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INDEX/BCMSV/1055

1692

On the transience of human youth and beauty. From stanza 3 of Prior's Ode of

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INDEX/BCMSV/1056

1689

Extract from Prior's humorous verse epistle to Fleetwood Sheppard, here

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INDEX/BCMSV/1307

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", II, recommending a life of pleasure free from the cares of learning and study but realising that

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INDEX/BCMSV/1308

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", II, welcoming the power of music to gladden and soothe a soul troubled by grief and cares, but

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INDEX/BCMSV/1309

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", II, rejecting drinking as a source of comfort to the soul, and regretting the jests and

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INDEX/BCMSV/1310

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", III, reflecting whether the soul is simply a more refined part of the body or a divine spark

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INDEX/BCMSV/1311

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", III, on the

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INDEX/BCMSV/1312

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", I, on the uesless

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INDEX/BCMSV/1313

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", III, reflecting on the transitoriness of human life, the uncertain fate of the soul, and

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INDEX/BCMSV/1314

1708

Extract from Prior's "Solomon on the Vanity of the World", III, a prayer to God for guidance and strength in facing the temptations and cares of human

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INDEX/BCMSV/1628

1704 (published)

Religious poem on the nature of charity, praising its beneficial influence.

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INDEX/BCMSV/190

1700 (title)

Comic tale about an impotent husband and his young wife, freely adapted from La Fontaine, "Contes", II.xii; here said to apply to Richard Jones, Earl of