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1. A skillful ear in numbers should preside

First Line:
A skillful ear in numbers should preside
Last Line:
Before mistaken stops debauched the sound
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10822

2. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

3. Alas no drug no medicine ever was found

First Line:
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
Last Line:
Procure though not so fair an easier love
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1395

4. And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight

First Line:
And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
Last Line:
The fury flew athwart and made the endeavour void
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28601

5. Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day

First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683

6. Arms and the man I sing

First Line:
Arms and the man I sing
DMI number:
10475

7. Arms and the man I sing who from Troy's coasts

First Line:
Arms and the man I sing who from Troy's coasts
Last Line:
So vast the toil to found the Roman state
DMI number:
16964

8. As when some peasant in a bushy brake

First Line:
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
Last Line:
So from our arms surprised Androgeos flies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28551

9. Be charmed my friend by neither love nor wine

First Line:
Be charmed my friend by neither love nor wine
Last Line:
Beyond these bounds they will destructive prove
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
13789

10. Beneath the beech's venerable shade

First Line:
Beneath the beech's venerable shade
Last Line:
From the vast mountain falls the extended shade
DMI number:
31497

11. Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray

First Line:
Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray
Last Line:
Rather I had my flesh in dust were laid
DMI number:
44528

12. First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire

First Line:
First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire
Last Line:
Their long expected labours of the year
DMI number:
4835

13. Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins

First Line:
Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins
Last Line:
Before his ample chest the frothy waters fly
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12911

14. From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame

First Line:
From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame
Last Line:
As messengers of truth and verity
DMI number:
44518

15. Happy the man who verses in nature's laws

First Line:
Happy the man who verses in nature's laws
Last Line:
And hear the din of Acheron sedate
Author:
Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
26946

16. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

First Line:
Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
Last Line:
And find a friend at court I'll find a voice
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3791

17. Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

First Line:
Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
Last Line:
By turns the various sweets and pains of love
DMI number:
21719

18. I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains

First Line:
I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains
Last Line:
And sudden night surprised the yet unfinished song
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
8682

19. Is this Dametas Melibeus flock

First Line:
Is this Dametas Melibeus flock
Last Line:
Damm the brook lads ye have well-flowed the mead
DMI number:
41833

20. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881

21. I made these rhymes another had the land

First Line:
I made these rhymes another had the land
Last Line:
So you oh oxen plough but not for you
DMI number:
44508

22. Mean time the monarch of the watery main

First Line:
Mean time the monarch of the watery main
Last Line:
And in their hopes the fleets already flame
DMI number:
28461

23. Now scorching Sirius burnt the thirsty moors

First Line:
Now scorching Sirius burnt the thirsty moors
Last Line:
Eurydice Eurydice the banks resound
Author:
Richard Maitland (Absolute) & Thomas Creech (Speculation)
DMI number:
3917

24. On ship board went the church at heaven's command

First Line:
On ship board went the church at heaven's command
Last Line:
And pilot us into the port of heaven
DMI number:
28139

25. One labour Arethusa to the past

First Line:
One labour Arethusa to the past
Last Line:
Love conquers all and we must yield to love
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6992

26. One labour more O Arethusa yield

First Line:
One labour more O Arethusa yield
Last Line:
Love conquers all and we must yield to love
Author:
Sir William Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
3793

27. Sicilian muse sublimer strains inspire

First Line:
Sicilian muse sublimer strains inspire
Last Line:
Nor shalt thou share the immortal feasts above
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
25921

28. Sicilian muse thy voice and subject raise

First Line:
Sicilian muse thy voice and subject raise
Last Line:
Where thou first drew thy breath dost there commence thy reign
DMI number:
4596

29. Sicilian muses sing sublimer strains

First Line:
Sicilian muses sing sublimer strains
Last Line:
No god shall grace his feast nor goddess bless his bed
DMI number:
3172

30. Since you with skill can touch the tender reed

First Line:
Since you with skill can touch the tender reed
Last Line:
But all his beauty all his prayers were vain
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
25922

31. Some peasants not to omit the nicest care

First Line:
Some peasants not to omit the nicest care
Last Line:
In tender souls of pliant plants produce
DMI number:
30171

32. Tell in what place and I will herry thee

First Line:
Tell in what place and I will herry thee
Last Line:
And to thy self take Phillis for thy pain
DMI number:
44503

33. Surprised with fear he fled along the field

First Line:
Surprised with fear he fled along the field
Last Line:
The mortal tumult mounts and thunders in the skies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28603

34. The light-heeled hinds in the air shall feed therefore

First Line:
The light-heeled hinds in the air shall feed therefore
Last Line:
Ere his dear lovely face shall from my bosom slide
DMI number:
44507

35. The sun reveals the secrets of the sky

First Line:
The sun reveals the secrets of the sky
Last Line:
And mighty relics of gigantic bones
DMI number:
30169

36. Tis usual now an inmate grass to see

First Line:
Tis usual now an inmate grass to see
Last Line:
Of alien trees and apples not her own
DMI number:
30170

37. To my last labour lend thy sacred aid

First Line:
To my last labour lend thy sacred aid
Last Line:
Go home my goats the gloomy night is nigh
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
25923

38. What if thou sayest the thing thou dost not mean

First Line:
What if thou sayest the thing thou dost not mean
Last Line:
I'le mock my self and hope past hope alas
DMI number:
44531

39. Whether the nobler horses breed you raise

First Line:
Whether the nobler horses breed you raise
Last Line:
Whilst ravished we the pleasing theme pursue
DMI number:
4816

40. Whilst you oh Tityrus at your ease are laid

First Line:
Whilst you oh Tityrus at your ease are laid
Last Line:
And linger shadows from high hills appear
DMI number:
11292

41. Who boldly dares deny

First Line:
Who boldly dares deny
Last Line:
Swift bounds the burning car nor hears the curbing rein
DMI number:
26784

42. Wilt then by turns we hand to hand do try

First Line:
Wilt then by turns we hand to hand do try
Last Line:
What pawn thou'lt gage with her to countervail
DMI number:
44520

43. Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song

First Line:
Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song
Last Line:
Thy realm for ever lasts thy own messiah reigns
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7154