Template:RQ:Prior Poems/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from two versions of Matthew Prior's work Poems on Several Occasions (2nd edition, 1709; 1718 edition); the 1st edition (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], 1709; →OCLC), which was published in the same year as the 2nd edition, is not currently available online. The template can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books:

• 2nd edition (1709) (contents; archived at the Internet Archive).
• 1718 edition (archived at the Internet Archive) – contains poems not published in the 1st and 2nd editions, and revised versions of previously published poems).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1718 edition, specify |year=1718. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 2nd edition (1709).
• |1=, |chapter=, or |poem= – mandatory: the "chapter" or name of the poem quoted from. If the parameter is given the value specified in the first column of the following table, the template indicates the name of the poem as shown in the second column:

Matthew Prior's Poems

Parameter value	Result	First page number
Carmen Seculare	Carmen Seculare, for the Year 1700. To the King.	page 138
Cloe Hunting	Cloe Hunting	page 211
Henry and Emma	Henry and Emma, […]	page 232
On Exodus 3. 14.	On Exodus 3. 14. I Am that I Am. An Ode. […]	page 1
Shephard	An Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq (written 14 May 1689 [Julian calendar])	page 13
Sherlock	To Dr. [William] Sherlock, on His Practical Discourse Concerning Death	page 35
To Mr. Howard	To Mr. Howard: An Ode	page 209
Only in the 1718 edition
Alma	Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind	page 317
Solomon	Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.	page 383

For help with adding other poems to the template, or to link the names of poems to Wikipedia articles about the poems, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".

• |canto= – if a poem is divided into cantos, use this parameter to indicate the canto number in uppercase Roman numerals.
• |stanza= – if a poem is divided into stanzas, use this parameter to indicate the stanza number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals (if this is how it appears in the work) or Arabic numerals (if the stanza is not explicitly numbered).
• |2= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
  • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

You must specify this information to have the template determine (in some cases) the part of a poem quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.

• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage to be quoted from the work.
• |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.

Examples

2nd edition (1709)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Prior Poems|poem=The Ladle|stanza=1|page=125|passage=The Scepticks think 'tvvas long ago, / Since Gods came dovvn '''''Incognito'''''; / To ſee vvho vvere their Friends or Foes, / And hovv our Actions fell or roſe.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Prior Poems|The Ladle|stanza=1|125|The Scepticks think 'tvvas long ago, / Since Gods came dovvn '''''Incognito'''''; / To ſee vvho vvere their Friends or Foes, / And hovv our Actions fell or roſe.}}
• Result:
  • 1703, Mat[thew] Prior, “The Ladle”, in Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 125:

    The Scepticks think 'tvvas long ago, / Since Gods came dovvn Incognito; / To ſee vvho vvere their Friends or Foes, / And hovv our Actions fell or roſe.

1718 edition

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Prior Poems|year=1718|poem=To Mr. Howard|page=70|stanza=I|passage=Can I untouch'd the Fair ones Paſſions move? / Or Thou '''dravv''' Beauty, and not feel it's Povv'r?}}
• Result:
  • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “To Mr. Howard: An Ode”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 70:

    Can I untouch'd the Fair ones Paſſions move? / Or Thou dravv Beauty, and not feel it's Povv'r?

See also

• {{RQ:Prior Alma}}
• {{RQ:Prior Solomon}} – to quote from the poems Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind and Solomon on the Vanity of the World published in the 1718 edition