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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:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & 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:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & 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