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1. And shall great Halifax resign to fate

First Line:: And shall great Halifax resign to fate
Last Line:: Or Newton die in falling worlds of fire
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1470

2. As when the king of peace and lord of love

First Line:: As when the king of peace and lord of love
Last Line:: And ask the certain way to rise as high
Author:: William Broome (Confident) & George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1474

3. But now suppose we may one woman find

First Line:: But now suppose we may one woman find
Last Line:: To blame the sex and scandal all the rest
Author:: George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30456

4. Condemn me not Galesia fair unknown

First Line:: Condemn me not Galesia fair unknown
Last Line:: Enough he's punished in his losing thee
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1472

5. Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe

First Line:: Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe
Last Line:: And heaven is half obtained before we die
Author:: George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 12001

6. Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away

First Line:: Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away
Last Line:: Drive home the breathing statue with the herd
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1464

7. Fair royal mourner hear the pious muse

First Line:: Fair royal mourner hear the pious muse
Last Line:: And faithful to his god in sad obedience bowed
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1471

8. Go mighty prince and those great nations see

First Line:: Go mighty prince and those great nations see
Last Line:: To shine in peace or war and be again admired
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute) & George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1460

9. Gallants without a length of formal speeches

First Line:: Gallants without a length of formal speeches
Last Line:: Have bit a widow cannot bite a beau
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1480

10. In those dark caverns of the teeming earth

First Line:: In those dark caverns of the teeming earth
Last Line:: Fall innocent and meet us on our guard
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 11590

11. In a hot fit I boasted I could bear

First Line:: In a hot fit I boasted I could bear
Last Line:: Yet know you anchor in a doubtful bay
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1477

12. Long had the tragic muse forgot to weep

First Line:: Long had the tragic muse forgot to weep
Last Line:: And place him nearest to his Phoebus seat
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1467

13. Lord when thy fearful indignation burns

First Line:: Lord when thy fearful indignation burns
Last Line:: And in their sudden flight confess their shame
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1475

14. If Oronooko in the drama shines

First Line:: If Oronooko in the drama shines
Last Line:: Can raise the poet and the player too
Author:: George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 11768

15. Let Britain now at last no more complain

First Line:: Let Britain now at last no more complain
Last Line:: And bard and heroes equally admire
Author:: George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15489

16. Meanwhile a king they seek who might sustain

First Line:: Meanwhile a king they seek who might sustain
Last Line:: I in my fame eternally shall live
Author:: Captain Morrice (Speculation) & George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 17447

17. No critic's wit or censure can accuse

First Line:: No critic's wit or censure can accuse
Last Line:: And reaps the blessings of a power unseen
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1476

18. Of bodies changed to other forms I sing

First Line:: Of bodies changed to other forms I sing
Last Line:: Shoots forth and gilds the rising dawn of day
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 17420

19. Oft for my king I drew my sword

First Line:: Oft for my king I drew my sword
Last Line:: And for this creed my graceship spare
Author:: George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35087

20. Of trivial things I sing surprising scenes

First Line:: Of trivial things I sing surprising scenes
Last Line:: Its squeaking voice and accents not its own
Author:: George Sewell (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11583

21. Pallas attentive heard the muses song

First Line:: Pallas attentive heard the muses song
Last Line:: Ploughed seas unknown and sought the golden fleece
Author:: George Sewell (Confident) & John Gay (Confident)
DMI number:: 17435

22. Once more great prince in shining arms appear

First Line:: Once more great prince in shining arms appear
Last Line:: That might become a Roman or a Gaul
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1469

23. On what strange muses country are we thrown

First Line:: On what strange muses country are we thrown
Last Line:: From Scythia's frozen coast to Thule's isle
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 3152

24. Shakespeare who gave our English stage its birth

First Line:: Shakespeare who gave our English stage its birth
Last Line:: Fresher in George's than Eliza's days
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 3153

25. The Argonauts now cut the stormy deeps

First Line:: The Argonauts now cut the stormy deeps
Last Line:: To Cephalus' command the monarch gave
Author:: George Sewell (Confident) & John Gay (Confident)
DMI number:: 17436

26. Sure there's a fate in excellence too strong

First Line:: Sure there's a fate in excellence too strong
Last Line:: While Carteret ministers and George presides
DMI number:: 36613

27. Swayed by the vulgar tide forgive the wrong

First Line:: Swayed by the vulgar tide forgive the wrong
Last Line:: The wars you write the freedom you defend
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1481

28. The night descends the sun resumes the skies

First Line:: The night descends the sun resumes the skies
Last Line:: Then adds a length of sigh to what he spoke
Author:: Mr. Dart (Confident) & George Sewell (Confident) & Francis Chute (Confident)
DMI number:: 17437

29. Then dire Pharsalia's plain all breathing blood

First Line:: Then dire Pharsalia's plain all breathing blood
Last Line:: They careless pass and leave disdainfully behind
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1466

30. The sun's bright palace on high columns raised

First Line:: The sun's bright palace on high columns raised
Last Line:: And all the god discovered to her sight
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 17431

31. These Cato's morals were and this the kind

First Line:: These Cato's morals were and this the kind
Last Line:: And quit the score between her gods and Rome
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1465

32. There storied on the walls were to behold

First Line:: There storied on the walls were to behold
Last Line:: And in his arms the fleeting aether caught
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 11807

33. This play I wonder how the thing could hold

First Line:: This play I wonder how the thing could hold
Last Line:: The world shall strike by land as well as sea
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1479

34. Timocritus the bold the great the brave

First Line:: Timocritus the bold the great the brave
Last Line:: The cowards live their punishment is life
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1463

35. We Cupid king whose arbitrary sway

First Line:: We Cupid king whose arbitrary sway
Last Line:: Thus written in the lusty month of May
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 11778

36. Was not my part an odd one for the stage

First Line:: Was not my part an odd one for the stage
Last Line:: A woman's tailor not a woman's man
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 3154

37. What crowns the fruitful marriage bed with joy

First Line:: What crowns the fruitful marriage bed with joy
Last Line:: And mirth and joy and peace sincere the heavenly banquet crowned
Author:: Samuel Cobb (Absolute) & Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & George Sewell (Absolute) & William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37254

38. What are at length the doubtful nations freed

First Line:: What are at length the doubtful nations freed
Last Line:: To British valour and to German truth
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1468

39. When boys at Eton once a year

First Line:: When boys at Eton once a year
Last Line:: The time has been when he was great
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1461

40. When her Britannia wept Eliza's doom

First Line:: When her Britannia wept Eliza's doom
Last Line:: While to her successor she pays the same
Author:: Mr. Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 2258

41. While joys unnumbered all thy soul possess

First Line:: While joys unnumbered all thy soul possess
Last Line:: To see the mother's name succeed the bride's
Author:: George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 1473

42. Ye sacred seats ye venerable urns

First Line:: Ye sacred seats ye venerable urns
Last Line:: Thy fate and want of thy recording muse
Author:: George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10588

43. Wrapped in the pleasures of a country seat

First Line:: Wrapped in the pleasures of a country seat
Last Line:: The doctor gains it when too old at cat
DMI number:: 36614