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1. A faultless monster which the world never saw

First Line:
A faultless monster which the world never saw
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10459

2. - Without judgment fancy is but mad

First Line:
- Without judgment fancy is but mad
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10417

3. A heat that glows in every line that's writ

First Line:
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
Last Line:
Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775

4. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
And makes the work much easier than it shows
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10413

5. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
With fury too as well as fancy fired
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10414

6. A thin ill natured ghost that haunts the king

First Line:
A thin ill natured ghost that haunts the king
Last Line:
Should ever be thus condemned to counselling
Author:
John Sheffield (Confident)
DMI number:
4493

7. A spirit that inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit that inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
As that of nature moves the world about
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10773

8. A spirit which inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit which inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
As that of nature moves the world about
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10390

9. A spirit which inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit which inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
Describing all men but described by none
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10391

10. Another fault which often does befall

First Line:
Another fault which often does befall
Last Line:
Well may we laugh but at the poet's cost
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10467

11. All this together yet is but a part

First Line:
All this together yet is but a part
Last Line:
Their beauties imitate avoid their faults
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10452

12. And cures because the remedy is loved

First Line:
And cures because the remedy is loved
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10428

13. And in his heart as in a fort remains

First Line:
And in his heart as in a fort remains
Last Line:
And sickness triumphs in the throne of love
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
6005

14. And there too oft despairing love complains

First Line:
And there too oft despairing love complains
Last Line:
The many raise the value of the few
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10410

15. Art's needless varnish to make nature shine

First Line:
Art's needless varnish to make nature shine
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10440

16. As all is dullness when the fancy's bad

First Line:
As all is dullness when the fancy's bad
Last Line:
Which gains the head while t'other wins the heart
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10393

17. Besides the main design composed with art

First Line:
Besides the main design composed with art
Last Line:
But change hereafter what appears amiss
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10461

18. Breathless almost we are at last got up

First Line:
Breathless almost we are at last got up
Last Line:
Succeed where Spenser and Torquato fail
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10473

19. By nature not inspired nor learning taught

First Line:
By nature not inspired nor learning taught
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10445

20. But human frailty nicely to unfold

First Line:
But human frailty nicely to unfold
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10427

21. But should this muse harmonious numbers yield

First Line:
But should this muse harmonious numbers yield
Last Line:
Like goodly mountains till they reach the skies
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10408

22. But since the poets we of late have known

First Line:
But since the poets we of late have known
Last Line:
And sense no longer may submit to fools
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10431

23. But since the poets we of late have known

First Line:
But since the poets we of late have known
Last Line:
To love and living in his lady's arms
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10471

24. But to collect like bees from every flower

First Line:
But to collect like bees from every flower
Last Line:
But Falstaff stands unimitated yet
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10466

25. But to make rage declaim and grief discourse

First Line:
But to make rage declaim and grief discourse
Last Line:
They sigh in simile and die in rhyme
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10441

26. But to write plays why tis a bold pretence

First Line:
But to write plays why tis a bold pretence
Last Line:
To judgement breeding wit and eloquence
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10450

27. Come Celia let's agree at last

First Line:
Come Celia let's agree at last
Last Line:
Sure never is too late
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4207

28. Dark is the path poor mortals tread

First Line:
Dark is the path poor mortals tread
Last Line:
Than tried a fatal cure much worse than our disease
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
7297

29. Defects of witty men deserve a cure

First Line:
Defects of witty men deserve a cure
Last Line:
And those who are so will even this endure
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10396

30. First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts

First Line:
First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts
Last Line:
This oft alone has given success to plays
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10454

31. First then of songs which now so much abound

First Line:
First then of songs which now so much abound
Last Line:
Like heaps of fuel do but choke the fire
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10397

32. First then soliloquies had need be few

First Line:
First then soliloquies had need be few
Last Line:
As when Bellario confesses all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10437

33. Expose no single fop but lay the load

First Line:
Expose no single fop but lay the load
Last Line:
But Falstaff stands unimitated yet
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10465

34. Extremely short and spoke in passion too

First Line:
Extremely short and spoke in passion too
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10438

35. Figures of speech which poets think so fine

First Line:
Figures of speech which poets think so fine
Last Line:
And in descriptions only claim a place
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10439

36. For kings some services I've done

First Line:
For kings some services I've done
Last Line:
Give mercy to this medley liver
DMI number:
11985

37. For every prince that hit my fancy

First Line:
For every prince that hit my fancy
Last Line:
Take pity on a gartered sinner
DMI number:
11983

38. From wars and plagues come no such harms

First Line:
From wars and plagues come no such harms
Last Line:
Unless you love you please in vain
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
1429

39. Good angels snatched him eagerly on high

First Line:
Good angels snatched him eagerly on high
Last Line:
Nothing but elevated thoughts and gentle soft desires
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4241

40. Harmonious sound

First Line:
Harmonious sound
Last Line:
That never does the ear with harshness wound
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10381

41. Here as in all things else is most unfit

First Line:
Here as in all things else is most unfit
Last Line:
Like heaps of fuel do but choke the fire
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10399

42. Here rest my muse suspend thy cares a while

First Line:
Here rest my muse suspend thy cares a while
Last Line:
To give instructions that concern the stage
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10430

43. Here I should all the various sorts of verse

First Line:
Here I should all the various sorts of verse
Last Line:
And new absurdities inspire new thoughts
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10394

44. Here lives a man who by relation

First Line:
Here lives a man who by relation
Last Line:
But that alas it was decreed
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12485

45. How great a curse on human kind

First Line:
How great a curse on human kind
Last Line:
Whatever priests presume to preach
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
8685

46. Here uninterred suspends though not to save

First Line:
Here uninterred suspends though not to save
Last Line:
Contend to reach his body to his soul
DMI number:
3678

47. How shameful and what monstrous things are these

First Line:
How shameful and what monstrous things are these
Last Line:
And grudge the sign of old Ben Johnson's head
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10472

48. In those cold climates where the sun appears

First Line:
In those cold climates where the sun appears
Last Line:
If spite of thee 'tis possible to die
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
1426

49. In doubt I lived

First Line:
In doubt I lived
Last Line:
What faith I lived or died in
DMI number:
11988

50. In vain alas for who by wit is moved

First Line:
In vain alas for who by wit is moved
Last Line:
Mankind take most with that fantastic sex
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10411