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1. A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast

First Line:
A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast
Last Line:
But tired with the relation I'll give over
DMI number:
43070

2. As late at W------ it fell out

First Line:
As late at W------ it fell out
Last Line:
Who loves a fool or trusts a bear
DMI number:
19478

3. As young Selinda led her flock

First Line:
As young Selinda led her flock
Last Line:
The heights of love and amity | And all the day &c
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41845

4. Much wine had passed with grave discourse

First Line:
Much wine had passed with grave discourse
Last Line:
Who dare prophane the -- I --
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2191

5. Much wine had passed with grave discourse

First Line:
Much wine had passed with grave discourse
Last Line:
Who dares prophane the --- I ---
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
39253

6. I that was once an humble log

First Line:
I that was once an humble log
Last Line:
Got in my chest and went to rest
DMI number:
42345

7. If hills like Haemus can delight afford

First Line:
If hills like Haemus can delight afford
Last Line:
The lawyer's fortune's love in a hollow tree
DMI number:
11751

8. Of all the plagues mankind possess

First Line:
Of all the plagues mankind possess
Last Line:
Worn out of date have chilled my tired muse
DMI number:
4445

9. The monkey lapdog parrot and her grace

First Line:
The monkey lapdog parrot and her grace
Last Line:
And L--l's coachman drives unbid to White's
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
31307

10. The ladies ordered me in name of all

First Line:
The ladies ordered me in name of all
Last Line:
And forced to go before we had been jobbed
DMI number:
18107

11. What various arts attempts the amorous swain

First Line:
What various arts attempts the amorous swain
Last Line:
If not exceed at least they equal hell
DMI number:
2874

12. What soft amusements here deceive the day

First Line:
What soft amusements here deceive the day
Last Line:
By thy ill-natured fortune art debased
DMI number:
8113

13. Whence does this tumult in my brain proceed

First Line:
Whence does this tumult in my brain proceed
Last Line:
That Strephon does the fair Orinda's absence mourn
DMI number:
3868

14. Where storks unless the fates deceive appear

First Line:
Where storks unless the fates deceive appear
Last Line:
And share that empire he alone did guide
DMI number:
12617