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1. A giant shepherd here his flock maintains

First Line:
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:
Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31650

2. A murdered body huge beside him stood

First Line:
A murdered body huge beside him stood
Last Line:
Whose guide a traitor captains murderers are
Author:
Edward Fairfax (Absolute)
DMI number:
32052

3. Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate

First Line:
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
Last Line:
Marks the dry dust and thirsts for blood in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31585

4. Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined

First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584

5. And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight

First Line:
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
Last Line:
I should not seem quite widowed and undone
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31681

6. And now arrived where on the sandy bay

First Line:
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
Last Line:
There cease his battle and there feel our hand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31572

7. And whereto serves that wondrous trophy now

First Line:
And whereto serves that wondrous trophy now
Last Line:
Our greatest wonder's wonder to express
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
13110

8. Amid the van of Persia was a youth

First Line:
Amid the van of Persia was a youth
Last Line:
Raged in his bosom and its peace consumes
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
32058

9. At last is Hector stretched upon the plain

First Line:
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
Last Line:
And stretch thee here before this Scaean gate
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31574

10. At that sad prospect that tormenting scene

First Line:
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
Last Line:
Hope in her looks but anguish at her breast
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31686

11. At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed

First Line:
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
Last Line:
Or lilies damasked by the neighbouring rose
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663

12. As when two bulls for their fair female fight

First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672

13. Both armies from their bloody work desist

First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671

14. But Aesculapius was a foreign power

First Line:
But Aesculapius was a foreign power
Last Line:
And shot behind it a long trail of light
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
12046

15. But all alone the hoary king he found

First Line:
But all alone the hoary king he found
Last Line:
Heaven rules us yet and gods there are above
Author:
Homer (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31662

16. But Hudibras who scorned to stoop

First Line:
But Hudibras who scorned to stoop
Last Line:
Becase he had never another tub
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
31549

17. But let us on this memorable day

First Line:
But let us on this memorable day
Last Line:
A radiant belt that rich with purple glowed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31576

18. But seven wise men the ancient world did know

First Line:
But seven wise men the ancient world did know
Last Line:
We scarce know seven who think themselves not so
DMI number:
41622

19. But when the powers descending swelled the fight

First Line:
But when the powers descending swelled the fight
Last Line:
Abhorred by men and dreadful even to gods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31609

20. Come Anthony and young Octavius come

First Line:
Come Anthony and young Octavius come
Last Line:
O I could weep my spirits through my eyes
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
9368

21. Cursed is the man and void of law and right

First Line:
Cursed is the man and void of law and right
Last Line:
To tear his country and his kind destroy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31582

22. Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began

First Line:
Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began
Last Line:
And humbled in the ashes took his place
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31619

23. Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed

First Line:
Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed
Last Line:
Now hovers round and calls thee to thy death
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31573

24. Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground

First Line:
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
Last Line:
For him do temples rise and sacred altars smoke
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
31272

25. Fathers we once again are met in council

First Line:
Fathers we once again are met in council
Last Line:
All Rome will be in tears
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
34094

26. Female innocence

First Line:
Female innocence
Last Line:
And public nuptials justify the bride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31617

27. From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies

First Line:
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
Last Line:
The hoary piles of everlasting snow
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31678

28. Frail state of man thy living lot I deem

First Line:
Frail state of man thy living lot I deem
Last Line:
Now started at thy shame I downwards turn my eyes
DMI number:
10433

29. For while he spoke with high disdain and pride

First Line:
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
Last Line:
The fainting princess to the regal bed
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31683

30. Gernons fyrst named of Brutys bloude of Troy

First Line:
Gernons fyrst named of Brutys bloude of Troy
Last Line:
And therfore the Perses Percies the Cressant doth renew
DMI number:
37764

31. Great Julius on the mountains bred

First Line:
Great Julius on the mountains bred
Last Line:
But the best wrestler on the green
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
25216

32. Greatly unfortunate he fights the cause

First Line:
Greatly unfortunate he fights the cause
Last Line:
Draw all the vengeance of his arm upon them
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
18435

33. Hector approach my arm and singly know

First Line:
Hector approach my arm and singly know
Last Line:
I steal no conquest from a noble foe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31575

34. Have I not seen the Britons quite disheartened

First Line:
Have I not seen the Britons quite disheartened
Last Line:
And hoot their fears to one another nightly
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
18563

35. He alone

First Line:
He alone
Last Line:
And with a sparing hand on few bestows
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
32055

36. He lift his brand nor cared though oft she prayed

First Line:
He lift his brand nor cared though oft she prayed
Last Line:
Then fled the spirits all the charms all ended
Author:
Edward Fairfax (Absolute)
DMI number:
32053

37. He spoke and awful bends his sable brows

First Line:
He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
Last Line:
And all Olympus to the centre shook
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31608

38. He spoke and awful bends his sable brows

First Line:
He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
Last Line:
And at the fourth the distant Egae shook
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29676

