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1. A poor old wretch beneath the weight

First Line:: A poor old wretch beneath the weight
Last Line:: And your petitioner shall pray
DMI number:: 8976

2. And dost thou music think to charm

First Line:: And dost thou music think to charm
Last Line:: Let our anger let it cease | I receive her here in peace | Let our anger &c
DMI number:: 8947

3. And O my angry stars as if in spite

First Line:: And O my angry stars as if in spite
Last Line:: The sense says Marlbrough but the rhyme cries -----
DMI number:: 6156

4. Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul

First Line:: Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul
Last Line:: With shame oppressed young Cicero plunges down
Author:: John Ozell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8776

5. Behold in peace and war a monarch great

First Line:: Behold in peace and war a monarch great
Last Line:: And seen his lilies dim their eagle's eye
DMI number:: 8978

6. Brebeuf in well deserving lines

First Line:: Brebeuf in well deserving lines
Last Line:: With him who sings the ass's hide
DMI number:: 8929

7. Believe me Will that they who have least sense

First Line:: Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:: Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:: 3865

8. Believe me Will that those who have least sense

First Line:: Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:: Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:: 6496

9. Born for a court and versed in every art

First Line:: Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:: I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:: 8966

10. But halt my pen and thou my presence quit

First Line:: But halt my pen and thou my presence quit
Last Line:: For trying of Apollo keep their courts
DMI number:: 27926

11. But marriage is a yoke the better still

First Line:: But marriage is a yoke the better still
Last Line:: And never is he so free but when in chains
DMI number:: 39952

12. But now that I am old and on my head

First Line:: But now that I am old and on my head
Last Line:: Our brighter days are gone
DMI number:: 27919

13. But well those raptures if you'll make us see

First Line:: But well those raptures if you'll make us see
Last Line:: In a cold style describes a hot desire
DMI number:: 10409

14. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

First Line:: Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:: I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:: 8969

15. Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning

First Line:: Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning
Last Line:: Whilst all speak in praise of the humorous rake | Your learning is little and little your knowledge | Come tope it about you old sots of the college
DMI number:: 8921

16. Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse

First Line:: Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
Last Line:: To herd with Perrin and Liniere
DMI number:: 8983

17. Climene something has perplexed me

First Line:: Climene something has perplexed me
Last Line:: 'Tis not with you I can assure you
DMI number:: 9443

18. Clio complained upon a time

First Line:: Clio complained upon a time
Last Line:: Before the eyes of you the sun
DMI number:: 9433

19. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:: Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:: Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:: 9446

20. Cooper how foolish would that author be

First Line:: Cooper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:: It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
Author:: John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6205

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