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1. A fox would unmolested sleep

First Line:
A fox would unmolested sleep
Last Line:
Possesseth nought thy bags have got
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22791

2. A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound

First Line:
A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound
Last Line:
And whistled as he went for want of thought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28959

3. A monkey once an odd request

First Line:
A monkey once an odd request
Last Line:
As beetles dull and light as flies
DMI number:
21671

4. A stag applied to mighty Jove

First Line:
A stag applied to mighty Jove
Last Line:
But his repentance came too late
DMI number:
24976

5. According to the Romish creed

First Line:
According to the Romish creed
Last Line:
Is universal happiness and health
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30858

6. Apollo once finding fair Daphne alone

First Line:
Apollo once finding fair Daphne alone
Last Line:
The god had succeeded the nymph had been civil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7138

7. Amongst the gods a contest rose

First Line:
Amongst the gods a contest rose
Last Line:
Within himself sweet peace of mind
Author:
Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:
28333

8. As through the woods Panthea strayed

First Line:
As through the woods Panthea strayed
Last Line:
Unerring to the fair one's heart
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11361

9. Beauty and love once fell at odds

First Line:
Beauty and love once fell at odds
Last Line:
Against god Cupid's power
Author:
Henry Lawes (Speculation) & John Gamble (Speculation)
DMI number:
10694

10. Cupid ere deprived of sight

First Line:
Cupid ere deprived of sight
Last Line:
That love by folly should be led
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14858

11. Five satyrs of the woodland sort

First Line:
Five satyrs of the woodland sort
Last Line:
Till smarting folly glares them in the face
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4427

12. In angry mood Jove once they say

First Line:
In angry mood Jove once they say
Last Line:
A mercy on the poet's skin
Author:
Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:
27621

13. Jove once tis said was angry grown

First Line:
Jove once tis said was angry grown
Last Line:
Give over so much they've more to ask
Author:
Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:
27617

14. Jobson a homely country wretch

First Line:
Jobson a homely country wretch
Last Line:
The wise content them with their present state
DMI number:
12809

15. Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change

First Line:
Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change
Last Line:
And Whitehall echoes clean your honour's shoes
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
28493

16. Midst largest heaps of untouched gold

First Line:
Midst largest heaps of untouched gold
Last Line:
Is squandered by his lavish heirs
DMI number:
2815

17. Now had the son of Jove mature attained

First Line:
Now had the son of Jove mature attained
Last Line:
Crowned with eternal youth among the gods a god
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22522

18. Panting for breath towards her parent brook

First Line:
Panting for breath towards her parent brook
Last Line:
So stead of fruit he only gathers leaves
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15066

19. Once for his pleasure Love would go

First Line:
Once for his pleasure Love would go
Last Line:
Your haughty neck and draw my plow
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15070

20. Once Jupiter from out the skies

First Line:
Once Jupiter from out the skies
Last Line:
But know content is mine alone
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11371

21. Say learned Garth around whose favourite head

First Line:
Say learned Garth around whose favourite head
Last Line:
I waked and vanished the transporting sight
DMI number:
3530

22. The daughter of the glorious son

First Line:
The daughter of the glorious son
Last Line:
Conducted to his fate by Ariadne's clew
DMI number:
10277

23. The daughter of the glorious sun

First Line:
The daughter of the glorious sun
Last Line:
Conducted to his fate by Ariadne's clew
DMI number:
9715

24. The muses nine harmonious lasses

First Line:
The muses nine harmonious lasses
Last Line:
Yet love's continues still the same
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11862

25. The sceptics think 'twas long ago

First Line:
The sceptics think 'twas long ago
Last Line:
And get the ladle out again
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4250

26. Two formal owls together sat

First Line:
Two formal owls together sat
Last Line:
And no keen cat find more regard
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33436

27. When Jove of old the ethereal scepter swayed

First Line:
When Jove of old the ethereal scepter swayed
Last Line:
But yield their title to the modern beau
DMI number:
10566

28. When Phoebus first did Daphne love

First Line:
When Phoebus first did Daphne love
Last Line:
To be a tree if she could choose
Author:
John Dowland (Speculation)
DMI number:
11227

29. When poets wrote and painters drew

First Line:
When poets wrote and painters drew
Last Line:
That all was full and round and fair
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12296

30. When merit rises like the prince of day

First Line:
When merit rises like the prince of day
Last Line:
By all admired and it is called the rose
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23747

31. When the great prize of beauty to decide

First Line:
When the great prize of beauty to decide
Last Line:
And so the premium was to Venus given
DMI number:
9350

32. Whereas the son of Daedalus with pride and pinions led

First Line:
Whereas the son of Daedalus with pride and pinions led
Last Line:
To squench his thirst and rebaptize the vast Icarian Sea
DMI number:
18235

33. With moral tale let ancient wisdom move

First Line:
With moral tale let ancient wisdom move
Last Line:
She gave the horse and gives the olive too
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
32322

34. With petty ills and vulgar mischiefs tired

First Line:
With petty ills and vulgar mischiefs tired
Last Line:
For which I suffer and not guilty he
DMI number:
44686