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1. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

2. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:
A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:
And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:
Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27118

3. Could I Parrhasius' works command

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Could I Parrhasius' works command
Last Line:
His votaries vows and speeds their prayers
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25622

4. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

5. How an unusual but strong wind does bear

First Line:
How an unusual but strong wind does bear
Last Line:
Winter's eternal stores of hoarded cold
DMI number:
44664

6. Ill-natured censurer desist for shame

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Ill-natured censurer desist for shame
Last Line:
An the best part of me shall still remain
DMI number:
43410

7. Me shall no feeble pinion bear

First Line:
Me shall no feeble pinion bear
Last Line:
Nor shed for me the needless tear
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25563

8. Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

First Line:
Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown
Last Line:
They are surely his own for which a man pays
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
13738

9. Still in our ears Andromache complains

First Line:
Still in our ears Andromache complains
Last Line:
For all the world is proud that he was born
DMI number:
13748

10. Strangers this tomb's inscription makes appear

First Line:
Strangers this tomb's inscription makes appear
Last Line:
Kindly survey when young when old they prize
DMI number:
8592

11. The very bees O sweet Menander hung

First Line:
The very bees O sweet Menander hung
Last Line:
And raise her glory to the skies in thine
DMI number:
28977

12. The very bees oh sweet Menander hung

First Line:
The very bees oh sweet Menander hung
Last Line:
And raise its glory to the skies in thine
DMI number:
13750

13. Think not my Lollius that the song

First Line:
Think not my Lollius that the song
Last Line:
Would generously dare to spill his blood
DMI number:
25624

14. Think not my Lord these strains shall die

First Line:
Think not my Lord these strains shall die
Last Line:
And hoary Nerva calls
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25625

15. Tis but too true while living fame's denied

First Line:
Tis but too true while living fame's denied
Last Line:
Since glory's after death we're not in haste
DMI number:
17399

16. Tis done I tower to that degree

First Line:
Tis done I tower to that degree
Last Line:
And deck with hood my shoulders
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
25610