39. He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away

First Line:
He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away
Last Line:
Throws up the reins and skims the watery way
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31669

40. Her breathless sister runs with eager pace

First Line:
Her breathless sister runs with eager pace
Last Line:
Dissolves in air and mingles with the wind
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31694

41. Her galley down the silver Cydnos rowed

First Line:
Her galley down the silver Cydnos rowed
Last Line:
And both to thought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25218

42. I come sir a suitor to you I hear

First Line:
I come sir a suitor to you I hear
Last Line:
Or Phidias have invented That is their | Ignorance
Author:
Shackerley Marmion (Absolute)
DMI number:
13553

43. In Tyberius tyme the trewe emperour

First Line:
In Tyberius tyme the trewe emperour
Last Line:
Herode under empere as herytage wolde | Kyng &c
DMI number:
37391

44. In sable pomp with all her starry train

First Line:
In sable pomp with all her starry train
Last Line:
On her slain lover silent sinks in death
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
32059

45. Incensed Ulysses with a frown replies

First Line:
Incensed Ulysses with a frown replies
Last Line:
Base to his friend to his own interest blind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31622

46. My task is done the mansion you require

First Line:
My task is done the mansion you require
Last Line:
Succeeds and even a stranger recommends
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31618

47. If dying lovers yet deserve a tear

First Line:
If dying lovers yet deserve a tear
Last Line:
O were you but as kind we know you are as fair
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17530

48. If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold

First Line:
If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold
Last Line:
We'll search no scriptures but the mines for gold
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17009

49. Learning and Rome alike in empire grew

First Line:
Learning and Rome alike in empire grew
Last Line:
A Raphael painted and a Vida sung
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28086

50. Methinks I see | Th' insulting tyrant prancing over the field

First Line:
Methinks I see | Th' insulting tyrant prancing over the field
Last Line:
Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
21195

51. Not all the pomp and majesty of Rome

First Line:
Not all the pomp and majesty of Rome
Last Line:
Of armies flushed with conquest
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
18436

52. Next where the Sirens dwell you plow the seas

First Line:
Next where the Sirens dwell you plow the seas
Last Line:
Be every fetter strained and added band to band
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31613

53. Now each partakes the feast the wine prepares

First Line:
Now each partakes the feast the wine prepares
Last Line:
And over the banquet every heart be gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31644

54. Now over the glittering lawns Aurora spread

First Line:
Now over the glittering lawns Aurora spread
Last Line:
With all the glorious temples of the gods
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31693

55. Now painter if thou darest design that fight

First Line:
Now painter if thou darest design that fight
Last Line:
And done we know not what nor what we get
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
8935

56. O Greece thou sapient nurse of finer arts

First Line:
O Greece thou sapient nurse of finer arts
Last Line:
That from the magic wand aerial rise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34112

57. Now Procas yielding to the fates his son

First Line:
Now Procas yielding to the fates his son
Last Line:
Great Romulus continued long to reign
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12029

58. O stay oh pride of Greece Ulysses stay

First Line:
O stay oh pride of Greece Ulysses stay
Last Line:
O stay and learn new wisdom from the wise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31614

59. O impotent of mind

First Line:
O impotent of mind
Last Line:
Her babes her infants at the breast shall fall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31578

60. O truly great in whom the gods have joined

First Line:
O truly great in whom the gods have joined
Last Line:
And blame even kings with praise because with truth
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31581

61. O monster mixed of insolence and fear

First Line:
O monster mixed of insolence and fear
Last Line:
Are tamed to wrongs or this had been thy last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31571

62. Oh may it ever be my fate

First Line:
Oh may it ever be my fate
Last Line:
And all the deity gives place
DMI number:
10434

63. Perhaps you may of Priam's fate enquire

First Line:
Perhaps you may of Priam's fate enquire
Last Line:
Leaped headlong from the heights and flames consumed the rest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31675

64. Perseverance keeps honour bright

First Line:
Perseverance keeps honour bright
Last Line:
Since things in motion sooner catch the eye | Than what not stirs
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
17150

65. Phemius alone the hand of vengeance spared

First Line:
Phemius alone the hand of vengeance spared
Last Line:
How much more safe the good than evil deed
Author:
Homer (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31660

66. Return to Xerxes tell him on this rock

First Line:
Return to Xerxes tell him on this rock
Last Line:
Surpassing all his boasted power can give
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
32056

67. Silence ensued the eldest first began

First Line:
Silence ensued the eldest first began
Last Line:
And give the stranger guest a stranger's due
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31620

68. Seest thou yon fane even now incessant time

First Line:
Seest thou yon fane even now incessant time
Last Line:
And the great queen of earth imperial Rome
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
34109

69. So fierce her looks such terrors from her eyes

First Line:
So fierce her looks such terrors from her eyes
Last Line:
Her sister furies tremble and retire
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31665

