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- On the Coronation of the Most August Monarch K. James II. and Queen Mary
- To the E of D. upon His Marriage
- To the Countess of D ….t walking in a Garden
- Advice to the Painter
- To the Lord Bishop of Rochester, on His History of the Plot written by His late Majesty's command
- Not Writing to K.P.
- To the right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Ely. &c.
- To Madam K: P
- To the Reverend Father in God Francis, Lord Bishop of Ely &c
- A Satyr on the modern Translators
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- To Mr Charles Montagu, on his Marriage with the Right Honorable the Countess of Manchester
- A Session of the Poets (imperfect.)
- On Exodus iii. 14. I am that I am. An Ode.
- The Orange
- Journey to Copt-Hall
- On Mr: F. S. Killing the French K…
- There be Those that leave Their Names behind them
- Many Daughters have done well, but Thou Excellest them all
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- To My Lady Exeter, on New Years day. Her Birthday
- To the Right Honourable the Countess Dowager of Devonshire, On a Piece of Wissin's; Whereon were all her Grandsons Painted
- To the Countess of Exeter, Playing on the Lute
- Picture of Seneca dying in a Bath. By Jordain
- A Flower, Painted by Simon Varelst
- To Mr. Fleetwood Shepherd
- An Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq
- On Fleet: Shepheards taking away a child's bread and butter
- To Mr: K —s Tune of the Prince's march
- To Dr: F ……… in a Letter to Beverley dissuading him from drinking Waters
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- A Song
- Adriani Morientis ad Animam Suam. Imitated
- The Despairing Shepherd
- The Lady's Looking-Glass
- To the Author of Love and Friendship: A Pastoral
- To a Lady: She refusing to continue a Dispute with me, and leaving me in the Argument. An Ode
- The Ladle
- Charity
- Celia to Damon
- The Wedding Night
- The Third Ode of Anacreon, Translated
- To a Lady that designed going to a Fortune-Teller
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- Preface
- Dedication. To the Right Honorable Lionel, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex
- An Ode
- Written in the Noveaux Interests des Princes de l'Europe
- Seeing the Duke of Ormond's Picture, at Sir Godfrey Kneller's
- In Imitation of Anacreon
- An Ode
- Paulo Purganti and His Wife: An Honest, but a Simple Pair
- Written in the Beginning of Mezeray's History of France
- The First Hymn of Callimachus
- The Chameleon
- A Dutch Proverb
- To Cloe Weeping
- Love Disarmed
- Cupid and Ganymede
- For the Plan of a Fountain
- To Mr. Howard: An Ode
- Cupid Mistaken
- Venus Mistaken
- Cloe Hunting
- Henry and Emma, a Poem, Upon the Model of The Nut-brown Maid
- Jinny the Just
- Florimel
- Seneca, Troas, Act 2d. the Chorus Translated
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- Postscript
- A Lover's Anger
- Mercury and Cupid
- Her Right Name
- On Beauty
- The Question, to Lisetta
- Lisetta's Reply
- The Garland
- The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus
- Cloe Jealous
- Answer to Cloe Jealous, in the same Style. The Author sick
- A Better Answer
- A Passage in the Moriæ Encomium of Erasmus Imitated
- Merry Andrew
- The Flies
- From the Greek
- Epigram
- Another
- Another
- Another
- Quid sit futurum Cras fuge quærere
- Written in an Ovid
- A True Maid
- Another
- A Reasonable Affliction
- Another Reasonable Affliction
- Another
- On the same Subject
- On the Same
- Phyllis's Age
- Forma Bonum Fragile
- A Critical Moment
- An Epigram
- The Thief and the Cordelier, A Ballad
- An Epitaph
- In Chaucer's Stile
- Protogenes and Apelles
- Democritus and Heraclitus
- For my own Tomb-stone
- The Second Hymn of Callimachus
- Alma: or, The Progress of the Mind
- Song
- Answer to the Female Phaeton
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- The Conversation. A Tale.
- Prologue to The Orphan
- A Letter to the Honorable Lady Mrs: Margaret Candish Harley
- Fame counting Thy books'
- Epitaph for Sir Thomas Powys
- Virgils Georgic 4 Verse 511
- Ronsard's Franciade
- The Turtle and the Sparrow
- Epigram
- The Lame and the Blind disputing the right to an Oyster found
- Truth and Falshood. A Tale.
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- Colin's Mistakes
- Epitaph
- The Epitaph upon Gilbert Glanvill Bishop of Rochester, as written in Rochester Cathedral. Translated
- Epigram
- On Bishop Atterbury's Burying the Duke of Buckingham
- Down Hall; A Ballad
- Translated from the Original French
- The Old Gentry
- Epigram
- Predestination, A Poem
- Argument of Ladislaus
- Britanicus and Junia
- Heads for a Treatise upon Learning
- Opinion
- A Dialogue between Charles the Emperor and Clenard the Grammarian
- A Dialogue between Mr: John Lock and Seigneur de Montaigne
- Intended for Lock
- A Dialogue between the Vicar of Bray, and Sir Thomas More
- A Dialogue between Oliver Cromwell, and his Porter
- Observations on Ovid's Metamorphoses
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- Epigram
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Cupid in Ambush
- Song
- Written in Imitation of a Greek Epigram
- Epigram
- Epigram
- The Wandering Pilgrim
- Fragment
- Cupid a Plowman from Moschus
- Epigram
- Chast Florimel
- Partial Fame
- Song
- Non Pareil
- Upon Honour. A Fragment.
