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1.
An inner room receives the humorous souls
First Line:
An inner room receives the humorous souls
Last Line:
To promise future health for present fees
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5482
2.
Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer
First Line:
Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer
Last Line:
My Walpole lives and Mortimer despairs
DMI number:
8368
3.
As Cippus in the trembling stream surveyed
First Line:
As Cippus in the trembling stream surveyed
Last Line:
And Rome's rich posts shall shine with horns of gold
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Speculation)
DMI number:
8397
4.
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
First Line:
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
Last Line:
Their virtue he their beauty she bestowed
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12380
5.
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
First Line:
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
Last Line:
Their virtues he their beauties she bestowed
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4275
6.
Auspicious health appeared on zephyr's wing
First Line:
Auspicious health appeared on zephyr's wing
Last Line:
Find ease in chains or anguish in a crown
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29846
7.
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
First Line:
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
Last Line:
And there the glorious battle of the Boyne
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
28425
8.
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
First Line:
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
Last Line:
So lightning gilds the unrelenting storm
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29809
9.
Can you count the silver lights
First Line:
Can you count the silver lights
Last Line:
Or Marlborough's acts or -----n's charms
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8395
10.
Carlisle's a name can every muse inspire
First Line:
Carlisle's a name can every muse inspire
Last Line:
A wit and lustre equal to his own
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4271
11.
Could he whom my dissembled rigour grieves
First Line:
Could he whom my dissembled rigour grieves
Last Line:
Are but the echoes of my own despair
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8396
12.
Disease thou ever most propitious power
First Line:
Disease thou ever most propitious power
Last Line:
To fix your empire and confirm your sway
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
30985
13.
Febris is first the hag relentless hears
First Line:
Febris is first the hag relentless hears
Last Line:
Who at his nod rest of line missing in ecco copy
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
30987
14.
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:
George Sewell (Absolute) & Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
1460
15.
Health seems a cherub most divinely bright
First Line:
Health seems a cherub most divinely bright
Last Line:
Fine ease in chains or anguish in a crown
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5489
16.
Hyde though in agonies her graces keeps
First Line:
Hyde though in agonies her graces keeps
Last Line:
But her bright offspring is the cheerful morn
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4288
17.
In the close covert of a cypress grove
First Line:
In the close covert of a cypress grove
Last Line:
Who at his nod on fatal errands fly
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5576
18.
In all your words let energy be found
First Line:
In all your words let energy be found
Last Line:
None please the fancy which offend the ear
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
30969
19.
In moving lines these few epistles tell
First Line:
In moving lines these few epistles tell
Last Line:
And every star its fading fire resigns
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
6130
20.
Is pride's original but nature's grave
First Line:
Is pride's original but nature's grave
Last Line:
But if his safety he consults it dies
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Confident)
DMI number:
5503
21.
It guides the fancy and the mind
First Line:
It guides the fancy and the mind
Last Line:
No bankrup finds a fair one kind
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5960
22.
My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell
First Line:
My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell
Last Line:
And be the Juliana of the age
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
7041
23.
Nigh the recess of chaos and dull day
First Line:
Nigh the recess of chaos and dull day
Last Line:
Which execute the harsh decree of fate
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
30986
24.
Near the vast bulk of that stupendous frame
First Line:
Near the vast bulk of that stupendous frame
Last Line:
Like other monarchs of her ancient line
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
15498
25.
Pallas destructive to the Trojan line
First Line:
Pallas destructive to the Trojan line
Last Line:
Fell by Eliza and by Anna rose
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4947
26.
The god of love grows jealous of his art
First Line:
The god of love grows jealous of his art
Last Line:
A nymph more mighty than a deity
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5310
27.
The god of wine grows jealous of his art
First Line:
The god of wine grows jealous of his art
Last Line:
A nymph more mighty than a deity
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4287
28.
The bravest hero and the brightest dame
First Line:
The bravest hero and the brightest dame
Last Line:
The awful thunder and the gentle dew
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4283
29.
The praise that in thy life we durst not pay
First Line:
The praise that in thy life we durst not pay
Last Line:
And equal fame receive and equal give
DMI number:
11810
30.
Thou who the pangs of my embittered rage
First Line:
Thou who the pangs of my embittered rage
Last Line:
Those virtues you so late admired in me
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8097
31.
This place so fit for undisturbed repose
First Line:
This place so fit for undisturbed repose
Last Line:
Battening in ease and and slumbering life away
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
30890
32.
Today a mighty hero comes to warm
First Line:
Today a mighty hero comes to warm
Last Line:
At worst he'll find some Cornish borough there
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11783
33.
To day a mighty hero comes to warm
First Line:
To day a mighty hero comes to warm
Last Line:
At worst he'll find a Cornish borough here
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5936
34.
To Essex fill the sprightly wine
First Line:
To Essex fill the sprightly wine
Last Line:
And those her gentle sighs supply
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4284
35.
To Essex fill the sprightly wine
First Line:
To Essex fill the sprightly wine
Last Line:
Who scape their arms are captive to their eyes
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
20717
36.
Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse
First Line:
Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse
Last Line:
Thy poems and thy patients live not long
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
3733
37.
What odd fantastic things we women do
First Line:
What odd fantastic things we women do
Last Line:
And every Lucia find a Cato's son
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
17538
38.
What frenzy has of late possessed the brain
First Line:
What frenzy has of late possessed the brain
Last Line:
The place shall live in song and Claremont be the name
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
7046
39.
When Jove to Ida did the gods invite
First Line:
When Jove to Ida did the gods invite
Last Line:
For Venus was the Wharton of the feast
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4309
40.
When Jove did Ida to the gods invite
First Line:
When Jove did Ida to the gods invite
Last Line:
For Venus was the Wharton of the feast
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5312
41.
Where harmony and conquering beauty reign
First Line:
Where harmony and conquering beauty reign
Last Line:
And flames that vestals guard can never expire
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
4169
42.
While weeping Europe bends beneath her ills
First Line:
While weeping Europe bends beneath her ills
Last Line:
Your globe of light looks larger as you set
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8075
43.
Whilst weeping Europe bends beneath her ills
First Line:
Whilst weeping Europe bends beneath her ills
Last Line:
Your globe of light looks larger as you set
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
10918
44.
Within the chambers of the globe we spy
First Line:
Within the chambers of the globe we spy
Last Line:
T'oblige complaining lovers with their shade
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5636