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1. Great Butler's muse the same ill treatment had

First Line:
Great Butler's muse the same ill treatment had
Last Line:
Was fain to die and be interred on tick
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
5539

2. In ancient times when honour bore the bell

First Line:
In ancient times when honour bore the bell
Last Line:
And heroes rise and fall like stocks in trade
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24789

3. Judas for thirty pence his saviour sold

First Line:
Judas for thirty pence his saviour sold
Last Line:
Who dearly bought what Maevius cheaply sold
DMI number:
5344

4. I understand to send me you design

First Line:
I understand to send me you design
Last Line:
They may I cannot wait the muses' leisure
DMI number:
27500

5. O thou who with a happy genius born

First Line:
O thou who with a happy genius born
Last Line:
His pension paid though late and paid to thee
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8378

6. Poets had formerly not only bread

First Line:
Poets had formerly not only bread
Last Line:
Honour dead bards and let the living starve
DMI number:
24747

7. Poets of old with every genius blessed

First Line:
Poets of old with every genius blessed
Last Line:
But then they are not worth the bread they eat
DMI number:
24748

8. Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

First Line:
Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown
Last Line:
They are surely his own for which a man pays
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
13738

9. Says Ramsay to Phoebus my lord I must tell ye

First Line:
Says Ramsay to Phoebus my lord I must tell ye
Last Line:
Retrieve with my hand what I've lost by my brain
DMI number:
16960

10. What is it to me if Tindal flies

First Line:
What is it to me if Tindal flies
Last Line:
And even write in praise of you
DMI number:
16716

11. Whenever I meet you still you cry

First Line:
Whenever I meet you still you cry
Last Line:
Make him a curate or a hog driver
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7105

12. With eyes of wonder the gay shelves behold

First Line:
With eyes of wonder the gay shelves behold
Last Line:
And on their backs still all their riches wear
DMI number:
17050

13. Your guests cry --- elegant and neat

First Line:
Your guests cry --- elegant and neat
Last Line:
What sir your verses no your treat
DMI number:
6413

14. Your pen with Marlborough's sword is much the same

First Line:
Your pen with Marlborough's sword is much the same
Last Line:
Gold was his god of war your god of verse
DMI number:
2148