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1.
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
First Line:
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:
Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31650
2.
- Satan alarmed
First Line:
- Satan alarmed
Last Line:
Sat horror plumed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
40456
3.
A murdered body huge beside him stood
First Line:
A murdered body huge beside him stood
Last Line:
Whose guide a traitor captains murderers are
Author:
Edward Fairfax (Absolute)
DMI number:
32052
4.
A man without one feeling for his kind
First Line:
A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:
Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:
31050
5.
Ah gentle pair ye little think how nigh
First Line:
Ah gentle pair ye little think how nigh
Last Line:
To do what else though damned I should abhor
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32047
6.
Achilles fatal wrath whence discord rose
First Line:
Achilles fatal wrath whence discord rose
Last Line:
Was Juno lodged in her alcove of gold
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
22251
7.
Adam soon as he heard
First Line:
Adam soon as he heard
Last Line:
Speechless he stood and pale
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30972
8.
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
First Line:
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
Last Line:
Marks the dry dust and thirsts for blood in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31585
9.
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584
10.
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge
First Line:
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge
Last Line:
The roof was fretted gold
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32043
11.
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
First Line:
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
Last Line:
I should not seem quite widowed and undone
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31681
12.
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
First Line:
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
Last Line:
There cease his battle and there feel our hand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31572
13.
And now on earth the seventh
First Line:
And now on earth the seventh
Last Line:
With hallelujahs thus was sabbath kept
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33044
14.
Amid the van of Persia was a youth
First Line:
Amid the van of Persia was a youth
Last Line:
Raged in his bosom and its peace consumes
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
32058
15.
As new waked from soundest sleep
First Line:
As new waked from soundest sleep
Last Line:
Had lively shadowed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37216
16.
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
First Line:
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
Last Line:
And stretch thee here before this Scaean gate
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31574
17.
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
First Line:
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
Last Line:
Hope in her looks but anguish at her breast
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31686
18.
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
First Line:
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
Last Line:
Or lilies damasked by the neighbouring rose
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663
19.
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672
20.
Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
First Line:
Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
Last Line:
And much he hated all but most the best
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
18188
21.
Beyond compare the son of God was seen
First Line:
Beyond compare the son of God was seen
Last Line:
Love without end and without measure grace
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32050
22.
Both armies from their bloody work desist
First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671
23.
Behold these monarch oaks that rise
First Line:
Behold these monarch oaks that rise
Last Line:
Should Young and Philips work together
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
17797
24.
Blissful paradise
First Line:
Blissful paradise
Last Line:
Of living creatures new to sight and strange
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37099
25.
But all alone the hoary king he found
First Line:
But all alone the hoary king he found
Last Line:
Heaven rules us yet and gods there are above
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Homer (Absolute)
DMI number:
31662
26.
But let us on this memorable day
First Line:
But let us on this memorable day
Last Line:
A radiant belt that rich with purple glowed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31576
27.
But many shapes
First Line:
But many shapes
Last Line:
A space till firmer thoughts restrained excess
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33043
28.
But now the lustful God no more concealed
First Line:
But now the lustful God no more concealed
Last Line:
Made sacred altars blaze with holy flames
DMI number:
42563
29.
But see exhaling from the Atlantic surge
First Line:
But see exhaling from the Atlantic surge
Last Line:
If punishment or mercy dealt the blow
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30901
30.
But when the powers descending swelled the fight
First Line:
But when the powers descending swelled the fight
Last Line:
Abhorred by men and dreadful even to gods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31609
31.
But while to bring about their great intent
First Line:
But while to bring about their great intent
Last Line:
Confound their army sink the cursed design
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4219
32.
Close to the gates a spacious garden lies
First Line:
Close to the gates a spacious garden lies
Last Line:
The people one and one supplies the king
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
8416
33.
Come Clio sing if such your will is
First Line:
Come Clio sing if such your will is
Last Line:
They closed the curtains of their peepers
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36487
34.
Cursed is the man and void of law and right
First Line:
Cursed is the man and void of law and right
Last Line:
To tear his country and his kind destroy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31582
35.
Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began
First Line:
Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began
Last Line:
And humbled in the ashes took his place
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31619
36.
Discord dire sister of the slaughtering power
First Line:
Discord dire sister of the slaughtering power
Last Line:
The groan still deepens and the combat burns
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28979
37.
Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed
First Line:
Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed
Last Line:
Now hovers round and calls thee to thy death
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31573
38.
Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar
First Line:
Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar
Last Line:
At length abrupt my son my king she cried
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31659
39.
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
First Line:
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
Last Line:
For him do temples rise and sacred altars smoke
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
31272
40.
Divine Achilles with compassion moved
First Line:
Divine Achilles with compassion moved
Last Line:
And drive the Trojans to their walls again
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6635
41.
Do I seem
First Line:
Do I seem
Last Line:
Whenever that shall be
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33348
42.
Eve at his feet
First Line:
Eve at his feet
Last Line:
Me me only just object of his ire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33357
43.
First in his east the glorious lamp was seen
First Line:
First in his east the glorious lamp was seen
Last Line:
With thousand lesser lights dividual holds
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37213
44.
Fixed at his post was each bold Ajax found
First Line:
Fixed at his post was each bold Ajax found
Last Line:
Resistless when he raged and when he stopped unmoved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37197
45.
Female innocence
First Line:
Female innocence
Last Line:
And public nuptials justify the bride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31617
46.
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
First Line:
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
Last Line:
The hoary piles of everlasting snow
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31678
47.
Forth rushed with whirlwind sound
First Line:
Forth rushed with whirlwind sound
Last Line:
And with fresh flowerets hill and valley smiled
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30978
48.
Forthwith from the glittering staff unfurled
First Line:
Forthwith from the glittering staff unfurled
Last Line:
Of depth immeasurable
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32040
49.
Forthwith upright he rears off from the pool
First Line:
Forthwith upright he rears off from the pool
Last Line:
With solid as the lake with liquid fire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32037
50.
For man to tell how human life began
First Line:
For man to tell how human life began
Last Line:
This paradise I give thee count it thine
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32717
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