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
odds swear truth
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
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.
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.
dream english-poet hope
For hope is but a dream for those that wake.
mention thou
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
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.
email great
The most entertaining email I've had all week. Great tone.
beauty english-poet form virtue
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
english-poet
They talk most who have the least to say.
They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
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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.