O Death how thou spoil'st the best project of life,
Said Gabriel, who still as he bury'd one wife,
For the sake of her family married her cousin;
And thus in an honest collateral line
He still married on till his number was nine,
Full sorry to die till he made up his dozen.
More verses by Matthew Prior
- Cupid Turned Ploughman. - From Moschus
- An Ode To A Lady. She Refusing To Continue A Dispute With Me, And Leaving Me In The Argument
- By Mons. Fontenelle
- Songs Set To Music: 26.
- Paulo Purganti And His Wife: An Honest, But A Simple Pair