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1. Accept great poet nor with frowns disdain

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Accept great poet nor with frowns disdain
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The tale of Orpheus versified would be
DMI number:
13008

2. Accept O king an humble muse's lay

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Accept O king an humble muse's lay
Last Line:
They bleeding gnaw a self-avenging file
DMI number:
24553

3. Amidst a dreary British plain

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Amidst a dreary British plain
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And hide the tower by which they rose
DMI number:
37918

4. Arms and the man hold rash unthinking muse

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Arms and the man hold rash unthinking muse
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Then be advised and the great task decline
DMI number:
20670

5. Art thou fond youth a candidate for fame

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Art thou fond youth a candidate for fame
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The piece of wit is every whit his own
DMI number:
31920

6. As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth

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As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
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Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336

7. Can indignation so much rage infuse

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Can indignation so much rage infuse
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How like thy poem neither head nor tail
DMI number:
12005

8. Britannia hush thy martial wrath appease

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Britannia hush thy martial wrath appease
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Shall rise like Douglas to eternal fame
DMI number:
33424

9. Could I but half so rich a verse invent

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Could I but half so rich a verse invent
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Are only fit for hearts that bleed like mine
DMI number:
43621

10. Could I the censure of each critic dread

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Could I the censure of each critic dread
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Your virgin laurels which do spread so fast
DMI number:
43556

11. Entombed with kings though Gay's cold ashes lie

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Entombed with kings though Gay's cold ashes lie
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In life beloved in death bemoaned by Pope
DMI number:
17782

12. Fair charmer see how various poets meet

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Fair charmer see how various poets meet
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And gild it with a beam from your bright eye
DMI number:
43611

13. For once kind heaven permit me to lay by

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For once kind heaven permit me to lay by
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Tis ten to one my Sunday's pudding's lost
DMI number:
41822

14. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

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Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone
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You wave your pen and lo the dead arise
DMI number:
43587

15. Hail famed extempore poet hail

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Hail famed extempore poet hail
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And brag of their extempore spirit
DMI number:
25029

16. Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle

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Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle
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And latest ages own great Prior's name
DMI number:
15507

17. Happy bard who without fear

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Happy bard who without fear
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Pity one wretched like myself
DMI number:
33245

18. Hail tragic bard still while esteem remains

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Hail tragic bard still while esteem remains
Last Line:
Shall boundless spread spread by the muse and you
DMI number:
35404

19. How can you tune your words to wanton notes

First Line:
How can you tune your words to wanton notes
Last Line:
With thee I'd sing but now to sing's too late
DMI number:
9364

20. How good how wise thus to instruct mankind

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How good how wise thus to instruct mankind
Last Line:
You should be loved esteemed by all mankind
DMI number:
22861