Poem by Matthew Prior

A Reasonable Affliction

On his death-bed poor Lubin lies:
His spouse is in despair;
With frequent cries, and mutual sighs,
They both express their care.

"A different cause," says Parson Sly,
"The same effect may give:
Poor Lubin fears that he may die;
His wife, that he may live."

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

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