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1. Believe me Will that they who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:
3865

2. Believe me Will that those who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:
6496

3. Born for a court and versed in every art

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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