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71. 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

72. Now night with sable wings the world overspread

First Line:
Now night with sable wings the world overspread
Last Line:
Of full desire and sunk to pleasing rest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3956

73. 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

74. Of ancient use to poets it belongs

First Line:
Of ancient use to poets it belongs
Last Line:
As a clipped sixpence or a schilling Dutch
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7257

75. 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

76. 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

77. Priam to whom the story was unknown

First Line:
Priam to whom the story was unknown
Last Line:
Which to the port desired the Grecian galleys bore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11927

78. Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime

First Line:
Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime
Last Line:
A sharp but yet a necessary friend
Author:
Sir William Soame (Confident) & John Ozell (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6606

79. Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
Last Line:
No god shall crown the board no goddess bless the bed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31070

80. Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
Last Line:
No god shall crown the board nor goddess bless the bed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3785