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1001. Were you but half so humble to confess

First Line:
Were you but half so humble to confess
Last Line:
As others did your homely ancestors
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38773

1002. Were you but half so wise as you are severe

First Line:
Were you but half so wise as you are severe
Last Line:
He may grow up to write and you to judge
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4031

1003. What is this wit which Cowley could not name

First Line:
What is this wit which Cowley could not name
Last Line:
A bullying gallant in a wanton play
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
38891

1004. What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free

First Line:
What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free
Last Line:
Yours is the old hereditary right
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8400

1005. What madness has possessed this snarling age

First Line:
What madness has possessed this snarling age
Last Line:
Oh may I live to hail the glorious day | And sing loud paeans &c
DMI number:
6178

1006. When conjurers the quality can bubble

First Line:
When conjurers the quality can bubble
Last Line:
The audience fools the conjurer a thief
DMI number:
20830

1007. When Corydon to play-house door

First Line:
When Corydon to play-house door
Last Line:
I know not which to speak of first
DMI number:
7214

1008. When all that we thought great and good was gone

First Line:
When all that we thought great and good was gone
Last Line:
That such bright hopes we have and such a king
Author:
John Banks (Absolute)
DMI number:
35892

1009. When Athens all the Grecian state did guide

First Line:
When Athens all the Grecian state did guide
Last Line:
The first play buried since the woollen act
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35778

1010. What Timon does old age begin to approach

First Line:
What Timon does old age begin to approach
Last Line:
To drink beer glasses and hear hectors roar
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
2216