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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:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Virgil (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
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