Matthew Prior

Biography

Quotes

  • Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.
  • For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.
  • Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
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