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Subject: PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPITAPH ON HIMSELF, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Nobles and heralds, by your leave
Last Line: Can bourbon or nassau claim higher?
Variant Title(s): Epitaph Extempore
Subject(s): Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)


SENEX TO MATT. PRIOR, by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah! Matt: old age has brought to me
Last Line: I knew that once: but now--I think it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K.
Subject(s): Old Age; Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)


THE WATER CURE; A TALE IN THE MANNER OF PRIOR, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Cardenio's fortunes ne'er miscarried
Last Line: She talked in quite a different way.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)