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1. A fool is known by looking wise

First Line:: A fool is known by looking wise
Last Line:: As men find woodcocks by their eyes
Author:: Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9580

2. Alas what pains and doubts distract the soul

First Line:: Alas what pains and doubts distract the soul
Last Line:: While fond desires the judgment's choice control
Author:: William Diaper (Confident)
DMI number:: 9575

3. Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite

First Line:: Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite
Last Line:: Since tis enough we find it so in you
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7307

4. By the loud trumpet which our courage aids

First Line:: By the loud trumpet which our courage aids
Last Line:: We learn that sound as well as sense persuades
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9581

5. How easy tis to sail with wind and tide

First Line:: How easy tis to sail with wind and tide
Last Line:: But then the nation will be truly blessed
Author:: Samuel Pordage (Speculation) & Edmund Hickeringill (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident)
DMI number:: 5985

6. If love's a sweet passion why does it torment

First Line:: If love's a sweet passion why does it torment
Last Line:: And our eyes tell each other what neither durst name
Author:: Elkanah Settle (Absolute) & Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12625

7. Laden they say with Jason's golden prize

First Line:: Laden they say with Jason's golden prize
Last Line:: An execrable pair in a detested bed
Author:: Elkanah Settle (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5723

8. None of my actions can fit judges be

First Line:: None of my actions can fit judges be
Last Line:: But they who've soul enough to love like me
Author:: Elkanah Settle (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9565

9. Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud

First Line:: Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
Last Line:: For he had writ plays yet never came in print
Author:: Elkanah Settle (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3963

10. Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud

First Line:: Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
Last Line:: For he had writ plays yet never put them in print
Author:: Elkanah Settle (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5963