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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