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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 blissful field circled with groves of myrrh

First Line:
A blissful field circled with groves of myrrh
Last Line:
Imbrowned the noon-tide bowers
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
7508

3. A sullen calm unusual dark and dead

First Line:
A sullen calm unusual dark and dead
Last Line:
His will unerring wisest justest best
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
29807

4. A sylvan lodge that like Pomona's arbour smiled

First Line:
A sylvan lodge that like Pomona's arbour smiled
Last Line:
Nor Faunus haunted
DMI number:
39316

5. A pointed flinty rock all bare and black

First Line:
A pointed flinty rock all bare and black
Last Line:
The leaning head hung threatening over the flood
DMI number:
40106

6. A shower of soft and fleecy rain

First Line:
A shower of soft and fleecy rain
Last Line:
As if with fur of ermin crowned
DMI number:
29672

7. A rock that braves

First Line:
A rock that braves
Last Line:
Wash off the seaweeds and the founding tides
DMI number:
40108

8. A truce to thought and let us over the fields

First Line:
A truce to thought and let us over the fields
Last Line:
Once more to rest his foot on his own threshold
Author:
James Hurdis (Absolute)
DMI number:
36983

9. A little learning is a dangerous thing

First Line:
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Last Line:
New distant scenes of endless science rise
DMI number:
30190

10. Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend

First Line:
Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend
Last Line:
And charitable habits learn in sport
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
30180

11. Ah little think the gay licentious proud

First Line:
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33690

12. All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath

First Line:
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
Last Line:
Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29847

13. All flowers will droop in absence of the sun

First Line:
All flowers will droop in absence of the sun
Last Line:
That waked their sweets
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18899

14. Adam the while

First Line:
Adam the while
Last Line:
Solace in her return so long delayed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
29722

15. Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt

First Line:
Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt
Last Line:
And mole hills won't to mountains to compare
DMI number:
44511

16. And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies

First Line:
And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies
Last Line:
That must not yet to pure perfection rise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28208

17. An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

First Line:
An ancient forest in Thessalia grows
Last Line:
He sat himself and kept her still in sight
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11237

18. And the plain ox

First Line:
And the plain ox
Last Line:
Even of the clowns he feeds
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30097

19. And thou great father of the British floods

First Line:
And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:
And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28304

20. And thou majestic main

First Line:
And thou majestic main
Last Line:
Or bids you roar or bids your roarings fall
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29637

21. Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven

First Line:
Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven
Last Line:
Conducts the sun and regulates the spheres
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37441

22. Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood

First Line:
Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood
Last Line:
And still preside at every funeral rite
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
11889

23. As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce

First Line:
As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce
Last Line:
And all the sad variety of pain
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30140

24. As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce

First Line:
As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31298

25. As new waked from soundest sleep

First Line:
As new waked from soundest sleep
Last Line:
Had lively shadowed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37216

26. As new waked from soundest sleep

First Line:
As new waked from soundest sleep
Last Line:
My fancy to believe I yet had being
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31499

27. As new waked from soundest sleep

First Line:
As new waked from soundest sleep
Last Line:
With fragrance and with joy my heart overflowed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
29717

28. As a tall oak that young and verdant stood

First Line:
As a tall oak that young and verdant stood
Last Line:
Dry leaves and broken arms lie scattered round
DMI number:
39981

29. As rising from the vegetable world

First Line:
As rising from the vegetable world
Last Line:
And once rejoicing never know them more
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37204

30. As rising from the vegetable world

First Line:
As rising from the vegetable world
Last Line:
Sigh to her song and with her wail resound
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31287

31. As some tall tower or lofty mountain's brow

First Line:
As some tall tower or lofty mountain's brow
Last Line:
Philander thus augustly rears his head
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34217

32. As in September when our year resigns

First Line:
As in September when our year resigns
Last Line:
Because that weeping cannot ease my heart
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17024

33. As when a fragment from a mountain torn

First Line:
As when a fragment from a mountain torn
Last Line:
Stunned with the shock they fall and stunned from Earth rebound
DMI number:
39894

34. As when the winds their airy quarrel try

First Line:
As when the winds their airy quarrel try
Last Line:
So deep in earth his fixed foundations lie
DMI number:
39982

35. 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

36. As yet tis midnight deep the weary clouds

First Line:
As yet tis midnight deep the weary clouds
Last Line:
Sacred substantial never fading bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30139

37. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
My footstool earth my canopy the skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30521

38. Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong

First Line:
Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong
Last Line:
With mossy trunks below and verdant leaves above
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11902

39. Be gracious Heaven for now laborious man

First Line:
Be gracious Heaven for now laborious man
Last Line:
The plough and greatly independent lived
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30133

40. Before him power divine his way prepared

First Line:
Before him power divine his way prepared
Last Line:
And with fresh flowrets hill and valley smiled
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30098

41. Behold slow settling over the lurid grove

First Line:
Behold slow settling over the lurid grove
Last Line:
Effuses on the pleased spectators round
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28399

42. Behold slow settling over the lurid grove

First Line:
Behold slow settling over the lurid grove
Last Line:
For ever silent and for ever sad
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30137

43. Behold the bower

First Line:
Behold the bower
Last Line:
And tanned the moon beams with more shining wings
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
18423

44. Betwixt the trees the Tiber took its course

First Line:
Betwixt the trees the Tiber took its course
Last Line:
To tuneful songs their narrow throats applied
DMI number:
40104

45. Black smouldering smoke from the green wood expires

First Line:
Black smouldering smoke from the green wood expires
Last Line:
The light of heaven is choked and the new day retires
DMI number:
40159

46. Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow

First Line:
Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow
Last Line:
My love in yonder vale asleep does lie
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22507

47. Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow

First Line:
Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow
Last Line:
My love in yonder vale in sleep does lie
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25219

48. Behold the unlaboured ground

First Line:
Behold the unlaboured ground
Last Line:
Does round their trunks her purple clusters twine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18422

49. Blossom and fruits at once of golden hue

First Line:
Blossom and fruits at once of golden hue
Last Line:
All sadness but despair
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
25255

50. Blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue

First Line:
Blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue
Last Line:
All sadness but despair
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
25234