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1. A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

First Line:
A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
Last Line:
To fill your sails and favour your intent
Author:
William Stonestreet (Absolute)
DMI number:
4174

2. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

3. A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

First Line:
A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days
Last Line:
How Venus once revenged neglected love
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12025

4. A king is sought to guide the growing state

First Line:
A king is sought to guide the growing state
Last Line:
And all the muses over his acts preside
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12035

5. A tower with sounding walls erected stands

First Line:
A tower with sounding walls erected stands
Last Line:
Beyond what can be by my words expressed
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7347

6. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

7. Ah me why am I so uneasy grown

First Line:
Ah me why am I so uneasy grown
Last Line:
The same victorious arm that conquers saves
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
6684

8. Ah pity me my friends the cruel fair

First Line:
Ah pity me my friends the cruel fair
Last Line:
And by all mortals as by me abhorred
DMI number:
6690

9. Ah pity me my friends the cruel pair

First Line:
Ah pity me my friends the cruel pair
Last Line:
And by all mortals as by me abhorred
DMI number:
7940

10. All blots I cannot from my manners wipe

First Line:
All blots I cannot from my manners wipe
Last Line:
My love will find a tally for them all
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Absolute)
DMI number:
41880

11. All change but nothing finally decays

First Line:
All change but nothing finally decays
Last Line:
For riches tombs replete with dust and bones
DMI number:
28207

12. All health fair nymph thy Paris sends to thee

First Line:
All health fair nymph thy Paris sends to thee
Last Line:
And all I promise you in Troy shall find
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
5713

13. Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

First Line:
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
Last Line:
With rapid motion and his name retains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4854

14. 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

15. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:
Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:
I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12038

16. Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned

First Line:
Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned
Last Line:
And his indulgent nurse's youth renewed
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
11618

17. Alas poor Poll my Indian talker dies

First Line:
Alas poor Poll my Indian talker dies
Last Line:
And my tomb proves my mistress loved me well
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
6699

18. After famed Ilium was by Argives won

First Line:
After famed Ilium was by Argives won
Last Line:
And here I reign a poor precarious king
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12015

19. All health to thee fair nymph thy Paris sends

First Line:
All health to thee fair nymph thy Paris sends
Last Line:
And fate has fixed your happiness in Troy
DMI number:
18034

20. An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

First Line:
An ancient forest in Thessalia grows
Last Line:
He sat himself and kept her still in sight
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11237