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1. A giant shepherd here his flock maintains

First Line:
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:
Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31650

2. Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine

First Line:
Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine
Last Line:
And kiss those hands yet reeking with their gore
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12919

3. Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate

First Line:
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
Last Line:
Marks the dry dust and thirsts for blood in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31585

4. Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined

First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584

5. Along their face

First Line:
Along their face
Last Line:
And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12898

6. And now arrived where on the sandy bay

First Line:
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
Last Line:
There cease his battle and there feel our hand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31572

7. As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace

First Line:
As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace
Last Line:
Nor can this fly nor that can overtake
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12912

8. As thus with glorious air and proud disdain

First Line:
As thus with glorious air and proud disdain
Last Line:
And plunged amid the thickest Trojan lies
Author:
Homer (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28532

9. As full blown poppies overcharged with rain

First Line:
As full blown poppies overcharged with rain
Last Line:
Beneath his helmet drops upon his breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12914

10. As the bold bird her helpless young attends

First Line:
As the bold bird her helpless young attends
Last Line:
And sweat laborious days in dust and blood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12916

11. At last is Hector stretched upon the plain

First Line:
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
Last Line:
And stretch thee here before this Scaean gate
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31574

12. As when the moon refulgent lamp of night

First Line:
As when the moon refulgent lamp of night
Last Line:
Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32743

13. Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn

First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
And such are men and gods compared to Jove
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34087

14. Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn

First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
Trembling they stood before their sovereign's look
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12920

15. Awed by no shame by no respect controlled

First Line:
Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
Last Line:
And much he hated all but most the best
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
18188

16. Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire

First Line:
Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire
Last Line:
And from his eyeballs flashed the living fire
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12900

17. But all alone the hoary king he found

First Line:
But all alone the hoary king he found
Last Line:
Heaven rules us yet and gods there are above
Author:
Homer (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31662

18. But he who found not whom his soul desired

First Line:
But he who found not whom his soul desired
Last Line:
The first in danger as the first in fame
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28437

19. But let us on this memorable day

First Line:
But let us on this memorable day
Last Line:
A radiant belt that rich with purple glowed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31576

20. But when the powers descending swelled the fight

First Line:
But when the powers descending swelled the fight
Last Line:
Abhorred by men and dreadful even to gods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31609

21. Close to the gates a spacious garden lies

First Line:
Close to the gates a spacious garden lies
Last Line:
The people one and one supplies the king
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
8416

22. Cursed is the man and void of law and right

First Line:
Cursed is the man and void of law and right
Last Line:
To tear his country and his kind destroy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31582

23. Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began

First Line:
Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began
Last Line:
And humbled in the ashes took his place
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31619

24. Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed

First Line:
Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed
Last Line:
Now hovers round and calls thee to thy death
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31573

25. Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar

First Line:
Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar
Last Line:
At length abrupt my son my king she cried
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31659

26. Divine Achilles with compassion moved

First Line:
Divine Achilles with compassion moved
Last Line:
And drive the Trojans to their walls again
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6635

27. Far as a shepherd from some point on high

First Line:
Far as a shepherd from some point on high
Last Line:
At every leap the immortal coursers bound
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12905

28. Fixed at his post was each bold Ajax found

First Line:
Fixed at his post was each bold Ajax found
Last Line:
Resistless when he raged and when he stopped unmoved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37197

29. Feeble like me with such grey locks as these

First Line:
Feeble like me with such grey locks as these
Last Line:
I kiss the hand stained in my Hectors gore
DMI number:
41804

30. Female innocence

First Line:
Female innocence
Last Line:
And public nuptials justify the bride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31617

31. Hector approach my arm and singly know

First Line:
Hector approach my arm and singly know
Last Line:
I steal no conquest from a noble foe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31575

32. Hector this heard returned without delay

First Line:
Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:
And mourn the living Hector as the dead
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32684

33. Hector this heard returned without delay

First Line:
Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:
No father's aid no mother's tender care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12902

34. Health to Achilles happy are thy guests

First Line:
Health to Achilles happy are thy guests
Last Line:
And only triumphs to deserve thy hands
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28467

35. He spoke and awful bends his sable brows

First Line:
He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
Last Line:
And all Olympus to the centre shook
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31608

36. He spoke and awful bends his sable brows

First Line:
He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
Last Line:
The world's vast concave when the gods contend
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12901

37. Hence let us go why waste we time in vain

First Line:
Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
Last Line:
Who honour worth and prize thy valour most
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12917

38. Him approaching near

First Line:
Him approaching near
Last Line:
And plunged amid the thickest Trojans lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12908

39. Him Menelaus loved of Mars espies

First Line:
Him Menelaus loved of Mars espies
Last Line:
From his high chariot
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12906

40. I joy to mingle where the battle bleeds

First Line:
I joy to mingle where the battle bleeds
Last Line:
Strikes the fresh garland from the victor's brow
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12922

41. In brazen arms that cast a gleamy ray

First Line:
In brazen arms that cast a gleamy ray
Last Line:
Rushed forth with Hector to the field of fight
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28593

42. Incensed Ulysses with a frown replies

First Line:
Incensed Ulysses with a frown replies
Last Line:
Base to his friend to his own interest blind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31622

43. Jove called his coursers and his chariot took

First Line:
Jove called his coursers and his chariot took
Last Line:
Their strength unwithers and unmans their souls
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28170

44. My task is done the mansion you require

First Line:
My task is done the mansion you require
Last Line:
Succeeds and even a stranger recommends
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31618

45. I know thy force to mine superior far

First Line:
I know thy force to mine superior far
Last Line:
And give it entrance in a braver heart
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12924

46. Mean time at distance from the scene of blood

First Line:
Mean time at distance from the scene of blood
Last Line:
Now plies the javelin now directs the reins
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28429

47. Man is born to bear

First Line:
Man is born to bear
Last Line:
He wanders outcast both of earth and heaven
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12921

48. Next where the Sirens dwell you plow the seas

First Line:
Next where the Sirens dwell you plow the seas
Last Line:
Be every fetter strained and added band to band
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31613

49. O come Ulysses quickly come ashore

First Line:
O come Ulysses quickly come ashore
Last Line:
To such harmonious lays as Phoebus self might use
DMI number:
8580

50. Now be thy rage thy fatal rage resigned

First Line:
Now be thy rage thy fatal rage resigned
Last Line:
Due honours calm the fierce and bind the strong
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12925