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
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.
beauty english-poet form virtue
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
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They talk most who have the least to say.
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Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
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And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
english-poet hope
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
fit great john owed publish sure
To John I owed great obligation; but John, unhappily, thought fit to publish it to all the nation: Sure John and I are more than quit.
odds swear truth
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
dreams english-poet hopes
Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
email great
The most entertaining email I've had all week. Great tone.
difficult final likely match price toll
It will be difficult for Toll to match Patrick's expectations with any final price likely to be challenging to justify.
way walks walking
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
love anger heart
Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.
night yesterday medicine
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.