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1. As when the vestal hearth went out no fire

First Line:
As when the vestal hearth went out no fire
Last Line:
Poets and kings are not born every day
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
3983

2. Close by a purling stream Sarpedon lay

First Line:
Close by a purling stream Sarpedon lay
Last Line:
And died for grief that Dorax was no more
DMI number:
9968

3. Fashioned alike by nature and by art

First Line:
Fashioned alike by nature and by art
Last Line:
In private life by all who knew her loved
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Confident) & John Hervey (Speculation)
DMI number:
17574

4. Farewell the genius of the British stage

First Line:
Farewell the genius of the British stage
Last Line:
And clothed with glory you ascend the opening skies
DMI number:
10083

5. Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun

First Line:
Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun
Last Line:
Far as the fame of poetry and Ben
Author:
Lucius Cary (Confident)
DMI number:
3981

6. In softest strains Parnassian virgins mourn

First Line:
In softest strains Parnassian virgins mourn
Last Line:
Where all is harmony and all is love
DMI number:
17579

7. I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm

First Line:
I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm
Last Line:
A relic famed by all posterity
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
3982

8. Keene is no more I'm sorry for't

First Line:
Keene is no more I'm sorry for't
Last Line:
The sweets which did on Hybla dwell
DMI number:
9970

9. Let others when some mighty man they'd praise

First Line:
Let others when some mighty man they'd praise
Last Line:
To which estate none else can make pretence
DMI number:
5731

10. Of late how dreadful on our modern stage

First Line:
Of late how dreadful on our modern stage
Last Line:
Stand well prepared to meet their final doom
DMI number:
35639