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1. As Chloe came into the room the other day

First Line:
As Chloe came into the room the other day
Last Line:
And forgot every word I designed to have said
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12282

2. Blessed be the princes who have fought

First Line:
Blessed be the princes who have fought
Last Line:
That happiness is but opinion
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12389

3. Blind plaintiff lame defendant share

First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
The middle is the lawyer's fee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30617

4. Democritus dear droll revisit earth

First Line:
Democritus dear droll revisit earth
Last Line:
Hurt can I laugh and honest need I cry
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13509

5. Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

First Line:
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
Last Line:
For of late I invite him but four times a week
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12424

6. From her own native France as old Alison past

First Line:
From her own native France as old Alison past
Last Line:
Her lady's complexion and eyebrows at Calais
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12393

7. Go for I'm impatient grown

First Line:
Go for I'm impatient grown
Last Line:
But with haste devour the way
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4783

8. Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine

First Line:
Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine
Last Line:
Full hardly earneth Mat his dinner
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16099

9. Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

First Line:
Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire
Last Line:
The moral says mix water with your wine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12421

10. Her eyebrow box one morning lost

First Line:
Her eyebrow box one morning lost
Last Line:
For what's an eye without a brow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13510

11. How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

First Line:
How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell
Last Line:
She was painting her cheeks at the time her nose fell
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13100

12. How old may Phyllis be you ask

First Line:
How old may Phyllis be you ask
Last Line:
And Phyllis is some forty-three
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12489

13. I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies

First Line:
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
Last Line:
And who can say the reverend prelate lies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12186

14. In a dark corner of the house

First Line:
In a dark corner of the house
Last Line:
She'll even weep out her eyes
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13500

15. Jove once resolved the females to degrade

First Line:
Jove once resolved the females to degrade
Last Line:
The god took snuff and out the goddess flew
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16967

16. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou shalt swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
31007

17. I sent for Radcliffe was so ill

First Line:
I sent for Radcliffe was so ill
Last Line:
I died last night of my physician
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12185

18. I know that fortune long has wanted sight

First Line:
I know that fortune long has wanted sight
Last Line:
And gives success in every suit but hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16924

19. O Boileau had it been Apollo's will

First Line:
O Boileau had it been Apollo's will
Last Line:
And fix the jarring world with equal laws
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
5043

20. No no for my virginity

First Line:
No no for my virginity
Last Line:
Rose were you not extremely sick
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13652

21. Ovid is the surest guide

First Line:
Ovid is the surest guide
Last Line:
Who intends to go astray
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12376

22. On his deathbed poor Lubin lies

First Line:
On his deathbed poor Lubin lies
Last Line:
His wife that he may live
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12416

23. Seeing aright we see our woes

First Line:
Seeing aright we see our woes
Last Line:
The only wretched are the wise
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
5544

24. Suffenus whom you know the witty

First Line:
Suffenus whom you know the witty
Last Line:
But see not our own load behind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4781

25. That all from Adam first begun

First Line:
That all from Adam first begun
Last Line:
And ours in the afternoon
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
7423

26. The Trojan swain had judged the great dispute

First Line:
The Trojan swain had judged the great dispute
Last Line:
By Mars himself that armour has been tried
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12580

27. Thy nags the leanest things alive

First Line:
Thy nags the leanest things alive
Last Line:
It cost thee more in whips than hay
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12391

28. To heal a wound a bee had made

First Line:
To heal a wound a bee had made
Last Line:
The sting within my heart
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
17697

29. To John I owed great obligation

First Line:
To John I owed great obligation
Last Line:
Sure John and I are more than quit
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12274

30. Venus take my votive glass

First Line:
Venus take my votive glass
Last Line:
Venus let me never see
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13656

31. Vain the concern which you express

First Line:
Vain the concern which you express
Last Line:
But to secure our rest
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12396

32. What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras

First Line:
What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras
Last Line:
She dropped the eye and broke it
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12418

33. When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
Last Line:
But Howard's genius fancied all the rest
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25380

34. When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
Last Line:
Friend Howard's genius fancied all the rest
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12231

35. When future ages shall with wonder view

First Line:
When future ages shall with wonder view
Last Line:
A fairer column to the father's praise
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
24916

36. When famed Varelst this little wonder drew

First Line:
When famed Varelst this little wonder drew
Last Line:
Behold one work of mine which never shall fade
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12414

37. While here for the fair Amaryllis I die

First Line:
While here for the fair Amaryllis I die
Last Line:
Take all my whole herd my little herd is all thine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4782

38. When you with high dutch heeren dine

First Line:
When you with high dutch heeren dine
Last Line:
They always talk who never think
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15523

39. While faster than his costive brain indites

First Line:
While faster than his costive brain indites
Last Line:
So may he cease to write and learn to think
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12487

40. Yes every poet is a fool

First Line:
Yes every poet is a fool
Last Line:
Prove every fool to be a poet
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13099

41. Ye active streams wherever your waters flow

First Line:
Ye active streams wherever your waters flow
Last Line:
How Anne commanded and how Marlborough fought
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13651