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1. Beauty alone's too impotent a charm

First Line:: Beauty alone's too impotent a charm
Last Line:: For elegance can only win the heart
DMI number:: 10309

2. Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave

First Line:: Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave
Last Line:: The transport is eternal and divine
Author:: John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:: 7560

3. Beauty thou vain imaginary good

First Line:: Beauty thou vain imaginary good
Last Line:: And one eternal spring of love goes round
DMI number:: 8576

4. Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know

First Line:: Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know
Last Line:: But for deceitful colours painted there
DMI number:: 25889

5. Firm is the cause your arguments maintain

First Line:: Firm is the cause your arguments maintain
Last Line:: My all shall be employed though far far short of yours
Author:: Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11357

6. Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit

First Line:: Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit
Last Line:: And shall have pleasure when the sordid wretch has none
DMI number:: 39423

7. Had I but a plentiful yearly estate

First Line:: Had I but a plentiful yearly estate
Last Line:: Before I would wed a rich fool or wise whore
DMI number:: 7559

8. Her wit and beauty for a court was made

First Line:: Her wit and beauty for a court was made
Last Line:: But truth and goodness fit her for a shade
Author:: George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19453

9. Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire

First Line:: Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire
Last Line:: A theme too lofty for a Pindar's mind
DMI number:: 10070

10. Here wit and beauty join and who can say

First Line:: Here wit and beauty join and who can say
Last Line:: Since as they pity move they both should love
DMI number:: 6065

11. How rare the piece where heaven and nature join

First Line:: How rare the piece where heaven and nature join
Last Line:: Preserve ennoble and adorn the whole
Author:: Mehetabel Wright [née Wesley] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29613

12. In vain will songs of old from hence declare

First Line:: In vain will songs of old from hence declare
Last Line:: For words could never have reached to paint one single grace
DMI number:: 16570

13. Let the knight on beauty lour

First Line:: Let the knight on beauty lour
Last Line:: Why ah why should you be there
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:: 35070

14. Must I read it again sir so here do I stand

First Line:: Must I read it again sir so here do I stand
Last Line:: The best of amusements the winter can give
Author:: Christopher Anstey (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36070

15. Madam | your charming sex tis true can only claim

First Line:: Madam | your charming sex tis true can only claim
Last Line:: For in your person he had found them all
DMI number:: 43629

16. Miss H-- your looks will your riddle discover

First Line:: Miss H-- your looks will your riddle discover
Last Line:: That either tis ice or your ladyship's heart
DMI number:: 25136

17. Nature perversely to thy wish has given

First Line:: Nature perversely to thy wish has given
Last Line:: For only misers want what they possess
DMI number:: 24726

18. The ape and leopard beasts for show

First Line:: The ape and leopard beasts for show
Last Line:: Are only leopards in their talents
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15367

19. Surely that lover's mad that will declare

First Line:: Surely that lover's mad that will declare
Last Line:: Witty and beautiful for money's all in all
DMI number:: 8577

20. The blooming spring delightful May

First Line:: The blooming spring delightful May
Last Line:: The poet's art her mind
Author:: Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:: 11420

21. To Rosalinda's eyes who not submit

First Line:: To Rosalinda's eyes who not submit
Last Line:: Become but deaf and blind and thou art free
DMI number:: 13152

22. Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart

First Line:: Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
Last Line:: When more of nature's seen and less of art
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6020

23. Ye beauteous youths to happiness designed

First Line:: Ye beauteous youths to happiness designed
Last Line:: Whilst marigolds and pansies quite neglected lie
DMI number:: 8575