70. Soon in the luscious feast themselves they lost

First Line:
Soon in the luscious feast themselves they lost
Last Line:
And their own voice affrights them when they groan
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31612

71. The herald now arrives and guides along

First Line:
The herald now arrives and guides along
Last Line:
Again unmanned a shower of sorrow shed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31642

72. The good old man with suppliant hands implored

First Line:
The good old man with suppliant hands implored
Last Line:
And loaded up the hill convey my sire
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31676

73. The great republic see that glowed sublime

First Line:
The great republic see that glowed sublime
Last Line:
Attracted strong in heightened lustre met
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34111

74. The glorious chief resumes

First Line:
The glorious chief resumes
Last Line:
Sought her own palace and indulged her woe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31606

75. The monarch issued his commands

First Line:
The monarch issued his commands
Last Line:
Collects his flock from thousands on the plain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31610

76. The queen on nearer view the guest surveyed

First Line:
The queen on nearer view the guest surveyed
Last Line:
Forbid that want should sink me to a lie
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31621

77. The illustrious chief of Troy

First Line:
The illustrious chief of Troy
Last Line:
She mingled with the smile a tender tear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31588

78. The king of kings majestically tall

First Line:
The king of kings majestically tall
Last Line:
And dawning conquest played around his head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31577

79. Then fell proud Ilion's bulwarks towers and spires

First Line:
Then fell proud Ilion's bulwarks towers and spires
Last Line:
And stretched out huge in length the unmeasured ruin lies
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31670

80. The saffron morn with early blushes spread

First Line:
The saffron morn with early blushes spread
Last Line:
Till dimmed with rising grief they streamed again
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
31611

81. The sage Ulysses thus replies

First Line:
The sage Ulysses thus replies
Last Line:
And owe destruction to a prince like thee
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31579

82. The Saxons tho in ther power tho thii were so rive

First Line:
The Saxons tho in ther power tho thii were so rive
Last Line:
Of Kent and of Westsex and of the March therto
Author:
Robert of Gloucester (Absolute)
DMI number:
37402

83. The valiant Nisus took his lot to wait

First Line:
The valiant Nisus took his lot to wait
Last Line:
Or Rome's majestic lord the conquered world command
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
28043

84. The sun reveals the secrets of the sky

First Line:
The sun reveals the secrets of the sky
Last Line:
And mighty relics of gigantic bones
DMI number:
30169

85. Thebans behold this Oedipus whose name

First Line:
Thebans behold this Oedipus whose name
Last Line:
'Till death secures 'em from th'insults of fate
DMI number:
10432

86. The winds embattled as the mountain rent

First Line:
The winds embattled as the mountain rent
Last Line:
Grim death appeared and glared in every face
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31668

87. Thersites only clamoured in the throng

First Line:
Thersites only clamoured in the throng
Last Line:
Sedition silence and assert the throne
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31583

88. Then young Alcanius whose before this day

First Line:
Then young Alcanius whose before this day
Last Line:
The conquered war is due and the vast world is theirs
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31673

89. They say he sits

First Line:
They say he sits
Last Line:
When he returned from banishment
Author:
Shackerley Marmion (Absolute)
DMI number:
13552

90. They seek the cisterns where Phoeacian dames

First Line:
They seek the cisterns where Phoeacian dames
Last Line:
To raise the blush or pain the modest eyes
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31616

91. They slay the guards they burst the gates and join

First Line:
They slay the guards they burst the gates and join
Last Line:
From some steep rock the sounding ruin hears
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31674

92. Thou H----t guardian of the British laws

First Line:
Thou H----t guardian of the British laws
Last Line:
And at thy nod it rises or descends
Author:
John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:
7700

93. Thus Hector great in arms contends in vain

First Line:
Thus Hector great in arms contends in vain
Last Line:
Where endless honours wait the sacred shade
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6987

94. Thus in his graver vein the friendly sage

First Line:
Thus in his graver vein the friendly sage
Last Line:
And make our happiest state no tedious thing
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30719

95. Thus near the gates conferring as they drew

First Line:
Thus near the gates conferring as they drew
Last Line:
So closed for ever faithful Argus' eyes
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31615

96. Thus raised his glorious offspring Julius viewed

First Line:
Thus raised his glorious offspring Julius viewed
Last Line:
And leave in tears the world he ruled so well
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
12047

97. Tis better in a play | Be Agamemnon than himself indeed

First Line:
Tis better in a play | Be Agamemnon than himself indeed
Last Line:
And boasting valour loseth its red cheek
DMI number:
17172

98. To this came next in course the brazen age

First Line:
To this came next in course the brazen age
Last Line:
Not impious yet
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9804

99. Twas night and weary with the toils of day

First Line:
Twas night and weary with the toils of day
Last Line:
And thus she vents the tempest of her soul
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31688

100. Twas night and weary with the toils of day

First Line:
Twas night and weary with the toils of day
Last Line:
In sleep a soft forgetfulness of care
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
40454