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1. A den where tigers make the passage good

First Line:
A den where tigers make the passage good
Last Line:
And casts itself in the melancholy meads
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23318

2. A frog that left her native mud

First Line:
A frog that left her native mud
Last Line:
And the proud fool deserved no less
DMI number:
44681

3. A neighbouring villa which derives its name

First Line:
A neighbouring villa which derives its name
Last Line:
From whence I grew to make these soft reflections
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23270

4. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

First Line:
A nightingale whose warbling tongue
Last Line:
To lurking holes from human view
DMI number:
8069

5. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:
A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:
These underplotters countermine
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15363

6. A palace that is more uneasy far

First Line:
A palace that is more uneasy far
Last Line:
Of all I saw but all I fancied too
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23329

7. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

8. A thoughtful being long and spare

First Line:
A thoughtful being long and spare
Last Line:
The soul flies sooner back to me
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
26107

9. A tight and trim vessel

First Line:
A tight and trim vessel
Last Line:
More blockheads huzza'd
DMI number:
7458

10. A milk white hind immortal and unchanged

First Line:
A milk white hind immortal and unchanged
Last Line:
With glorious visions of her future state
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6737

11. A poor Samaritan as story goes

First Line:
A poor Samaritan as story goes
Last Line:
To save him from the gallows or from hell
DMI number:
7674

12. A Secret many years unseen

First Line:
A Secret many years unseen
Last Line:
If she be lost the game is gone
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44717

13. A stately palace built of squared brick

First Line:
A stately palace built of squared brick
Last Line:
Were ruinous and old but painted cunningly
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
30758

14. A lady lovely with a charming mien

First Line:
A lady lovely with a charming mien
Last Line:
Communicated all her thoughts to me
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23323

15. About a bank with balmy bews

First Line:
About a bank with balmy bews
Last Line:
Whose glore eternal reigns
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Confident)
DMI number:
4614

16. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

17. Abroad in arms at home in studious kind

First Line:
Abroad in arms at home in studious kind
Last Line:
And day and night her doors to all stand open wide
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
9819

18. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

19. Again Britannia's bards the festive lyre

First Line:
Again Britannia's bards the festive lyre
Last Line:
The proffered baits and baffle all her arts
DMI number:
28677

20. A woman grown lousy for want of due care

First Line:
A woman grown lousy for want of due care
Last Line:
Was as clean as a penny from her head to her foot
DMI number:
7281