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1. A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

First Line:
A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
Last Line:
To fill your sails and favour your intent
Author:
William Stonestreet (Absolute)
DMI number:
4174

2. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

3. A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

First Line:
A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days
Last Line:
How Venus once revenged neglected love
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12025

4. A king is sought to guide the growing state

First Line:
A king is sought to guide the growing state
Last Line:
And all the muses over his acts preside
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12035

5. Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

First Line:
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
Last Line:
With rapid motion and his name retains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4854

6. Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage

First Line:
Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage
Last Line:
Nursed secretly with milk the thriving god
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11333

7. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:
Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:
I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12038

8. Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned

First Line:
Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned
Last Line:
And his indulgent nurse's youth renewed
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
11618

9. After famed Ilium was by Argives won

First Line:
After famed Ilium was by Argives won
Last Line:
And here I reign a poor precarious king
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12015

10. 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

11. Already Caeneus with his conquering hand

First Line:
Already Caeneus with his conquering hand
Last Line:
Part fell and part escaped by favour of the night
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11934

12. 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

13. Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest

First Line:
Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest
Last Line:
But haunt those houses where she loved to roam
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11728

14. Ascanius now the Latian sceptre sways

First Line:
Ascanius now the Latian sceptre sways
Last Line:
And Procas wore the regal diadem
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12023

15. 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

16. Before the spacious front a herd we find

First Line:
Before the spacious front a herd we find
Last Line:
The mystery thus attempted to explain
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12246

17. 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

18. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

First Line:
But yonder far lo yonder does appear
Last Line:
Enlarged the mass the nymph became an isle
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11702

19. But Mineus' daughters still their tasks pursue

First Line:
But Mineus' daughters still their tasks pursue
Last Line:
From whom the Romans have derived their name
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11442

20. But now the hero of immortal birth

First Line:
But now the hero of immortal birth
Last Line:
And lodge the hero in the starry sky
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11726

21. But now the lustful god no more concealed

First Line:
But now the lustful god no more concealed
Last Line:
The Thebans tremble and confess the god
DMI number:
17432

22. But others woes were useless to appease

First Line:
But others woes were useless to appease
Last Line:
Over wondering crowds an unexpected shade
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12040

23. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

First Line:
But Pentheus grown more furious than before
Last Line:
The Thebans tremble and confess the god
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11377

24. But still does Cyane the rape bemoan

First Line:
But still does Cyane the rape bemoan
Last Line:
Bathes in that bosom he before embraced
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11493

25. But when good Saturn banished from above

First Line:
But when good Saturn banished from above
Last Line:
And oxen laboured first beneath the yoke
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9803

26. Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied

First Line:
Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied
Last Line:
And as he whips upbraids them with his son
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11261

27. Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son

First Line:
Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son
Last Line:
And with her new formed boughs gave the consenting nod
DMI number:
17747

28. Ere long the goddess of the nuptial bed

First Line:
Ere long the goddess of the nuptial bed
Last Line:
Now Ora named and pressed her to his side
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12033

29. Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed

First Line:
Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed
Last Line:
And boldly ventured on the swelling tide
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11522

30. Famed far and near for knowing things to come

First Line:
Famed far and near for knowing things to come
Last Line:
In vaults where still it doubles every sound
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11340

31. 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

32. For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said

First Line:
For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said
Last Line:
From which embrace the great Achilles sprung
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11911

33. For Aesacus old Priam mourned nor knew

First Line:
For Aesacus old Priam mourned nor knew
Last Line:
And leaves the general host to judge the prize
Author:
Lewis Theobald (Confident)
DMI number:
17444

34. For Cytherea's lips while Cupid pressed

First Line:
For Cytherea's lips while Cupid pressed
Last Line:
Which owe to winds their names in Grecian song
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11895

35. From hence to Athens she directs her flight

First Line:
From hence to Athens she directs her flight
Last Line:
Thought may conceive but words can never relate
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
11624

36. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:
From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:
Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11663

37. From these first onsets the Sigaean shore

First Line:
From these first onsets the Sigaean shore
Last Line:
And scarce Pelides could believe it true
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11930

38. From these relations straight the people turn

First Line:
From these relations straight the people turn
Last Line:
And thus the youth his limbs and life regained
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11520

39. Full in the midst of this created space

First Line:
Full in the midst of this created space
Last Line:
The Grecian heroes and what deaths they dealt
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11929

