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1891.
Excursions are inexpiably bad
First Line:
Excursions are inexpiably bad
Last Line:
Fall when he falls and when he rises rise
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10794
1892.
Fine work above that their appointed care
First Line:
Fine work above that their appointed care
Last Line:
Should die such death
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20576
1893.
First bait thy hook with deep dissembled love
First Line:
First bait thy hook with deep dissembled love
Last Line:
The whetstone of abated valour 's shame
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14540
1894.
First Ceres taught the labouring hind to plow
First Line:
First Ceres taught the labouring hind to plow
Last Line:
Through Pluto's heart it drives and fixes there
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11488
1895.
First elder sculpture taught her sister art
First Line:
First elder sculpture taught her sister art
Last Line:
And friends conversed by death divided long
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30496
1896.
First follow nature and your judgement frame
First Line:
First follow nature and your judgement frame
Last Line:
Itself unseen but in the effects remains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30639
1897.
First from the frighted court the yell began
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First from the frighted court the yell began
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Or the new Carthage set by foes on fire
DMI number:
39401
1898.
First he began to look
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First he began to look
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And such strange words that I believe he conjured
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21620
1899.
First he that led the cavalcade
First Line:
First he that led the cavalcade
Last Line:
Set up their throats with clamorous shout
DMI number:
40095
1900.
First in his east the glorious lamp was seen
First Line:
First in his east the glorious lamp was seen
Last Line:
With thousand lesser lights dividual holds
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37213
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