Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
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And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
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They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
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For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
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Written In An Ovid
Ovid is the surest guide
You can name to show the way
To any woman, maid, or bride,
Who resolves to go astray.
poem by Matthew Prior
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The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus
VENUS, take my votive glass:
Since I am not what I was,
What from this day I shall be,
Venus, let me never see.
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Epigram - Yes, Every Poet Is A Fool
Yes, every poet is a fool;
By demonstration, Ned can show it:
Happy could Ned's inverted rule
Prove every fool to be a poet.
poem by Matthew Prior
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Epitaph - On Himself
Nobles and Heralds, by your leave!
Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior;
A son of Adam and Eve:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher.
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For My Own Tombstone
To me 'twas given to die; to thee 'tis given
To live: alas! one moment sets us even.
Mark! how impartial is the will of Heaven!
poem by Matthew Prior
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