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1. Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage

First Line:: Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage
Last Line:: Nursed secretly with milk the thriving god
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11333

2. 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

3. As careful mothers in their cradles lay

First Line:: As careful mothers in their cradles lay
Last Line:: Nature my nurse put me to bed betimes
DMI number:: 5821

4. But now the trumpet terrible from far

First Line:: But now the trumpet terrible from far
Last Line:: Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7507

5. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

First Line:: But Pentheus grown more furious than before
Last Line:: The Thebans tremble and confess the god
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11377

6. Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied

First Line:: Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied
Last Line:: And as he whips upbraids them with his son
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11261

7. Contending troops and fields of death I sing

First Line:: Contending troops and fields of death I sing
Last Line:: And terribly presage destruction nigh
DMI number:: 18109

8. Famed far and near for knowing things to come

First Line:: Famed far and near for knowing things to come
Last Line:: In vaults where still it doubles every sound
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11340

9. Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage

First Line:: Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage
Last Line:: And set my Tityrus beneath his shade
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6619

10. From life's superfluous cares enlarged

First Line:: From life's superfluous cares enlarged
Last Line:: Whilst yet with life his ashes glow
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23927

11. 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:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident)
DMI number:: 13373

12. 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:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident)
DMI number:: 1970

13. He sought fresh mountains in a foreign soil

First Line:: He sought fresh mountains in a foreign soil
Last Line:: The pleasure lessened the attending toil
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37092

14. How long great poet shall thy sacred lays

First Line:: How long great poet shall thy sacred lays
Last Line:: A nobler change than he himself can tell
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4855

15. Him Pentheus viewed with fury in his look

First Line:: Him Pentheus viewed with fury in his look
Last Line:: And flings the loosened shackles from his hands
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11373

16. How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

First Line:: How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams
Last Line:: And tinged its source to make his wishes good
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11441

17. How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

First Line:: How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams
Last Line:: To weaken it and make his wishes good
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6620

18. Hymen thou source of chaste delights

First Line:: Hymen thou source of chaste delights
Last Line:: That knows the sweets of virtuous love
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28080

19. In the first rise and infancy of farce

First Line:: In the first rise and infancy of farce
Last Line:: And kindly treat like well bred men the stranger
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35907

20. 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

21. 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

22. In a fair chase a shady mountain stood

First Line:: In a fair chase a shady mountain stood
Last Line:: Their wretched master panting in a deer
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11330

23. If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs

First Line:: If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs
Last Line:: For next to what you write is what you praise
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6744

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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:: Joseph Addison (Absolute) & George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:: 11583

28. Old Chiron took the babe with secret joy

First Line:: Old Chiron took the babe with secret joy
Last Line:: And a new name from the new figure took
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11276

29. 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

30. See nature round a hoary prospect yields

First Line:: See nature round a hoary prospect yields
Last Line:: Her icy journey marked with silver wounds
Author:: Thomas Newcomb (Confident)
DMI number:: 11667

31. 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

32. Since dearest Harry you will needs request

First Line:: Since dearest Harry you will needs request
Last Line:: And so at once dear friend and muse farewell
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6649

33. So when an angel by divine command

First Line:: So when an angel by divine command
Last Line:: Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25815

34. So where our wide Numidian wastes extend

First Line:: So where our wide Numidian wastes extend
Last Line:: And smothered in the dusty whirlwind dies
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37438

35. Sore wept the centaur and to Phoebus prayed

First Line:: Sore wept the centaur and to Phoebus prayed
Last Line:: And in his name records his infamy
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11280

36. The day was settled in its course and Jove

First Line:: The day was settled in its course and Jove
Last Line:: At the same time the raven's colour changed
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11264

37. 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:: Joseph Addison (Absolute) & Thomas Newcomb (Confident)
DMI number:: 11552

38. The raven once in snowy plumes was dressed

First Line:: The raven once in snowy plumes was dressed
Last Line:: And bid him prate in his white plumes no more
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11272

39. The pencil's glowing lines and vast command

First Line:: The pencil's glowing lines and vast command
Last Line:: Till the piece sees the last great day it paints
Author:: Nicholas Amhurst (Confident)
DMI number:: 11668

40. 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

41. The pygmy people and the feathered train

First Line:: The pygmy people and the feathered train
Last Line:: And fairy people is the name they love
Author:: James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37731

42. 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

43. The Latian nymphs came round him and amazed

First Line:: The Latian nymphs came round him and amazed
Last Line:: Shine in the dress of the bright Latian maid
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11255

44. The sage whose guests you are tonight is known

First Line:: The sage whose guests you are tonight is known
Last Line:: And serve his sovereign like a trusty knight
Author:: Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:: 36804

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

First Line:: The sun's bright palace on high columns raised
Last Line:: Far from his country in the western world
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11874

46. The sun's bright palace on high pillars raised

First Line:: The sun's bright palace on high pillars raised
Last Line:: Far from his country in the western world
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4154

47. The western sun now shot a feeble ray

First Line:: The western sun now shot a feeble ray
Last Line:: And faintly scatters the remains of day
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22818

48. This done the god flew up on high and passed

First Line:: This done the god flew up on high and passed
Last Line:: Are in the sedentary figure seen
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11284

49. This sad event gave blind Tiresias fame

First Line:: This sad event gave blind Tiresias fame
Last Line:: But dragged a zealous votary along
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11368

50. Thus did the nymph in vain caress the boy

First Line:: Thus did the nymph in vain caress the boy
Last Line:: A rising stalk with yellow blossoms crowned
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30926