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1. Abroad in arms at home in studious kind

First Line:: Abroad in arms at home in studious kind
Last Line:: And day and night her doors to all stand open wide
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9819

2. And all the while she stood upon the ground

First Line:: And all the while she stood upon the ground
Last Line:: At her abhorred face so filthy and so foul
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30754

3. At last with creeping crooked pace forth came

First Line:: At last with creeping crooked pace forth came
Last Line:: His name Ignaro did his nature right aread
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15592

4. At length they came into a larger space

First Line:: At length they came into a larger space
Last Line:: Which having ended after him she flieth swift
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30775

5. As when a weary traveller that strays

First Line:: As when a weary traveller that strays
Last Line:: That on their rusty bits did champ as they were wood
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30753

6. Ere long they come where that same wicked wight

First Line:: Ere long they come where that same wicked wight
Last Line:: Till he should die his last that is eternally
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30778

7. Eftsoons they heard a most delicious sound

First Line:: Eftsoons they heard a most delicious sound
Last Line:: The gentle warbling wind low answered to all
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30764

8. Each sound too here to languishment inclined

First Line:: Each sound too here to languishment inclined
Last Line:: Wild warbling nature all above the reach of art
Author:: James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30784

9. For places in the court are but like beds

First Line:: For places in the court are but like beds
Last Line:: At that man's foot and so lower and lower
Author:: John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17305

10. From whence returning sad and comfortless

First Line:: From whence returning sad and comfortless
Last Line:: But God you never let his charmed speeches hear
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9820

11. Greedy avarice by him did ride

First Line:: Greedy avarice by him did ride
Last Line:: Such one was avarice the fourth of this fair band
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13613

12. Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome

First Line:: Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome
Last Line:: And name and place are here for ever lost
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30903

13. Great enemy to it and all the rest

First Line:: Great enemy to it and all the rest
Last Line:: Ne ever pity may relent his malice hard
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30770

14. He who this builder's building did create

First Line:: He who this builder's building did create
Last Line:: That all are strangers to each other's eyes
Author:: Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17283

15. In the first ranks of these did Zimri stand

First Line:: In the first ranks of these did Zimri stand
Last Line:: That every man with him was God or devil
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30970

16. It shall be no shame to me to confess

First Line:: It shall be no shame to me to confess
Last Line:: As the reward of her invention
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17335

17. I loked about and saw a craggy roche

First Line:: I loked about and saw a craggy roche
Last Line:: Of many a serpente foule and odious
Author:: Stephen Hawes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37727

18. I loked about and sawe a craggy roche

First Line:: I loked about and sawe a craggy roche
Last Line:: Of many a serpent foule and odious
Author:: Stephen Hawes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37244

19. Now came still evening on and twilight grey

First Line:: Now came still evening on and twilight grey
Last Line:: And over the dark her silver mantle threw
Author:: John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31709

20. on every side them stood

First Line:: on every side them stood
Last Line:: To gaze on earthly wight that with the night durst ride
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30756