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.
mention thou
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
email great
The most entertaining email I've had all week. Great tone.
dream english-poet hope
For hope is but a dream for those that wake.
odds swear truth
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
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.
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.
english-poet hope
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
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And 'tis remarkable that 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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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.
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.