Poetic Openings : Matthew Prior to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

Poet : Matthew Prior : Poem : The Question To Lisetta : First Line : What nymph should I admire or trust,
Poet : Matthew Prior : Poem : To A Child Of Quality Of Five Years Old : First Line : The author suppos’d forty
Poet : Matthew Prior : Poem : To A Child Of Quality, Five Years Old, 1704. The Author Then Forty : First Line : LORDS, knights, and squires, the numerous band
Poet : Matthew Prior : Poem : To A Lady : First Line : Spare, gen'rous victor, spare the slave,
Poet : Matthew Prior : Poem : To A Lady, She Refusing To Continue A Dispute With Me, And Leaving Me In The Argument: An Ode : First Line : Spare, gen’rous victor, spare the slave,

Poet : Matthew Prior : Poem : To Chloe Jealous : First Line : Dear Chloe, how blubber'd is that pretty face;
Poet : Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin : Poem : An Elegy : First Line : The senseless years' extinguished mirth and laughter
Poet : Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin : Poem : An Invocation : First Line : O if it's true that in the night,
Poet : Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin : Poem : Confession ( To Alina Osipova, 1826 ) : First Line : I love you - though it makes me beat,
Poet : Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin : Poem : Devils : First Line : Storm-clouds hurtle, storm-clouds hover;