keytopoetry.com logo
  • Home
  • Top poets
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Analyze a poem online
  • Become a Member

Epigram - Thy Nags, The Leanest Things Alive: Poem by Matthew Prior

  1. Home
  2. matthew-prior
  3. Poems

Thy nags, the leanest things alive,
So very hard thou lovest to drive,
I heard thy anxious coachman say
It costs thee more in whips than hay.

Analysis of this poem

More verses by Matthew Prior

  • On Beauty. A Riddle
  • The Dying Adrian To His Soul
  • Songs Set To Music: 7. Set By Mr. De Fesch
  • Written In An Ovid
  • The Secretary

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

Poems about...
  • love
  • death
  • life
  • nature
  • family
  • spring
  • winter
  • summer
  • autumn
  • depression
  • beautiful
  • dream
  • Home
  • Analyses
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Search Form
© 2017 KeyToPoetry.com. Copyright Notice | Terms | Contact us
✕