Matthew Prior
Matthew Prior
Matthew Priorwas an English poet and diplomat. He is also known as a contributor to The Examiner...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 July 1664
dreams english-poet hopes
Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
dream english-poet hope
For hope is but a dream for those that wake.
mention thou
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
email great
The most entertaining email I've had all week. Great tone.
english-poet hope
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
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Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
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They talk most who have the least to say.
beauty english-poet form virtue
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
night yesterday medicine
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
add fastest furthest line people walks
When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long; Who fastest walks, but walks astray, Is only furthest from his way.