Matthew Prior
Poems (6)
-
A Letter
My noble, lovely, little Peggy, / Let this my First Epistle beg ye, … -
For my own Monument
As doctors give physic by way of prevention, / Mat, alive and in health, of his tombstone took care; … -
On My Birthday, July 21
I, MY dear, was born to-day— / So all my jolly comrades say: … -
The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus
Venus, take my votive glass: / Since I am not what I was, … -
The Question to Lisetta
What nymph should I admire or trust, / But Chloe beauteous, Chloe just? … -
To a Child of Quality
Lords, knights, and squires, the numerous band / That wear the fair Miss Mary's fetters, …