1664-1721.
English Padlock.
Be to her virtues very kind;
Be to her faults a little blind.
Henry and Emma.
That air and harmony of shape express,
Fine by degrees, and beautifully less.
The Thief and the Cordelier.
Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart,
And often took leave; but was loth to depart.
Epilogue to Lucius.
And the gray mare will prove the better horse.[8]
Imitations of Horace.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Epitaph on Himself.
Here lies what once was Matthew Prior;
The son of Adam and of Eve:
Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?
Ode in Imitation of Horace. B. iii. Od. 2.
And virtue is her own reward.