rinted for John Bell near Exeter Exchange Strand London Auguft 11777

THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

MATTHEW PRIOR.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

Here's no rude ore; no fits of heat and cold;
Here all is nature, yet all's beaten gold;
No forc'd mysterious soarings in the clouds;
No mud, no foam, no noise, in your deep ficods,
With such true spirit your great numbers run,
As lightning bold, but equal as the sun :
Gentle, tho' strong and high, yet still in sight;
Rapid, yet pure; and easy as the light.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

VERSES TO PRIOR.

PRINTED FOR, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF,
G. CAWTHORN, BRITISH LIBRARY, STRAND.

LENG