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1. As in the days of yore were odds

First Line:
As in the days of yore were odds
Last Line:
He kicked the commons out of door
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
6427

2. As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne

First Line:
As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne
Last Line:
For though his pride's as great his cunning's less
DMI number:
3683

3. Cambray whilst of seraphic love you set

First Line:
Cambray whilst of seraphic love you set
Last Line:
The execrable phantom disappeared
DMI number:
5719

4. Down in a vale between two mountains stands

First Line:
Down in a vale between two mountains stands
Last Line:
And the glad news did joyfully convey
DMI number:
7385

5. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sings
DMI number:
6483

6. From servile fear the fancied gods first came

First Line:
From servile fear the fancied gods first came
Last Line:
Invents new gods and aids the pious cheat
DMI number:
10310

7. I grant that ever since the world began

First Line:
I grant that ever since the world began
Last Line:
For him the cock for him the pigeons broil
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23861

8. In dull commanded strains the royal boy

First Line:
In dull commanded strains the royal boy
Last Line:
To know their country's fortune and their own
DMI number:
42875

9. If each new moon my rustic maid

First Line:
If each new moon my rustic maid
Last Line:
More grateful than a hecatomb
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25603

10. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3631