Matthew Prior

The ends must justify the means.

The ends must justify the means.

They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.

They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

But, when the wit began to wheeze,
And wine had warm'd the politician,
Cur'd yesterday of my read more

But, when the wit began to wheeze,
And wine had warm'd the politician,
Cur'd yesterday of my disease,
I died last night of my physician.

The winds grow high;
Impending tempests charge the sky;
The lightning flies, the thunder roars;
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The winds grow high;
Impending tempests charge the sky;
The lightning flies, the thunder roars;
And big waves lash the frightened shores.