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Pontius and Pontia
- Epigram
- To a Poet of Quality Praising the Lady Hinchinbroke
- Epigram
- Truth Told at Last. An Epigram.
- Riddle
- Chanson Francoise. Translated.
- Human Life
- Nelly's Picture. A Song.
- Prologue
- Amaryllis. A Pastoral.
- Upon Playing at Ombre, with Two Ladies
- Cupid's Promise
- Dorinda
- To Leonora
- To Leonora. Encore.
- On a Pretty Madwoman
- Absence
- The New-Year's Gift to Phyllis
- A Song
- Snuff. An Epigram.
- To Celia. An Epigram.
- Upon a Friend, Who Had a Pain in his Left-Side
- Strephonetta Why d'ye fly me?'
- Parting with Flavia
- Let perjur'd, fair, Aminta know
- To Phillis
- Phillis this pious talk give over
- Still, Dorinda, I adore
- Is it, O Love, thy want of Eyes
- A two part Song
- Morella, charming without Art
- Since my words, tho' never so tender
- Love! Inform thy faithful Creature
- Since Moggy I mun bid Adieu
- The Divided Heart
- Some kind Angel, gently flying
- Farewell Amynta, we must part
- Nanny blushes, when I woo her
- Since we your Husband daily see
- Advice to a Lady
- Since, by ill Fate, I'm forced away
- Touch the Lyre, every String
- In vain alas! poor Strephon trys
- Well- I will never more complain
- Chloe Beauty has and Wit
- Verse in Lady How's Ovid's Epistles
- Simile
- The Courtier
- Narcissus
- To Cloe
- To a Painter
- Song
- Song
- Invocation to Fortune
- Fragment
- Fragment
- Epigram
- The Normans Wish
- Epigram
- Epigram
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H. Bunker Wright and Monroe K. Spears (eds), The Literary Works of Matthew Prior, Vol. 1 (Second Edition)
Contents
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- On the Coronation of the Most August Monarch K. James II. and Queen Mary
- To the E of D. upon His Marriage
- To the Countess of D ….t walking in a Garden
- Advice to the Painter
- To the Lord Bishop of Rochester, on His History of the Plot written by His late Majesty's command
- Not Writing to K.P.
- To the right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Ely. &c.
- To Madam K: P
- To the Reverend Father in God Francis, Lord Bishop of Ely &c
- A Satyr on the modern Translators
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- To Mr Charles Montagu, on his Marriage with the Right Honorable the Countess of Manchester
- A Session of the Poets (imperfect.)
- On Exodus iii. 14. I am that I am. An Ode.
- The Orange
- Journey to Copt-Hall
- On Mr: F. S. Killing the French K…
- There be Those that leave Their Names behind them
- Many Daughters have done well, but Thou Excellest them all
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- To My Lady Exeter, on New Years day. Her Birthday
- To the Right Honourable the Countess Dowager of Devonshire, On a Piece of Wissin's; Whereon were all her Grandsons Painted
- To the Countess of Exeter, Playing on the Lute
- Picture of Seneca dying in a Bath. By Jordain
- A Flower, Painted by Simon Varelst
- To Mr. Fleetwood Shepherd
- An Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq
- On Fleet: Shepheards taking away a child's bread and butter
- To Mr: K —s Tune of the Prince's march
- To Dr: F ……… in a Letter to Beverley dissuading him from drinking Waters
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- A Song
- Adriani Morientis ad Animam Suam. Imitated
- The Despairing Shepherd
- The Lady's Looking-Glass
- To the Author of Love and Friendship: A Pastoral
- To a Lady: She refusing to continue a Dispute with me, and leaving me in the Argument. An Ode
- The Ladle
- Charity
- Celia to Damon
- The Wedding Night
- The Third Ode of Anacreon, Translated
- To a Lady that designed going to a Fortune-Teller
- Close section1704
- Close section1706
- Close section1707
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- Preface
- Dedication. To the Right Honorable Lionel, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex
- An Ode
- Written in the Noveaux Interests des Princes de l'Europe
- Seeing the Duke of Ormond's Picture, at Sir Godfrey Kneller's
- In Imitation of Anacreon
- An Ode
- Paulo Purganti and His Wife: An Honest, but a Simple Pair
- Written in the Beginning of Mezeray's History of France
- The First Hymn of Callimachus
- The Chameleon
- A Dutch Proverb
- To Cloe Weeping
- Love Disarmed
- Cupid and Ganymede
