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1. As the fair vestal to the fountain came

First Line:: As the fair vestal to the fountain came
Last Line:: Swelled with the founder of immortal Rome
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10661

2. Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard

First Line:: Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
Last Line:: Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:: Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13373

3. Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard

First Line:: Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
Last Line:: Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:: Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1970

4. In this grave age when comedies are few

First Line:: In this grave age when comedies are few
Last Line:: We never think this house is too much haunted
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35902

5. Kneller with silence and surprise

First Line:: Kneller with silence and surprise
Last Line:: Had drawn a George or carved a Jove
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9310

6. Near to the Rose where punks in numbers flock

First Line:: Near to the Rose where punks in numbers flock
Last Line:: And is in Statu quo himself again
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3903

7. Of wondrous art my muse delighted sings

First Line:: Of wondrous art my muse delighted sings
Last Line:: And squeaks his part in language not his own
Author:: Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16154

8. Oh liberty thou goddess heavenly bright

First Line:: Oh liberty thou goddess heavenly bright
Last Line:: Givest beauty to ye sun and pleasure to ye day
Author:: Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:: 1735

9. So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains

First Line:: So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains
Last Line:: And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12989

10. The feathered warriors and the pygmy state

First Line:: The feathered warriors and the pygmy state
Last Line:: And in the fairy name the pygmy dies
Author:: Thomas Newcomb (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11552

11. The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care

First Line:: The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care
Last Line:: The spiry flames which shoot through rolling smoke
Author:: Nicholas Amhurst (Confident)
DMI number:: 24332

12. The muse that oft with sacred raptures fired

First Line:: The muse that oft with sacred raptures fired
Last Line:: And see your beauty with their fathers' eyes
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9309

13. To night the poet's advocate I stand

First Line:: To night the poet's advocate I stand
Last Line:: Though they turned conjurers to take you tripping
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35903

14. When Telephus his youthful charms

First Line:: When Telephus his youthful charms
Last Line:: And melt my very soul away
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25239

15. While haughty Gallia's dames that spread

First Line:: While haughty Gallia's dames that spread
Last Line:: And with unborrowed blushes glowed
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4295

16. Which daily swells not in a troubled flood

First Line:: Which daily swells not in a troubled flood
Last Line:: Of rising spirits and fermenting blood
Author:: Joseph Addison (Speculation)
DMI number:: 29739

17. While you my lord the rural shades admire

First Line:: While you my lord the rural shades admire
Last Line:: And lines like Virgil's or like yours should praise
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 2108

18. Whilst haughty Gallia's dames that spread

First Line:: Whilst haughty Gallia's dames that spread
Last Line:: And with unborrowed blushes glowed
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15350