Author: Matthew Prior

Cites

• Horace (2)
  • IN: A letter to Monsieur Boileau Depreaux; Occasion'd by the victory at Blenheim. (1704) Poetry, British
    EPIGRAPH: Cupidum, Pater optime, vires Deficiunt neque enim Quivis horrentia Pilis Agmina, nec Fracta pereuntes cuspide Gallos
    FROM: Satires, Book 2, (-33), Poem, Italy
  • IN: An ode, Humbly Inscrib'd to the Queen. On the Late Glorious Success of her Majesty's Arms. Written in imitation of Spencer's stile. (1706) Poetry, British
    EPIGRAPH: Te non paventis funera Galliae, Duraeque tellus audit Iberiae: Te caede gaudentes Sicambri Compositis venerantur armis.
    FROM: Odes, (-13), Poem, Italy
• Of the Art of Poetry (1)
  • IN: Poems on several occasions: consisting of odes, satyrs and epistles; with some select translations and imitations. (1707) Poetry, British
    EPIGRAPH: Be not too Rigidly Censorious; A String may Jarr, in the Best Master's Hand, And the most Skilful Archer miss his Aim.
    FROM: Dillon, Wentworth (Earl of Roscommon), (1680), Poem, Ireland

Cited by

• Walter Scott (1)
  • IN: Ivanhoe (1819) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave, but seem'd loth to depart!
    FROM: The Thief and the Cordelier, (1718), Poem, UK
• John Lutz (1)
  • IN: Lightning (1996) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The winds grow high; Impending tempests charge the sky; The lightning flies, the thunder roars; and big waves lash the frightened shores.
    FROM: The Lady's Looking Glass, (1718), Poem, UK
• Jesse Karp (1)
  • IN: Those That Wake (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: And hope is but a dream of those that wake.
    FROM: Solomon on the Vanity of the World, A Poem. in Three Books, (None), Poem, UK