This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from two versions of a compilation of Matthew Prior's poetry entitled The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior (1st edition, 1779, 2 volumes; 1858 edition). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or |volume=
– mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I
or |volume=II
.|year=
– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1858 edition, specify |year=1858
. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1779).|line=
or |lines=
– the line number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of line numbers, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: |lines=10–11
.|2=
, |chapter=
, |poem=
, or |title=
– the title of the poem quoted from. If the parameter is given the value specified in the first column of the following table, the template links to an English Wikipedia article about the poem as shown in the second column:Parameter value | Result | First page number | |
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1st edition (1779) |
1858 edition | ||
Henry and Emma | Henry and Emma. (written 1709) | volume I, page 235 | page 142 |
Horace | Ode; in Imitation of Horace, 3 Od. ii. (written 1692) | volume II, page 111 | page 361 |
Pastoral to Turner | A Pastoral. To Dr. Turner, Bishop of Ely; on His Departure from Cambridge. | volume II, page 103 | page 356 |
Solomon | Solomon on the Vanity of the World. (1718)
|
volume II, page i | page 269 |
Truth and Falsehood | Truth and Falsehood, a Tale | volume II, page 168 | page 402 |
Turtle and Sparrow | The Turtle and Sparrow. An Elegiac Tale, Occasioned by the Death of Prince George, 1708. | volume II, page 137 | page 379 |
|stanza=
– if the poem is divided into stanzas, the stanza number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.|3=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
|pages=10–11
.|pageref=
to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).|4=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– the passage to be quoted.|footer=
– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=
– use |brackets=on
to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.{{RQ:Prior Poetical Works|volume=I|title=Hans Carvel|page=124|passage={{...}} I cannot ſtay / '''Flaring''' in ſun-ſhine all the day: / For, ''entre nous'', vve helliſh ſprites, / Love more the freſco of the nights; {{...}}}}
; or{{RQ:Prior Poetical Works|I|Hans Carvel|124|{{...}} I cannot ſtay / '''Flaring''' in ſun-ſhine all the day: / For, ''entre nous'', vve helliſh ſprites, / Love more the freſco of the nights; {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Prior Poetical Works|volume=II|poem=Husband and Wife|pages=169–170|pageref=170|passage=From this curſt hour, the fraudful dame / Of ſacred Truth uſurps the name, / And, vvith a vile, perfidious mind, / Roams far and near, to chat mankind; / Falſe ſighs '''ſuborns''', and artful tears, / And ſtarts vvith vain pretended fears; {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Prior Poetical Works|year=1858|title=The First Hymn of {{w|Callimachus}}. To Jupiter.|page=207|lines=58–60|passage=Around, the first Curetes (order solemn / To thy foreknovving mother!) trod tumultuous / Their mystic dance, and '''clanged''' their sounding arms; {{...}}}}
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