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1. Come my muse a Venus draw

First Line:
Come my muse a Venus draw
Last Line:
And drew your picture in my heart
Author:
John Hughes (Confident)
DMI number:
37986

2. Come gentle love tis only thou

First Line:
Come gentle love tis only thou
Last Line:
Because he never could describe the rest
Author:
Mr. Adams (Absolute)
DMI number:
44559

3. From fawning crowds and noise and strife

First Line:
From fawning crowds and noise and strife
Last Line:
And emulate their martial sire
DMI number:
17829

4. Kneller take heed for vast is the design

First Line:
Kneller take heed for vast is the design
Last Line:
And tis as rash to imitate her eyes
DMI number:
29991

5. Kneller with silence and surprise

First Line:
Kneller with silence and surprise
Last Line:
Had drawn a George or carved a Jove
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
9310

6. Painter thou hast performed what man can do

First Line:
Painter thou hast performed what man can do
Last Line:
But neither art nor nature's able to excel
Author:
John Pomfret (Confident)
DMI number:
11806

7. On thee sweet picture I can gaze

First Line:
On thee sweet picture I can gaze
Last Line:
From living Celia's eyes
DMI number:
23210

8. Sheppard is now secured at last

First Line:
Sheppard is now secured at last
Last Line:
They loose their chains and break their gaol
DMI number:
15407

9. Since then bold artist with approved skill

First Line:
Since then bold artist with approved skill
Last Line:
Be with his mouldering dust by after times forgot
DMI number:
33449

10. So to the life you paint that even you make

First Line:
So to the life you paint that even you make
Last Line:
Just to her charms you've thrown her pride in shade
DMI number:
15377

11. Soar now my muse to an unusual flight

First Line:
Soar now my muse to an unusual flight
Last Line:
Make birds beasts fishes also men your prize
DMI number:
43547

12. Though gold and silk their charms unite

First Line:
Though gold and silk their charms unite
Last Line:
The heart once caught should never be freed
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32598

13. Though Vandyke and Kneller in art you excel

First Line:
Though Vandyke and Kneller in art you excel
Last Line:
Is by far the most beautiful piece you ever drew
DMI number:
11071

14. To Whitton's shades and Hounslow's airy plain

First Line:
To Whitton's shades and Hounslow's airy plain
Last Line:
And live and die the monarch of thy art
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
9315

15. Tis true on canvas none can trace

First Line:
Tis true on canvas none can trace
Last Line:
Could never once express
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Confident)
DMI number:
20672

16. What pleasure strikes us when the painter's art

First Line:
What pleasure strikes us when the painter's art
Last Line:
Here are no parts for every part's a whole
DMI number:
11839

17. What is't presumptious poets will not dare

First Line:
What is't presumptious poets will not dare
Last Line:
The gallery will a galaxy appear
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
44680

18. When arts were but in embryo yet unknown

First Line:
When arts were but in embryo yet unknown
Last Line:
To teach thee skill thy wants the stone will speak
DMI number:
44636

19. What though your country and your king approve

First Line:
What though your country and your king approve
Last Line:
In strains immortal to immortal fame
DMI number:
17843

20. When Stella strikes the tuneful string

First Line:
When Stella strikes the tuneful string
Last Line:
To tune the regulated heart
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32599