Matthew Prior

British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)

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Works: 21

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Furo the Elf
Holy Habits Group Studies : Fellowship
Holy Habits Bible Reflections : Fellowship
Ethereal
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Bath Preserved at Longleat, Wiltshire; Volume II

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1947-08-14

folk

Discography

Folk Songs of Olde England, Volume 11968
Folk Songs of Olde England, Volume 21969
Summer Solstice1971
Woman in the Wings1978
Changing Winds1978
Hooked on Winning1982
Happy Families1990
Year1993
Changing Winds1995
Lovely in the Dances: Songs of Sydney Carter1997

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Quotes

“Our hopes, like towering falcons, aimAt objects in an airy height;The little pleasure of the gameIs from afar to view the flight.”
“From ignorance our comfort flows.The only wretched are the wise.”
“That if weak women went astray,Their stars were more in fault than they.”
“The end must justify the means.”
“Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.”
“Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrivesShe builds our quiet as she forms our lives;Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,And opens in each heart a little heaven.”

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Commons category: Matthew Prior
date of birth: 1664-07-21
date of death: 1721-09-18
name in native language: Matthew Prior
start of work period: 1690-01-01
end of work period: 1721-01-01
P12749: Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke

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Works in European collections

26 objects attributed to Matthew Prior, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Poems On Several Occasions, 1

Miscellaneous works : In 2 vol., 1. The history of his own time. - VI, 472 S. : 1 Portr.

Poems on several occasions : = Gedichte

The poetical works of Matthew Prior. in 2 volumes ; with the life of the author. 1. [Containing his odes, songs, tales, prologues, epilogues, epistles, &c. &c. &c.]

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Poems On Several Occasions, 2

The poetical works of Matthew Prior : with a life by John Milford : two volumes in one

Salamo : ein Gedicht über die Eitelkeit der Welt

[Works]. 2. Miscellaneous works of his late Excellency Matthew Prior Esq., consisting of poems on serveral occasions, viz. epistles, tales, satires, epigrams, etc. with come select Latin performances. Now first published from his original manuscripts, revised and signed by himself, and copied fair for the press by Adrian Drift

[Works]. 1. The History of his own time. Compiled from the original manuscripts of his late Excellency Matthew Prior Esq., revised and signed by himself, and copied fair for the press by Adrian Drift

The poetical works of Matthew Prior. in 2 volumes ; with the life of the author. 2. [Containing the dove, Solomon on the vanity of the world, Alma, the nut-brown maid, Henry and Emma, &c. &c. &c.]

Poems On Several Occasions, 2

Poems Upon Several Occasions, 1

The poetical works of Matthew Prior : in two volumes, with the life of the author, 2. Containing the dove, Solomon on the vanity of the world, Alma, the nut-brown maid, Henry and Emma, &c. &c. &c.

The poetical works of Matthew Prior : in two volumes, with the life of the author, 1. Containing his odes, songs, tales, prologues, epilogues, epistles, &c. &c. &c.