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1. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

2. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:
A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:
Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25782

3. And has my friend unchecked by fear

First Line:
And has my friend unchecked by fear
Last Line:
And to the sword the gown
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25509

4. At length thy powerful arts I own

First Line:
At length thy powerful arts I own
Last Line:
Pure are thy hands thy heart humane
DMI number:
25652

5. Be wise Licinius and avoid

First Line:
Be wise Licinius and avoid
Last Line:
With too indulgent wind
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25532

6. Beneath my humble roof no gold

First Line:
Beneath my humble roof no gold
Last Line:
And endless rest bestows
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25543

7. Charmed with the lettered lustre of the press

First Line:
Charmed with the lettered lustre of the press
Last Line:
To save unwilling friends in vain is labour tried
DMI number:
25780

8. Descend thou sweetest of the tuneful train

First Line:
Descend thou sweetest of the tuneful train
Last Line:
His thrice a hundred chains the doom of lawless love
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25572

9. For quiet on Newmarket's plain

First Line:
For quiet on Newmarket's plain
Last Line:
Shall guard the laws divine
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25541

10. From royal palaces the plough

First Line:
From royal palaces the plough
Last Line:
Were built with polished stone
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25538

11. Guardian of Britain come away

First Line:
Guardian of Britain come away
Last Line:
Their father and their king
DMI number:
25619

12. Haste muse to Spithead and if winds do not alter

First Line:
Haste muse to Spithead and if winds do not alter
Last Line:
Bid him look to his ballast and take in his sails
DMI number:
25757

13. How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast

First Line:
How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast
Last Line:
Had tainted every dish and poisoned every bowl
DMI number:
25730

14. Hope sweetest child of fancy born

First Line:
Hope sweetest child of fancy born
Last Line:
And led by reason shun despair
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30870

15. How Persius on Rupilius King

First Line:
How Persius on Rupilius King
Last Line:
And let a rope be this king's doom
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25713

16. I grieve to hear you oft enquire

First Line:
I grieve to hear you oft enquire
Last Line:
And not with one gallant content
DMI number:
25649

17. In an unlucky hour the ship

First Line:
In an unlucky hour the ship
Last Line:
And lamb will sacrifice
DMI number:
25646

18. In soft Narcissa's form united shine

First Line:
In soft Narcissa's form united shine
Last Line:
Who sees must reverence but who hears must love
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30874

19. Indulge not thus thy endless grief

First Line:
Indulge not thus thy endless grief
Last Line:
Than waves that dash the rough Calabrian shore
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25514

20. I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough

First Line:
I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough
Last Line:
Go boy and in my book these verses write
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25716

21. If the soft verse and warbling strain

First Line:
If the soft verse and warbling strain
Last Line:
Whenever I call attend thy poet's prayer
DMI number:
25513

22. Let fortune and the muse be kind

First Line:
Let fortune and the muse be kind
Last Line:
Her poet's labours with a woollen crown
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25441

23. Me shall no feeble pinion bear

First Line:
Me shall no feeble pinion bear
Last Line:
Nor shed for me the needless tear
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25563

24. Maecenas still content to shine

First Line:
Maecenas still content to shine
Last Line:
Or from the Formian or Falernian vines
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25434

25. Loved by the muses to the wind

First Line:
Loved by the muses to the wind
Last Line:
Divinely new his worthy praise
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25440

26. No fabled knight in days of yore

First Line:
No fabled knight in days of yore
Last Line:
And you'll not think it given in vain
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30871

27. O Goddess whose propitious sway

First Line:
O Goddess whose propitious sway
Last Line:
And let the Massagete our vengeance feel
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25516

28. Nymph of the spring whose waves surpass

First Line:
Nymph of the spring whose waves surpass
Last Line:
Thy limpid waters fair Blandusia glide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25591

29. No plant like the vine will on Tibur's mild soil

First Line:
No plant like the vine will on Tibur's mild soil
Last Line:
Leaky faith like a sieve letting every thing pass
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25433

30. O thou whose nip the trivial strain

First Line:
O thou whose nip the trivial strain
Last Line:
Over snow-white leaves thy waters glide
DMI number:
25592

31. O Phoebus whose unerring darts

First Line:
O Phoebus whose unerring darts
Last Line:
Notes fitted to the Horatian string
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25620

32. O ship shall boisterous waves again

First Line:
O ship shall boisterous waves again
Last Line:
Whose surges lash the shining Cyclades
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25394

33. Oft have the chiefs that deck the lettered age

First Line:
Oft have the chiefs that deck the lettered age
Last Line:
But think o think they once resembled you
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30873

34. Of old a fig-tree useless wood

First Line:
Of old a fig-tree useless wood
Last Line:
Their herbs were scattered all around
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25714

35. On a clear fountain's shady brink

First Line:
On a clear fountain's shady brink
Last Line:
And bask in open sun
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30868

36. Pompey with me to utmost dangers driven

First Line:
Pompey with me to utmost dangers driven
Last Line:
Rejoice to revel for a friend restored
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25528

37. Say Catius whence and whither

First Line:
Say Catius whence and whither
Last Line:
Would quaff her waters at the fountain-head
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25720

38. Should impious sons in future times

First Line:
Should impious sons in future times
Last Line:
Rejoicing by herself to lie
DMI number:
25638

39. The antiquarian shall in times to come

First Line:
The antiquarian shall in times to come
Last Line:
When in the dust he reads here lies Carlisle
Author:
John Duncombe (Speculation)
DMI number:
26891

40. The comic poets of the Grecian stage

First Line:
The comic poets of the Grecian stage
Last Line:
To draw you to our sect we force will use
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25659

41. The curfew tolls the hour of closing gates

First Line:
The curfew tolls the hour of closing gates
Last Line:
The smiles of friendship and the sweets of love
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26594

42. The curfew tolls the hour of closing gates

First Line:
The curfew tolls the hour of closing gates
Last Line:
The sweets of friendship and the smiles of love
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30557

43. The man resolved and firmly just

First Line:
The man resolved and firmly just
Last Line:
This lofty theme by thy unequal song
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25571

44. The sailor when the tempest roars

First Line:
The sailor when the tempest roars
Last Line:
The base detracting crowd
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25540

45. The youth my friends robust in war

First Line:
The youth my friends robust in war
Last Line:
That halting vengeance lags behind
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25570

46. Think not my Lord these strains shall die

First Line:
Think not my Lord these strains shall die
Last Line:
And hoary Nerva calls
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25625

47. Thou wife of Ibycus the poor

First Line:
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
Last Line:
Grown old and bending to the tomb
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25594

48. Though Britain's genius hung his drooping head

First Line:
Though Britain's genius hung his drooping head
Last Line:
When senates thus reward the glorious deed
Author:
George Lyttelton (Speculation) & John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30872

49. Though skilled to measure sea and land

First Line:
Though skilled to measure sea and land
Last Line:
And winds propitious on thy sails shall blow
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25443

50. Though through the paths that Ennius trod before

First Line:
Though through the paths that Ennius trod before
Last Line:
Seeing approve and knowing thee admire
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26897