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1. A poor old wretch beneath the weight

First Line:
A poor old wretch beneath the weight
Last Line:
And your petitioner shall pray
DMI number:
8976

2. Behold in peace and war a monarch great

First Line:
Behold in peace and war a monarch great
Last Line:
And seen his lilies dim their eagle's eye
DMI number:
8978

3. Brebeuf in well deserving lines

First Line:
Brebeuf in well deserving lines
Last Line:
With him who sings the ass's hide
DMI number:
8929

4. But halt my pen and thou my presence quit

First Line:
But halt my pen and thou my presence quit
Last Line:
For trying of Apollo keep their courts
DMI number:
27926

5. Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse

First Line:
Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
Last Line:
To herd with Perrin and Liniere
DMI number:
8983

6. Climene something has perplexed me

First Line:
Climene something has perplexed me
Last Line:
'Tis not with you I can assure you
DMI number:
9443

7. Clio complained upon a time

First Line:
Clio complained upon a time
Last Line:
Before the eyes of you the sun
DMI number:
9433

8. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:
Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:
Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:
9446

9. Did Perrault the assassin ever give

First Line:
Did Perrault the assassin ever give
Last Line:
Tis false and needs no proof for I'm alive
DMI number:
8986

10. Hail king of horses noble Rosinante

First Line:
Hail king of horses noble Rosinante
Last Line:
Did gallop once or else the historian fails
DMI number:
9442

11. How comes it Perrault I would gladly know

First Line:
How comes it Perrault I would gladly know
Last Line:
And then no wonder if they meet no praise
DMI number:
8985

12. In charming infancy's disguise

First Line:
In charming infancy's disguise
Last Line:
The brightness of his mother's eyes
DMI number:
8940

13. In want and what's a greater curse

First Line:
In want and what's a greater curse
Last Line:
Was ever gratitude so rare
DMI number:
8977

14. Let the self lover these strict lessons learn

First Line:
Let the self lover these strict lessons learn
Last Line:
Will cure his passion and correct his pride
DMI number:
9438

15. My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call

First Line:
My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
Last Line:
Or take him for a friend to truth
DMI number:
8945

16. My friend Bilain as yesterday

First Line:
My friend Bilain as yesterday
Last Line:
I have 'em all they're lasting ware
DMI number:
9441

17. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:
My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:
So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:
9445

18. Mistake not fathers read it once again

First Line:
Mistake not fathers read it once again
Last Line:
With sparks of lust the punished sinners breast
DMI number:
8919

19. Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

First Line:
Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest
Last Line:
Writes scoundrel verses and then says they're mine
DMI number:
9434

20. Or in cold couplets careless of the fair

First Line:
Or in cold couplets careless of the fair
Last Line:
Sicken in simile and pine away
DMI number:
8949