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1. Down dropped her brush the dish clout thrown aside

First Line:
Down dropped her brush the dish clout thrown aside
Last Line:
And clasps the long cold colonel in her arms
DMI number:
40673

2. Farewell ye dames of Surrey's fertile plains

First Line:
Farewell ye dames of Surrey's fertile plains
Last Line:
And ere the morn the lovers took their flight
DMI number:
11134

3. Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise

First Line:
Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise
Last Line:
To live by ale should die at last in grains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5430

4. Hobnelia seated in a dreary vale

First Line:
Hobnelia seated in a dreary vale
Last Line:
Oh dear I fall adown adown adown
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
31219

5. In Lothian's fertile fields whose every plain

First Line:
In Lothian's fertile fields whose every plain
Last Line:
And bend and sweat beneath a heavy judge
DMI number:
25931

6. Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains

First Line:
Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains
Last Line:
Whose power unchanged through every age remains
DMI number:
33124

7. Now new vamped silks the mercer's window shows

First Line:
Now new vamped silks the mercer's window shows
Last Line:
And happier cits resort to Sadler's Wells
DMI number:
29203

8. Now Phoebus rose and with his early beams

First Line:
Now Phoebus rose and with his early beams
Last Line:
For eyes the language of the soul explain
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
8405

9. No more ye muses tell of verdant plains

First Line:
No more ye muses tell of verdant plains
Last Line:
He acts the lover honestly and dies
DMI number:
23033

10. Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight
Last Line:
Honest George Churchill may supply his place
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
4011