Poem by Matthew Prior

Partial Fame

The sturdy man, if he in love obtains,
In open pomp and triumph reigns:
The subtle woman, if she should succeed,
Disowns the honour of the deed.
Though he for all his boast is forced to yield,
Though she can always keep the field,
He vaunts his conquests, she conceals her shame:
How partial is the voice of Fame! 

1. An Ode - Inscribed to the Memory of the Hon. Colonel George Villiers
2. An Extempore Invitation to the Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer
3. A Song (In vain you tell your parting lover)
4. An Ode - Presented to the King, on His Majesty's Arrival in Holland, after the Queen's Death
5. A Lover's Anger

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