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1. Accept great poet nor with frowns disdain

First Line:
Accept great poet nor with frowns disdain
Last Line:
The tale of Orpheus versified would be
DMI number:
13008

2. Accept O Duck the muse's grateful lay

First Line:
Accept O Duck the muse's grateful lay
Last Line:
Where their great parent sits enthroned above
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
33828

3. Accept O king an humble muse's lay

First Line:
Accept O king an humble muse's lay
Last Line:
They bleeding gnaw a self-avenging file
DMI number:
24553

4. And must it be as thou hast sung

First Line:
And must it be as thou hast sung
Last Line:
And fame's a breath and men are dust
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
32245

5. Amidst a dreary British plain

First Line:
Amidst a dreary British plain
Last Line:
And hide the tower by which they rose
DMI number:
37918

6. As merchants whose sunk trade and ebbing stocks

First Line:
As merchants whose sunk trade and ebbing stocks
Last Line:
If Virgil will approve what Maevius wrote
Author:
William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36347

7. Arms and the man hold rash unthinking muse

First Line:
Arms and the man hold rash unthinking muse
Last Line:
Then be advised and the great task decline
DMI number:
20670

8. Art thou fond youth a candidate for fame

First Line:
Art thou fond youth a candidate for fame
Last Line:
The piece of wit is every whit his own
DMI number:
31920

9. As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth

First Line:
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:
Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336

10. As when the people of the northern zone

First Line:
As when the people of the northern zone
Last Line:
A second Namur or a future Boyne
Author:
H. Blount (Absolute)
DMI number:
22244

11. Can indignation so much rage infuse

First Line:
Can indignation so much rage infuse
Last Line:
How like thy poem neither head nor tail
DMI number:
12005

12. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And dies in woe that thou mayst live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
38530

13. Britannia hush thy martial wrath appease

First Line:
Britannia hush thy martial wrath appease
Last Line:
Shall rise like Douglas to eternal fame
DMI number:
33424

14. Castalian springs in heavenly numbers flow

First Line:
Castalian springs in heavenly numbers flow
Last Line:
The land I first explored shall bear your name
Author:
James Sterling (Confident)
DMI number:
11841

15. Dear friend till now I never knew

First Line:
Dear friend till now I never knew
Last Line:
As God would have it by comes
Author:
John Evelyn (Confident)
DMI number:
44579

16. Could I but half so rich a verse invent

First Line:
Could I but half so rich a verse invent
Last Line:
Are only fit for hearts that bleed like mine
DMI number:
43621

17. Could I the censure of each critic dread

First Line:
Could I the censure of each critic dread
Last Line:
Your virgin laurels which do spread so fast
DMI number:
43556

18. Eternal god for whom whoever dare

First Line:
Eternal god for whom whoever dare
Last Line:
We may fall in with them and sing our part
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9272

19. Enough kind heaven to purpose I have lived

First Line:
Enough kind heaven to purpose I have lived
Last Line:
With humble adoration humble praise
DMI number:
43684

20. Entombed with kings though Gay's cold ashes lie

First Line:
Entombed with kings though Gay's cold ashes lie
Last Line:
In life beloved in death bemoaned by Pope
DMI number:
17782

21. Doomed to a fate which damps the poet's flame

First Line:
Doomed to a fate which damps the poet's flame
Last Line:
More we admire but cannot prove divine
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
17481

22. Firm is the cause your arguments maintain

First Line:
Firm is the cause your arguments maintain
Last Line:
My all shall be employed though far far short of yours
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11357

23. Fair charmer see how various poets meet

First Line:
Fair charmer see how various poets meet
Last Line:
And gild it with a beam from your bright eye
DMI number:
43611

24. For once kind heaven permit me to lay by

First Line:
For once kind heaven permit me to lay by
Last Line:
Tis ten to one my Sunday's pudding's lost
DMI number:
41822

25. Go love born accents of my dying heart

First Line:
Go love born accents of my dying heart
Last Line:
You can salvation and damnation give
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
8648

