Prior

Famous quotes containing the word prior:

“Euphelia serves to grace my measure,
But Chloe is my real flame.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

“They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

“Less smooth than her Skin and less white than her breast
Was this pollisht stone beneath which she lyes prest
Stop, Reader, and Sigh while thou thinkst on the rest

With a just trim of Virtue her Soul was endu’d
Not affectedly Pious nor secretly lewd,
She cut even between the Cocquet and the Prude.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)