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1.
And shall great Halifax resign to fate
First Line:
And shall great Halifax resign to fate
Last Line:
Or Newton die in falling worlds of fire
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1470
2.
As when the king of peace and lord of love
First Line:
As when the king of peace and lord of love
Last Line:
And ask the certain way to rise as high
Author:
George Sewell (Confident) & William Broome (Confident)
DMI number:
1474
3.
But now suppose we may one woman find
First Line:
But now suppose we may one woman find
Last Line:
To blame the sex and scandal all the rest
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
30456
4.
Condemn me not Galesia fair unknown
First Line:
Condemn me not Galesia fair unknown
Last Line:
Enough he's punished in his losing thee
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1472
5.
Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe
First Line:
Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe
Last Line:
And heaven is half obtained before we die
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:
12001
6.
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verses must be Prior
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:
12500
7.
Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away
First Line:
Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away
Last Line:
Drive home the breathing statue with the herd
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1464
8.
Fair royal mourner hear the pious muse
First Line:
Fair royal mourner hear the pious muse
Last Line:
And faithful to his god in sad obedience bowed
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1471
9.
Go mighty prince and those great nations see
First Line:
Go mighty prince and those great nations see
Last Line:
To shine in peace or war and be again admired
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute) & George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
1460
10.
Gallants without a length of formal speeches
First Line:
Gallants without a length of formal speeches
Last Line:
Have bit a widow cannot bite a beau
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1480
11.
In a hot fit I boasted I could bear
First Line:
In a hot fit I boasted I could bear
Last Line:
Yet know you anchor in a doubtful bay
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1477
12.
Is it summer wine produce
First Line:
Is it summer wine produce
Last Line:
Wine is never out of season
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1462
13.
Long had the tragic muse forgot to weep
First Line:
Long had the tragic muse forgot to weep
Last Line:
And place him nearest to his Phoebus seat
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1467
14.
Lord when thy fearful indignation burns
First Line:
Lord when thy fearful indignation burns
Last Line:
And in their sudden flight confess their shame
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1475
15.
If no love is ye gods what feel I so
First Line:
If no love is ye gods what feel I so
Last Line:
For heat of cold for cold of heat I die
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
11773
16.
If Oronooko in the drama shines
First Line:
If Oronooko in the drama shines
Last Line:
Can raise the poet and the player too
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:
11768
17.
No critic's wit or censure can accuse
First Line:
No critic's wit or censure can accuse
Last Line:
And reaps the blessings of a power unseen
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1476
18.
O reputation dearer far than life
First Line:
O reputation dearer far than life
Last Line:
To its first purity and native sweetness
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
20618
19.
Once more great prince in shining arms appear
First Line:
Once more great prince in shining arms appear
Last Line:
That might become a Roman or a Gaul
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1469
20.
Swayed by the vulgar tide forgive the wrong
First Line:
Swayed by the vulgar tide forgive the wrong
Last Line:
The wars you write the freedom you defend
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1481
21.
Tell me not Celia once did bless
First Line:
Tell me not Celia once did bless
Last Line:
A taster to our food
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
2362
22.
Then dire Pharsalia's plain all breathing blood
First Line:
Then dire Pharsalia's plain all breathing blood
Last Line:
They careless pass and leave disdainfully behind
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1466
23.
These Cato's morals were and this the kind
First Line:
These Cato's morals were and this the kind
Last Line:
And quit the score between her gods and Rome
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1465
24.
There storied on the walls were to behold
First Line:
There storied on the walls were to behold
Last Line:
And in his arms the fleeting aether caught
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
11807
25.
This play I wonder how the thing could hold
First Line:
This play I wonder how the thing could hold
Last Line:
The world shall strike by land as well as sea
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1479
26.
Timocritus the bold the great the brave
First Line:
Timocritus the bold the great the brave
Last Line:
The cowards live their punishment is life
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1463
27.
We Cupid king whose arbitrary sway
First Line:
We Cupid king whose arbitrary sway
Last Line:
Thus written in the lusty month of May
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
11778
28.
What are at length the doubtful nations freed
First Line:
What are at length the doubtful nations freed
Last Line:
To British valour and to German truth
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1468
29.
When all the blandishments of life are gone
First Line:
When all the blandishments of life are gone
Last Line:
The coward creeps to death the brave lives on
DMI number:
12427
30.
When boys at Eton once a year
First Line:
When boys at Eton once a year
Last Line:
The time has been when he was great
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1461
31.
When her Britannia wept Eliza's doom
First Line:
When her Britannia wept Eliza's doom
Last Line:
While to her successor she pays the same
Author:
Mr. Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
2258
32.
While joys unnumbered all thy soul possess
First Line:
While joys unnumbered all thy soul possess
Last Line:
To see the mother's name succeed the bride's
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1473
33.
Why Damon with the forward day
First Line:
Why Damon with the forward day
Last Line:
But rosemary will with thee go
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
24460
34.
Ye sacred seats ye venerable urns
First Line:
Ye sacred seats ye venerable urns
Last Line:
Thy fate and want of thy recording muse
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
10588