- For the Plan of a Fountain
- To Mr. Howard: An Ode
- Cupid Mistaken
- Venus Mistaken
- Cloe Hunting
- Henry and Emma, a Poem, Upon the Model of The Nut-brown Maid
- Jinny the Just
- Florimel
- Seneca, Troas, Act 2d. the Chorus Translated
- Close sectionSolomon on the Vanity of the World
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- Postscript
- A Lover's Anger
- Mercury and Cupid
- Her Right Name
- On Beauty
- The Question, to Lisetta
- Lisetta's Reply
- The Garland
- The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus
- Cloe Jealous
- Answer to Cloe Jealous, in the same Style. The Author sick
- A Better Answer
- A Passage in the Moriæ Encomium of Erasmus Imitated
- Merry Andrew
- The Flies
- From the Greek
- Epigram
- Another
- Another
- Another
- Quid sit futurum Cras fuge quærere
- Written in an Ovid
- A True Maid
- Another
- A Reasonable Affliction
- Another Reasonable Affliction
- Another
- On the same Subject
- On the Same
- Phyllis's Age
- Forma Bonum Fragile
- A Critical Moment
- An Epigram
- The Thief and the Cordelier, A Ballad
- An Epitaph
- In Chaucer's Stile
- Protogenes and Apelles
- Democritus and Heraclitus
- For my own Tomb-stone
- The Second Hymn of Callimachus
- Alma: or, The Progress of the Mind
- Song
- Answer to the Female Phaeton
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- The Conversation. A Tale.
- Prologue to The Orphan
- A Letter to the Honorable Lady Mrs: Margaret Candish Harley
- Fame counting Thy books'
- Epitaph for Sir Thomas Powys
- Virgils Georgic 4 Verse 511
- Ronsard's Franciade
- The Turtle and the Sparrow
- Epigram
- The Lame and the Blind disputing the right to an Oyster found
- Truth and Falshood. A Tale.
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- Colin's Mistakes
- Epitaph
- The Epitaph upon Gilbert Glanvill Bishop of Rochester, as written in Rochester Cathedral. Translated
- Epigram
- On Bishop Atterbury's Burying the Duke of Buckingham
- Down Hall; A Ballad
- Translated from the Original French
- The Old Gentry
- Epigram
- Predestination, A Poem
- Argument of Ladislaus
- Britanicus and Junia
- Heads for a Treatise upon Learning
- Opinion
- A Dialogue between Charles the Emperor and Clenard the Grammarian
- A Dialogue between Mr: John Lock and Seigneur de Montaigne
- Intended for Lock
- A Dialogue between the Vicar of Bray, and Sir Thomas More
- A Dialogue between Oliver Cromwell, and his Porter
- Observations on Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Close sectionWorks of an unknown date
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Cupid in Ambush
- Song
- Written in Imitation of a Greek Epigram
- Epigram
- Epigram
- The Wandering Pilgrim
- Fragment
- Cupid a Plowman from Moschus
- Epigram
- Chast Florimel
- Partial Fame
- Song
- Non Pareil
- Upon Honour. A Fragment.
- Epigram
- Epigram
- Pontius and Pontia
- Epigram
- To a Poet of Quality Praising the Lady Hinchinbroke
- Epigram
- Truth Told at Last. An Epigram.
- Riddle
- Chanson Francoise. Translated.
- Human Life
- Nelly's Picture. A Song.
- Prologue
- Amaryllis. A Pastoral.
- Upon Playing at Ombre, with Two Ladies
- Cupid's Promise
- Dorinda
- To Leonora
- To Leonora. Encore.
- On a Pretty Madwoman
- Absence
- The New-Year's Gift to Phyllis
- A Song
- Snuff. An Epigram.
- To Celia. An Epigram.
- Upon a Friend, Who Had a Pain in his Left-Side
- Strephonetta Why d'ye fly me?'
- Parting with Flavia
- Let perjur'd, fair, Aminta know
- To Phillis
- Phillis this pious talk give over
- Still, Dorinda, I adore
- Is it, O Love, thy want of Eyes
- A two part Song
- Morella, charming without Art
- Since my words, tho' never so tender
- Love! Inform thy faithful Creature
- Since Moggy I mun bid Adieu
- The Divided Heart
- Some kind Angel, gently flying
- Farewell Amynta, we must part
- Nanny blushes, when I woo her
- Since we your Husband daily see
- Advice to a Lady
- Since, by ill Fate, I'm forced away
- Touch the Lyre, every String
- In vain alas! poor Strephon trys
- Well- I will never more complain
- Chloe Beauty has and Wit
- Verse in Lady How's Ovid's Epistles
- Simile
- The Courtier
- Narcissus
- To Cloe
- To a Painter
- Song
- Song
- Invocation to Fortune
- Fragment
- Fragment
- Epigram
- The Normans Wish
- Epigram
- Epigram
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