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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

21. Paulus the famous quack renowned afar

First Line:
Paulus the famous quack renowned afar
Last Line:
And buries people not to change his trade
DMI number:
8934

22. Six clocks two watches to prepare

First Line:
Six clocks two watches to prepare
Last Line:
He knows his time the very best
DMI number:
8943

23. Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age

First Line:
Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age
Last Line:
In after ages shall be seen and praised
DMI number:
8946

24. The holy maid whom in this piece you view

First Line:
The holy maid whom in this piece you view
Last Line:
And to preserve their lives consumed her own
DMI number:
8979

25. The poet Boileau's picture here you see

First Line:
The poet Boileau's picture here you see
Last Line:
Why 'tis to see himself so vilely drawn
DMI number:
8942

26. The poets' wars at Paris cease

First Line:
The poets' wars at Paris cease
Last Line:
Ere Pradon and the pit agree
DMI number:
27923

27. The pride and honour of the Gallic stage

First Line:
The pride and honour of the Gallic stage
Last Line:
Equalled Corneille Euripedes excelled
DMI number:
8932

28. The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call

First Line:
The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call
Last Line:
Homer but copied what Apollo wrote
DMI number:
8930

29. This traveller from Paris used to run

First Line:
This traveller from Paris used to run
Last Line:
Yet nothing equal to himself he brings
DMI number:
9436

30. Three emperors as 'tis in story told

First Line:
Three emperors as 'tis in story told
Last Line:
On your exalted ignorance confer
DMI number:
8984

31. Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars

First Line:
Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars
Last Line:
Alas he's but the Mercury gallant
DMI number:
8939

32. To send me madam in this picture here

First Line:
To send me madam in this picture here
Last Line:
Whom I did most admire and who did most love me
DMI number:
8920

33. When in the senate honest Paul

First Line:
When in the senate honest Paul
Last Line:
To be thus with your speeches stunned
DMI number:
8941

34. While in his double elbow chair

First Line:
While in his double elbow chair
Last Line:
His words are articles of faith
DMI number:
9440

35. When with stiff air and awkward grace

First Line:
When with stiff air and awkward grace
Last Line:
Satan to saints were chanting hymns
DMI number:
8933

36. While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl

First Line:
While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl
Last Line:
The son is harmless but the father's feared
DMI number:
9444

37. With knowledge wit and eloquence adorned

First Line:
With knowledge wit and eloquence adorned
Last Line:
That works of penance were his sole delight
DMI number:
9437

38. Why so much pains that like a lasting brand

First Line:
Why so much pains that like a lasting brand
Last Line:
Fear not my writings blot it from thy own
DMI number:
9435

39. Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure

First Line:
Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure
Last Line:
That Bourbon's spring inspires like that of Hippocrene
DMI number:
8944

40. Yes I have said an Aesculapian sot

First Line:
Yes I have said an Aesculapian sot
Last Line:
A quack you are but no good architect
DMI number:
8982

41. Yet some grave doctorson their private word

First Line:
Yet some grave doctorson their private word
Last Line:
Up by the roots all piety &c
DMI number:
8950