“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.”
Matthew Prior“Similes are like songs of love: They much describe they nothing prove.”
Matthew Prior“They never taste who always drink They always talk who never think.”
Matthew Prior“Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.”
Matthew Prior