26. Great Matanase in quest of this rich ore

First Line:
Great Matanase in quest of this rich ore
Last Line:
You like Anteus from each fall rebound
DMI number:
36604

27. Great queen | While all the heroes of your line

First Line:
Great queen | While all the heroes of your line
Last Line:
A nobler prince and more renowned then he
DMI number:
42851

28. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

First Line:
Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone
Last Line:
You wave your pen and lo the dead arise
DMI number:
43587

29. Hail Caledonian bard whose rural strains

First Line:
Hail Caledonian bard whose rural strains
Last Line:
And Homer's Juno was not half so fine
Author:
William Somervile (Absolute)
DMI number:
33468

30. Hail famed extempore poet hail

First Line:
Hail famed extempore poet hail
Last Line:
And brag of their extempore spirit
DMI number:
25029

31. Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle

First Line:
Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle
Last Line:
And latest ages own great Prior's name
DMI number:
15507

32. Happy bard who without fear

First Line:
Happy bard who without fear
Last Line:
Pity one wretched like myself
DMI number:
33245

33. Had I no blushes left but were of those

First Line:
Had I no blushes left but were of those
Last Line:
To sound his praises forth whose gift it is
DMI number:
36801

34. Hail tragic bard still while esteem remains

First Line:
Hail tragic bard still while esteem remains
Last Line:
Shall boundless spread spread by the muse and you
DMI number:
35404

35. How can you tune your words to wanton notes

First Line:
How can you tune your words to wanton notes
Last Line:
With thee I'd sing but now to sing's too late
DMI number:
9364

36. How good how wise thus to instruct mankind

First Line:
How good how wise thus to instruct mankind
Last Line:
You should be loved esteemed by all mankind
DMI number:
22861

37. Humbly sheweth | That we your majesty's poor slaves

First Line:
Humbly sheweth | That we your majesty's poor slaves
Last Line:
The over-plus of the saint's merit
DMI number:
6454

38. Hush let me search before I speak aloud

First Line:
Hush let me search before I speak aloud
Last Line:
Greece was to him what Dublin is to me
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
31245

39. I blush to think I've youth and liberty

First Line:
I blush to think I've youth and liberty
Last Line:
And give to chance what was the painter's skill
DMI number:
9344

40. Immortal Waller sung in godlike strains

First Line:
Immortal Waller sung in godlike strains
Last Line:
Your lays will raise to you immortal fame
DMI number:
39411

41. It was not that I lost direction

First Line:
It was not that I lost direction
Last Line:
In the brazen book of fame-a
Author:
Martha Sansom [nee Fowke] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17487

42. Indulgent mothers are not more distressed

First Line:
Indulgent mothers are not more distressed
Last Line:
And with reluctance yield it to be mine
DMI number:
17799

43. Ingenious bard who wondering tribute paid

First Line:
Ingenious bard who wondering tribute paid
Last Line:
Long live on earth be ever blessed above
DMI number:
33428

44. Long have our priests condemned a wicked age

First Line:
Long have our priests condemned a wicked age
Last Line:
And give her power she never could boast before
DMI number:
43640

45. Long since my thoughts did thus forboding tell

First Line:
Long since my thoughts did thus forboding tell
Last Line:
A double portion of your sacred spirit
DMI number:
43429

46. Long with despotic sway the muse prophane

First Line:
Long with despotic sway the muse prophane
Last Line:
And crown thee S----c---tt with eternal bays
DMI number:
8568

47. Muse to my noble friend an offering bring

First Line:
Muse to my noble friend an offering bring
Last Line:
I leave for fools to seek and knaves to gain
DMI number:
17514

48. My lord your verses penned with so much ease

First Line:
My lord your verses penned with so much ease
Last Line:
Storer's good nature and Fitzwilliams' heart
DMI number:
26815

49. My lord | When on some antique medal's dimner brass

First Line:
My lord | When on some antique medal's dimner brass
Last Line:
Shall satiate this new Cyrus with his own
Author:
Edward Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
33677

50. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:
My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:
So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:
9445