40. Greatness does always our desires oppose

First Line:
Greatness does always our desires oppose
Last Line:
And spread a grateful covering over the god
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4845

41. He bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet

First Line:
He bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet
Last Line:
Then makes Inarime and Prochyta
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
15479

42. He ceased in his relation to proceed

First Line:
He ceased in his relation to proceed
Last Line:
Flowed down in water or aspired in flame
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11703

43. He who could often and alone withstand

First Line:
He who could often and alone withstand
Last Line:
But those express the grief and these the name
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11938

44. He who his high descent from Neptune draws

First Line:
He who his high descent from Neptune draws
Last Line:
Iphis his own Ianthe does enjoy
Author:
Lewis Theobald (Confident)
DMI number:
17441

45. Hence Epaphus the illustrious title bears

First Line:
Hence Epaphus the illustrious title bears
Last Line:
The Po received and washed his smoking face
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6993

46. Here bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet

First Line:
Here bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet
Last Line:
Then makes Inarime and Prochyta
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11956

47. Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke

First Line:
Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke
Last Line:
He seeks Titanian Circe's horrid court
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
11950

48. How are you changed of late my love how grown

First Line:
How are you changed of late my love how grown
Last Line:
While all the winds lie hushed the waves asleep
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6621

49. Him Pentheus viewed with fury in his look

First Line:
Him Pentheus viewed with fury in his look
Last Line:
And flings the loosened shackles from his hands
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11373

50. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

First Line:
Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain
Last Line:
And without danger can review his spouse
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11896

51. How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

First Line:
How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams
Last Line:
And tinged its source to make his wishes good
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11441

52. How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

First Line:
How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams
Last Line:
To weaken it and make his wishes good
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
6620

53. I am no deity replied the dame

First Line:
I am no deity replied the dame
Last Line:
A Greek's at last aboard a Trojan found
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11963

54. In tedious exile now too long detained

First Line:
In tedious exile now too long detained
Last Line:
In suppliant terms implore a kind redress
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11662

55. In Babylon where first her Queen for state

First Line:
In Babylon where first her Queen for state
Last Line:
And drew attentive all the sister-throng
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11404

56. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

57. Impatient for the wonders of the day

First Line:
Impatient for the wonders of the day
Last Line:
And lands triumphant on his native shore
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
11616

58. In a fair chase a shady mountain stood

First Line:
In a fair chase a shady mountain stood
Last Line:
Their wretched master panting in a deer
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11330

59. In various shapes thus to deceive the eyes

First Line:
In various shapes thus to deceive the eyes
Last Line:
And thus resolved her high commands expressed
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11704

60. Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed

First Line:
Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed
Last Line:
And both the lovers glow with mutual fire
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12026

61. Let the sad fate of wretched Byblis prove

First Line:
Let the sad fate of wretched Byblis prove
Last Line:
And to a fountain turned the weeping fair
Author:
Stephen Harvey (Absolute)
DMI number:
6631

62. Justly this punishment was due to him

First Line:
Justly this punishment was due to him
Last Line:
From whence she came and why a sacred well
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11499

63. Mean time the wretched Cadmus mourns nor knows

First Line:
Mean time the wretched Cadmus mourns nor knows
Last Line:
Still mild and conscious what they once have been
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11445

64. Meanwhile a king they seek who might sustain

First Line:
Meanwhile a king they seek who might sustain
Last Line:
I in my fame eternally shall live
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation) & Captain Morrice (Speculation)
DMI number:
17447

65. Meanwhile a man is sought with care and speed

First Line:
Meanwhile a man is sought with care and speed
Last Line:
I in my fame eternally shall live
Author:
Captain Morrice (Speculation)
DMI number:
17899

66. Meanwhile the Latians all their power prepare

First Line:
Meanwhile the Latians all their power prepare
Last Line:
And oft with woeful shrieks of war complains
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12020

67. Melodious maids of Pindus who inspire

First Line:
Melodious maids of Pindus who inspire
Last Line:
Joy is again restored and health returns
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
12045

68. Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

First Line:
Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow
Last Line:
Whose valour equalled his foreseeing mind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11933

69. Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

First Line:
Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen
Last Line:
And with her pains revenged his mother's fires
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11894

70. Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains

First Line:
Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains
Last Line:
To tell the important secret both combined
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11903

71. Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

First Line:
Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:
Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11200

