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1. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:
A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:
Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25782

2. At length thy powerful arts I own

First Line:
At length thy powerful arts I own
Last Line:
Pure are thy hands thy heart humane
DMI number:
25652

3. Charmed with the lettered lustre of the press

First Line:
Charmed with the lettered lustre of the press
Last Line:
To save unwilling friends in vain is labour tried
DMI number:
25780

4. Haste muse to Spithead and if winds do not alter

First Line:
Haste muse to Spithead and if winds do not alter
Last Line:
Bid him look to his ballast and take in his sails
DMI number:
25757

5. How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast

First Line:
How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast
Last Line:
Had tainted every dish and poisoned every bowl
DMI number:
25730

6. Hope sweetest child of fancy born

First Line:
Hope sweetest child of fancy born
Last Line:
And led by reason shun despair
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30870

7. How Persius on Rupilius King

First Line:
How Persius on Rupilius King
Last Line:
And let a rope be this king's doom
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25713

8. I grieve to hear you oft enquire

First Line:
I grieve to hear you oft enquire
Last Line:
And not with one gallant content
DMI number:
25649

9. I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough

First Line:
I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough
Last Line:
Go boy and in my book these verses write
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25716

10. Maecenas still content to shine

First Line:
Maecenas still content to shine
Last Line:
Or from the Formian or Falernian vines
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25434

11. Loved by the muses to the wind

First Line:
Loved by the muses to the wind
Last Line:
Divinely new his worthy praise
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25440

12. No fabled knight in days of yore

First Line:
No fabled knight in days of yore
Last Line:
And you'll not think it given in vain
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30871

13. Nymph of the spring whose waves surpass

First Line:
Nymph of the spring whose waves surpass
Last Line:
Thy limpid waters fair Blandusia glide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25591

14. No plant like the vine will on Tibur's mild soil

First Line:
No plant like the vine will on Tibur's mild soil
Last Line:
Leaky faith like a sieve letting every thing pass
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25433

15. O Phoebus whose unerring darts

First Line:
O Phoebus whose unerring darts
Last Line:
Notes fitted to the Horatian string
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25620

16. O ship shall boisterous waves again

First Line:
O ship shall boisterous waves again
Last Line:
Whose surges lash the shining Cyclades
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25394

17. Oft have the chiefs that deck the lettered age

First Line:
Oft have the chiefs that deck the lettered age
Last Line:
But think o think they once resembled you
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30873

18. Of old a fig-tree useless wood

First Line:
Of old a fig-tree useless wood
Last Line:
Their herbs were scattered all around
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25714

19. Say Catius whence and whither

First Line:
Say Catius whence and whither
Last Line:
Would quaff her waters at the fountain-head
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25720

20. Should impious sons in future times

First Line:
Should impious sons in future times
Last Line:
Rejoicing by herself to lie
DMI number:
25638

21. The antiquarian shall in times to come

First Line:
The antiquarian shall in times to come
Last Line:
When in the dust he reads here lies Carlisle
Author:
John Duncombe (Speculation)
DMI number:
26891

22. The comic poets of the Grecian stage

First Line:
The comic poets of the Grecian stage
Last Line:
To draw you to our sect we force will use
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25659

23. The man resolved and firmly just

First Line:
The man resolved and firmly just
Last Line:
This lofty theme by thy unequal song
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25571

24. The youth my friends robust in war

First Line:
The youth my friends robust in war
Last Line:
That halting vengeance lags behind
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25570

25. Thou wife of Ibycus the poor

First Line:
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
Last Line:
Grown old and bending to the tomb
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25594

26. Though Britain's genius hung his drooping head

First Line:
Though Britain's genius hung his drooping head
Last Line:
When senates thus reward the glorious deed
Author:
George Lyttelton (Speculation) & John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30872

27. Though skilled to measure sea and land

First Line:
Though skilled to measure sea and land
Last Line:
And winds propitious on thy sails shall blow
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25443

28. Though India's stores your wealth excelled

First Line:
Though India's stores your wealth excelled
Last Line:
Something I know not what is wanting still
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25604

29. Twas night and Cynthia with her starry train

First Line:
Twas night and Cynthia with her starry train
Last Line:
While I shall mock your fruitless pain
DMI number:
25650

30. Ulysses' son in such a grotto caught

First Line:
Ulysses' son in such a grotto caught
Last Line:
For virtue's precepts flowed from wisdom's tongue
Author:
John Duncombe (Speculation)
DMI number:
26892

31. Too long with storms of hail and snow

First Line:
Too long with storms of hail and snow
Last Line:
Nor let the Medes insult while you command
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25379

32. We own the sovereign power of Jove

First Line:
We own the sovereign power of Jove
Last Line:
The abode of peace and happiness
DMI number:
25573

33. Vinius as you have heard me oft command

First Line:
Vinius as you have heard me oft command
Last Line:
And oh beware lest my commands you break
DMI number:
25767

34. What boon at Phoebus' hallowed shrine

First Line:
What boon at Phoebus' hallowed shrine
Last Line:
Decent in age to wake the lyre
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25512

35. What wonders brave Hawke and Boscawen have done

First Line:
What wonders brave Hawke and Boscawen have done
Last Line:
The one burnt the ocean the other the sun
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30876

36. When Gallia's fleet young Stuart bore

First Line:
When Gallia's fleet young Stuart bore
Last Line:
Of Britain much of Gallia more afraid
DMI number:
25396

37. What though no Lydian on Etruria's coasts

First Line:
What though no Lydian on Etruria's coasts
Last Line:
Than if my sire had filled the Quaestor's seat
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25664

38. When now the spring had burst with genial power

First Line:
When now the spring had burst with genial power
Last Line:
But love that raging tempest of the mind
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30869

39. When wolves no longer lambs pursue

First Line:
When wolves no longer lambs pursue
Last Line:
While you as tribune rule the sea
DMI number:
25639

40. Whoever with impious hand essays

First Line:
Whoever with impious hand essays
Last Line:
Fast by the tree of life now blooms for you
DMI number:
25614

41. Whoever would soar to Pindar's height

First Line:
Whoever would soar to Pindar's height
Last Line:
Like Cynthia's fires the third revolving night
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25613

42. Why barkst thou at the harmless guest

First Line:
Why barkst thou at the harmless guest
Last Line:
My spleen and like a boy complain
DMI number:
25643

43. Why do thy prayers thus stun my ear

First Line:
Why do thy prayers thus stun my ear
Last Line:
And shalt thou baffle all my art
DMI number:
25653