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1. Born for a court and versed in every art

First Line:: Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:: I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:: 8966

2. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

First Line:: Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:: I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:: 8969

3. Cooper how foolish would that author be

First Line:: Cooper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:: It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
Author:: John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6205

4. Cowper how foolish would that author be

First Line:: Cowper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:: It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
DMI number:: 8970

5. For what should I my sleeping muse awake

First Line:: For what should I my sleeping muse awake
Last Line:: Twas a good oyster gentlemen adieu
DMI number:: 8963

6. In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared

First Line:: In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared
Last Line:: And plant her laurels where thy lilies grow
DMI number:: 8965

7. In vain great sir keen satire I disown

First Line:: In vain great sir keen satire I disown
Last Line:: But both the poem and the fact are true
DMI number:: 8962

8. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:: In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:: For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:: 8971

9. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

First Line:: Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin
Last Line:: This doctrine to refute and strike me dumb
DMI number:: 8973

10. Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire

First Line:: Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire
Last Line:: Leave thou to Pradon such a senseless pit
DMI number:: 8968

11. Thou as laborious as thy master kind

First Line:: Thou as laborious as thy master kind
Last Line:: To handle as he's wont the watering pot
DMI number:: 8972

12. Yes yes Lamoignon with the town I'm tired

First Line:: Yes yes Lamoignon with the town I'm tired
Last Line:: The Devil take the hindmost is the cry
DMI number:: 8967

13. Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive

First Line:: Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive
Last Line:: What others in return of mine may say
DMI number:: 8964

14. Yes Chloris I fly the chagrins of the town

First Line:: Yes Chloris I fly the chagrins of the town
Last Line:: O come then and I my first hours shall retrieve
DMI number:: 26816