72. No beauteous nymph could youthful Phoebus move

First Line:
No beauteous nymph could youthful Phoebus move
Last Line:
Her branches down to thank the bounteous god
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4843

73. Near Cumae lies a dusky cave where sleep

First Line:
Near Cumae lies a dusky cave where sleep
Last Line:
Or ears of bearded corn rise from the fertile ground
DMI number:
4244

74. Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode

First Line:
Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode
Last Line:
And for his hatching nephews smooths the seas
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11923

75. Now Bacchus calls me to his jolly rites

First Line:
Now Bacchus calls me to his jolly rites
Last Line:
The bridegroom's liquor lays the bride asleep
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4151

76. Now brave Perithous bold Ixion's son

First Line:
Now brave Perithous bold Ixion's son
Last Line:
And to his mother-earth with empty belly rushed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11932

77. Now from her lips a solemn oath had passed

First Line:
Now from her lips a solemn oath had passed
Last Line:
And bid their bosoms glow with manly fire
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11886

78. Now Glaucus Aetna and that clime had past

First Line:
Now Glaucus Aetna and that clime had past
Last Line:
And Ora is to her Quirinus joined
Author:
Lewis Theobald (Confident) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
17446

79. Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over

First Line:
Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over
Last Line:
Destruction to those barks that beat the seas
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11952

80. Now had Aeneas as ordained by fate

First Line:
Now had Aeneas as ordained by fate
Last Line:
Shrines festivals and styles him Indiges
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12021

81. Now Jove no longer could her sufferings bear

First Line:
Now Jove no longer could her sufferings bear
Last Line:
And whence began so rare an instrument
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11241

82. Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore

First Line:
Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore
Last Line:
Between Alcides and the dragon blaze
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11661

83. Now on his right he leaves Parthenope

First Line:
Now on his right he leaves Parthenope
Last Line:
And nature's blest benevolence to share
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11960

84. Now a long interval of time succeeds

First Line:
Now a long interval of time succeeds
Last Line:
What mortal now shall seek the gods with prayer
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11716

85. Now Aeolus had with strong chains confined

First Line:
Now Aeolus had with strong chains confined
Last Line:
To know what arts had won Medusa's snakes
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11448

86. 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

87. Now riches hoarded by paternal care

First Line:
Now riches hoarded by paternal care
Last Line:
He ceased his words concluding with a groan
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11706

88. Now shone the morning star in bright array

First Line:
Now shone the morning star in bright array
Last Line:
And from the ravished lock the name of Ciris took
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11644

89. Now warrior Mars his burnished helm puts on

First Line:
Now warrior Mars his burnished helm puts on
Last Line:
He looks a god and is Quirinus now
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12031

90. Of bodies changed to other forms I sing

First Line:
Of bodies changed to other forms I sing
Last Line:
Shoots forth and gilds the rising dawn of day
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
17420

91. Of bodies changed to various forms I sing

First Line:
Of bodies changed to various forms I sing
Last Line:
And earth was metamorphosed into man
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11190

92. Observing the lewd lives that women led

First Line:
Observing the lewd lives that women led
Last Line:
But only that which should have crowned the rest
DMI number:
4242

93. Old Chiron took the babe with secret joy

First Line:
Old Chiron took the babe with secret joy
Last Line:
And a new name from the new figure took
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11276

94. Pallas attending to the muse's song

First Line:
Pallas attending to the muse's song
Last Line:
A thread and still by constant weaving lives
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11510

95. Pallas attentive heard the muses song

First Line:
Pallas attentive heard the muses song
Last Line:
Ploughed seas unknown and sought the golden fleece
Author:
John Gay (Confident) & George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
17435

96. Or as when Cippus in the current viewed

First Line:
Or as when Cippus in the current viewed
Last Line:
And Rome's rich posts shall shine with horns of gold
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12044

97. Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life

First Line:
Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life
Last Line:
The city Paphos from the founder called
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11893

98. Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed

First Line:
Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed
Last Line:
The Hyacinthian feasts they yearly celebrate
Author:
John Ozell (Confident)
DMI number:
11891

99. Phoebus with full revenge from Tmolus flies

First Line:
Phoebus with full revenge from Tmolus flies
Last Line:
But he the goddess had enjoyed alone
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11904

100. Picus who once the Ausonian sceptre held

First Line:
Picus who once the Ausonian sceptre held
Last Line:
Declined the voyage and am refuged here
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12012