Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind.
"Matthew Prior" was an England/English poet and diplomat. He is also known as a contributor to The Examiner (1710–1714)/The Examiner.
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They always talk who never think.
When people once are in the wrong, Each line they add is much too long; Who fastest walks, but walks astray, Is only furthest from his way.
For hope is but a dream for those that wake.
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
The ends must justify the means.
Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.
To John I owed great obligation; but John, unhappily, thought fit to publish it to all the nation: Sure John and I are more than quit.
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
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