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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 work outlasting brass and higher

First Line:
A work outlasting brass and higher
Last Line:
Crown crown me willing muse with bays
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42129

3. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

4. Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line

First Line:
Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line
Last Line:
Armour of proof against ill weather
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42116

5. Could I Parrhasius' works command

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

6. Could I Parrhasius' works command

First Line:
Could I Parrhasius' works command
Last Line:
Our ardent vows and speeds our prayers
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26652

7. Daughter of chaos and old night

First Line:
Daughter of chaos and old night
Last Line:
Drive his light courser over the bounds of taste
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
29351

8. Did but kind fate to me impart

First Line:
Did but kind fate to me impart
Last Line:
And looks with pity down on White's
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
25623

9. 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

10. 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

11. Hero sprung from ancient blood

First Line:
Hero sprung from ancient blood
Last Line:
Shalt share his fame and make his triumphs thine
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
11526

12. How shall Voltaire's recording lay

First Line:
How shall Voltaire's recording lay
Last Line:
Are deaf to slaughter's call and blind to plunder's charms
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26661

13. I hate the common herd hence ye profane

First Line:
I hate the common herd hence ye profane
Last Line:
Charmed with the guileless sports the woods and waters yield
Author:
Barton Booth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25569

14. In vain alas with eager strife

First Line:
In vain alas with eager strife
Last Line:
And unto many many years extend the shortened span
DMI number:
42828

15. Lo on yon promontory's pendent brow

First Line:
Lo on yon promontory's pendent brow
Last Line:
And night begot oblivion worshipped as a god
DMI number:
32134

16. My friends I would accommodate

First Line:
My friends I would accommodate
Last Line:
His drooping votaries relieves
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42139

17. I'm raised transported changed all over

First Line:
I'm raised transported changed all over
Last Line:
To whom great Cowper once was kind
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
25564

18. If in my loved retirement when

First Line:
If in my loved retirement when
Last Line:
An inspiration constant as my zeal
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42066

19. Lest thou shouldst think the words which I

First Line:
Lest thou shouldst think the words which I
Last Line:
To stake his life he doth not fear
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42140

20. Kings rule their flocks with awful sway

First Line:
Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
Last Line:
For the more cumbrous riches of the great
DMI number:
25568

21. 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

22. O born when stars auspicious smiled

First Line:
O born when stars auspicious smiled
Last Line:
And mellow thus we close the day
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25618

23. O thou whose nip the trivial strain

First Line:
O thou whose nip the trivial strain
Last Line:
Over snow-white leaves thy waters glide
DMI number:
25592

24. O mighty fame

First Line:
O mighty fame
Last Line:
And eternize their date by an immortal crown
DMI number:
38024

25. Oh life thou nothing's younger brother

First Line:
Oh life thou nothing's younger brother
Last Line:
For all old Homer's life ever since he died till now
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24954

26. Oh who to mighty Charles his name

First Line:
Oh who to mighty Charles his name
Last Line:
Such matchless sons as thy great father left behind
DMI number:
42827

27. Parent of ease oblivion old

First Line:
Parent of ease oblivion old
Last Line:
Spread with thy welcome hand oblivion's friendly vest
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
29352

28. Phoebus and Cynthia over the chase

First Line:
Phoebus and Cynthia over the chase
Last Line:
Allows our prayers and all the powers above
DMI number:
25655

29. Pindar in bold licentious lays

First Line:
Pindar in bold licentious lays
Last Line:
Must be content to sit and wonder out the rest
DMI number:
42871

30. See mighty prince where at your feet does lie

First Line:
See mighty prince where at your feet does lie
Last Line:
And of the world's affairs scarce notice took
DMI number:
42822

31. That thus blessed princess we lament thy fall

First Line:
That thus blessed princess we lament thy fall
Last Line:
And drink immortal draughts of inexhausted love
DMI number:
42895

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. To sing of wars when I aspire

First Line:
To sing of wars when I aspire
Last Line:
Of beauty's queen our songs shall grace
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25632

36. What prince what hero shall I choose

First Line:
What prince what hero shall I choose
Last Line:
He trembles at thy judgments king of kings
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25944

37. When young Alcides in his cradle lay

First Line:
When young Alcides in his cradle lay
Last Line:
With joy they sacrifice their fame to thee
DMI number:
7750

38. Whilst in immortal verse my praise you sing

First Line:
Whilst in immortal verse my praise you sing
Last Line:
Reclaimed and strove to merit the reward
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Speculation)
DMI number:
11419