(1664 - 1721 / Dorset / England)

poet Matthew Prior
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Poems of Matthew Prior

181. Verses - Spoken to Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles-Harley, Countess of Oxford 4/19/2010
182. Wives By The Dozen 4/19/2010
183. Written At Paris, 1700. In The Beginning Of Robe's Geography 4/19/2010
184. Written In An Ovid 4/19/2010
185. Written In Montaignes Essays. Given To The Duke Of Shrewsbury In France, After The Peace 4/19/2010
186. Written In The Beginning Of Mezeray's History Of France 4/19/2010
187. Written In The Nouveaux Interests Des Princes De L'Europe 4/19/2010

A Simile

Dear Thomas, didst thou never pop
Thy head into a tin-man's shop?
There, Thomas, didst thou never see
('Tis but by way of simile)
A squirrel spend his little rage
In jumping round a rolling cage?
The cage, as either side turn'd up,
Striking a ring of bells a-top?--

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