Would give a man excessive trouble.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
21UndatedFantastic tyrant of the amorous heart, / How hard thy yoke! how cruel is thy dart! / Those 'scape thy anger who refuse thy sway, / And those are punished most who most obey.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
22UndatedLet him be kept from paper, pen, and ink; / So may he cease to write, and learn to think.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
23UndatedShe should be humble who would please, / And she must suffer who can love.Matthew Prior / quote ↗
