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1. A giant shepherd here his flock maintains

First Line:: A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:: Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31650

2. An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

First Line:: An ancient forest in Thessalia grows
Last Line:: He sat himself and kept her still in sight
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11237

3. And thou great father of the British floods

First Line:: And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:: And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28304

4. Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood

First Line:: Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood
Last Line:: And still preside at every funeral rite
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11889

5. As in September when our year resigns

First Line:: As in September when our year resigns
Last Line:: Because that weeping cannot ease my heart
Author:: Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17024

6. As when two bulls for their fair female fight

First Line:: As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:: So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31672

7. Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong

First Line:: Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong
Last Line:: With mossy trunks below and verdant leaves above
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11902

8. Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow

First Line:: Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow
Last Line:: My love in yonder vale in sleep does lie
Author:: Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25219

9. Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew

First Line:: Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
Last Line:: So lightning gilds the unrelenting storm
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29809

10. Can we forget how every creature moaned

First Line:: Can we forget how every creature moaned
Last Line:: And thorns and thistles overspread the fields
Author:: Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22505

11. But easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:: But easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:: The prints of her departing steps appear
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30624

12. But errs not nature from this gracious end

First Line:: But errs not nature from this gracious end
Last Line:: And nature deviates how can man do less
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28216

13. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

First Line:: But yonder far lo yonder does appear
Last Line:: Enlarged the mass the nymph became an isle
Author:: Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11702

14. But neither median woods a plenteous land

First Line:: But neither median woods a plenteous land
Last Line:: And summer suns recede by slow degrees
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30623

15. But we'll grow auld together and never find

First Line:: But we'll grow auld together and never find
Last Line:: Beneath ilk storm frae every airth maun bow
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22719

16. But when good Saturn banished from above

First Line:: But when good Saturn banished from above
Last Line:: And oxen laboured first beneath the yoke
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9803

17. Cease then not order imperfection name

First Line:: Cease then not order imperfection name
Last Line:: One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30144

18. Come night as dark as pitch surround my head

First Line:: Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
Last Line:: Tis hard so true a damsel dies a maid
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22702

19. Describe we next the nature of the bees

First Line:: Describe we next the nature of the bees
Last Line:: And think it honour at his feet to die
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30628

20. Fair is my flock nor yet uncomely I

First Line:: Fair is my flock nor yet uncomely I
Last Line:: The bordering flowers less beauteous than they grow
DMI number:: 25227