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1. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:
A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:
And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:
Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27118

2. A work outlasting brass and higher

First Line:
A work outlasting brass and higher
Last Line:
Crown crown me willing muse with bays
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42129

3. Angels and ministers of grace proceed

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace proceed
Last Line:
And thou shalt share immortal fame with me
DMI number:
36007

4. And hast thou then performed the mighty task

First Line:
And hast thou then performed the mighty task
Last Line:
From Zoilus down to Gildon rail and starve
DMI number:
12254

5. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

6. Assist ye muses every thought refine

First Line:
Assist ye muses every thought refine
Last Line:
Which his own works has made elate as fame
DMI number:
15340

7. But most by numbers judge a poet's song

First Line:
But most by numbers judge a poet's song
Last Line:
And what Timotheus was is Dryden now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37196

8. Clowns for posterity may cark and care

First Line:
Clowns for posterity may cark and care
Last Line:
That trust not to successions but our fames
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
17206

9. Could I Parrhasius' works command

First Line:
Could I Parrhasius' works command
Last Line:
His votaries vows and speeds their prayers
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25622

10. Could I Parrhasius' works command

First Line:
Could I Parrhasius' works command
Last Line:
Our ardent vows and speeds our prayers
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26652

11. Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain

First Line:
Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain
Last Line:
And think there is some worth in my dull rhymes
DMI number:
43204

12. Did but kind fate to me impart

First Line:
Did but kind fate to me impart
Last Line:
And looks with pity down on White's
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
25623

13. Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing

First Line:
Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing
Last Line:
His laurels are not grafted on the bays
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
16733

14. 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

15. For twice nine centuries why has partial fame

First Line:
For twice nine centuries why has partial fame
Last Line:
That he who raised the arts surpassed them too
DMI number:
17408

16. 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

17. Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed

First Line:
Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed
Last Line:
Myriads of stars spring from his falling light
DMI number:
42968

18. Here Hermes says Jove who with nectar was mellow

First Line:
Here Hermes says Jove who with nectar was mellow
Last Line:
You Hermes shall fetch him to make us sport here
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
36042

19. How an unusual but strong wind does bear

First Line:
How an unusual but strong wind does bear
Last Line:
Winter's eternal stores of hoarded cold
DMI number:
44664

20. Here take no care take here no care my muse

First Line:
Here take no care take here no care my muse
Last Line:
Which only in my grave I hope to find
Author:
Anne Killigrew (Speculation)
DMI number:
23726

21. How much of paper's spoiled what floods of ink

First Line:
How much of paper's spoiled what floods of ink
Last Line:
An honest heart is worth its weight in gold
Author:
Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
23663

22. Ill-natured censurer desist for shame

First Line:
Ill-natured censurer desist for shame
Last Line:
An the best part of me shall still remain
DMI number:
43410

23. Indulgent to this one desire

First Line:
Indulgent to this one desire
Last Line:
And ignorance submit to fate
DMI number:
35468

24. 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

25. Let vulgar souls triumphal arches raise

First Line:
Let vulgar souls triumphal arches raise
Last Line:
Even fiends relenting hear their rage away
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
12257

26. My friends I would accommodate

First Line:
My friends I would accommodate
Last Line:
His drooping votaries relieves
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42139

27. My friends who round mount Caburn do abide

First Line:
My friends who round mount Caburn do abide
Last Line:
If not a chaise conveys us back again
DMI number:
27960

28. I sing the nation's praise while here I boast

First Line:
I sing the nation's praise while here I boast
Last Line:
And tell him I was his platonic love
DMI number:
15325

29. Let happier bards whose raptured breasts aspire

First Line:
Let happier bards whose raptured breasts aspire
Last Line:
One smile applausive to my youthful strain
DMI number:
38510

30. Nor needs he slender verse his mighty flame

First Line:
Nor needs he slender verse his mighty flame
Last Line:
By him we lived we loved we ruled we writ
DMI number:
43560

31. O had my tongue but language to express

First Line:
O had my tongue but language to express
Last Line:
A rest a fame and a reward like thine
DMI number:
12264

32. No more proud Gallia bid the world revere

First Line:
No more proud Gallia bid the world revere
Last Line:
Shall bound their fame to comment and explain
DMI number:
24919

33. Of all the causes which conspire to blind

First Line:
Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Last Line:
And what Timotheus was is Dryden now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37119

34. Parent of ease oblivion old

First Line:
Parent of ease oblivion old
Last Line:
Spread with thy welcome hand oblivion's friendly vest
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
29352

35. On Richmond Hill with doublet bare

First Line:
On Richmond Hill with doublet bare
Last Line:
Trod on by fools like straw or stubble
Author:
James Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33274

36. Poet and patriot hear a nation's praise

First Line:
Poet and patriot hear a nation's praise
Last Line:
To live in scorn and in oblivion rot
DMI number:
16681

37. Says Ramsay to Phoebus my lord I must tell ye

First Line:
Says Ramsay to Phoebus my lord I must tell ye
Last Line:
Retrieve with my hand what I've lost by my brain
DMI number:
16960

38. Round some fair tree the ambitious woodbine grows

First Line:
Round some fair tree the ambitious woodbine grows
Last Line:
The Roman would not blush at the mistake
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
32449

39. Respect to Dryden justly Sheffield paid

First Line:
Respect to Dryden justly Sheffield paid
Last Line:
The city printer and the city bard
DMI number:
13492

40. Short is the date alas of modern rhymes

First Line:
Short is the date alas of modern rhymes
Last Line:
And all the bright creation fades away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37122

41. Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines

First Line:
Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines
Last Line:
To say to angels heaven is all divine
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
12109

42. Some anxious for immortal fame

First Line:
Some anxious for immortal fame
Last Line:
I'd envy neither rich nor great
DMI number:
19246

43. Still in our ears Andromache complains

First Line:
Still in our ears Andromache complains
Last Line:
For all the world is proud that he was born
DMI number:
13748

44. Strangers this tomb's inscription makes appear

First Line:
Strangers this tomb's inscription makes appear
Last Line:
Kindly survey when young when old they prize
DMI number:
8592

45. The rose and other fragrant flowers smell best

First Line:
The rose and other fragrant flowers smell best
Last Line:
To make new poets not like him in haste
DMI number:
43499

46. The praise that in thy life we durst not pay

First Line:
The praise that in thy life we durst not pay
Last Line:
And equal fame receive and equal give
DMI number:
11810

47. The very bees O sweet Menander hung

First Line:
The very bees O sweet Menander hung
Last Line:
And raise her glory to the skies in thine
DMI number:
28977

48. The very bees oh sweet Menander hung

First Line:
The very bees oh sweet Menander hung
Last Line:
And raise its glory to the skies in thine
DMI number:
13750

49. The taper shining with diminished rays

First Line:
The taper shining with diminished rays
Last Line:
To love that in thy love we ever blessed may stand
DMI number:
43209

50. The work is finished which nor dreads the rage

First Line:
The work is finished which nor dreads the rage
Last Line:
One half of round eternity is mine
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
12048