Complete Works of Matthew Prior by Matthew Prior

Complete Works of Matthew Prior by Matthew Prior

Author:Matthew Prior
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Poetry
ISBN: 9781788779487
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Published: 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00


Pass we the ills which each man feels or dreads,

The weight or fall’n or hanging o’er our heads;

The bear, the lion, terrors of the plain,

The sheepfold scatter’d, and the shepherd slain;

The frequent errors of the pathless wood,

The giddy precipice, and the dangerous flood;

The noisome pestilence, that in open war

Terrible, marches through the mid-way air,

And scatters death; the arrow that by night

Cuts the dank mist, and fatal wings its flight;

The billowing snow, and violence of the shower,

That from the hills disperse their dreadful store,

And o’er the vales collected ruin pour;

The worm that gnaws the ripening fruit, sad guest,

Canker or locust, hurtful to infest

The blade; while husks elude the tiller’s care,

And eminence of want distinguishes the year.



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