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1. A being darkly wise and rudely great

First Line:: A being darkly wise and rudely great
Last Line:: The glory jest and riddle of the world
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28217

2. A swain who musing on the various cares

First Line:: A swain who musing on the various cares
Last Line:: Warned him to seek the house and quit his verdant bower
Author:: Richard Lewis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23073

3. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:: A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:: That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:: 5983

4. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:: A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:: That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:: 43172

5. And did the omnipotent eternal mind

First Line:: And did the omnipotent eternal mind
Last Line:: And merit as before esteem and praise
DMI number:: 24379

6. As the eternal and omniscient mind

First Line:: As the eternal and omniscient mind
Last Line:: And from the ruin raise a fairer frame
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30908

7. As from some level country's sheltered ground

First Line:: As from some level country's sheltered ground
Last Line:: And crown the paths of piety with peace
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30911

8. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:: Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:: So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:: 19587

9. Believe that every morning's ray

First Line:: Believe that every morning's ray
Last Line:: With double lustre shall it shine
Author:: Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33698

10. Bodies never move till moved as all believe

First Line:: Bodies never move till moved as all believe
Last Line:: But how that mover moves he only knows
DMI number:: 24405

11. By the blue taper's trembling light

First Line:: By the blue taper's trembling light
Last Line:: And mingle with the blaze of day
Author:: Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21305

12. But errs not nature from this gracious end

First Line:: But errs not nature from this gracious end
Last Line:: And nature deviates how can man do less
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28216

13. But oh adventurous muse restrain thy flight

First Line:: But oh adventurous muse restrain thy flight
Last Line:: He yields thee only what was thine before
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30913

14. Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly

First Line:: Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly
Last Line:: Therefore with joy resign thy dying breath
DMI number:: 33635

15. Could we our tempers move like this machine

First Line:: Could we our tempers move like this machine
Last Line:: And everlasting joy when time shall be no more
Author:: John Byrom (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18097

16. Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains

First Line:: Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains
Last Line:: Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33766

17. Delight of human kind and gods above

First Line:: Delight of human kind and gods above
Last Line:: And quiet to the weary world restore
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3957

18. Ere the foundations of the world were laid

First Line:: Ere the foundations of the world were laid
Last Line:: Ten thousand thousand rolling years are nought
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8427

19. Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes

First Line:: Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes
Last Line:: Its hand unseen but yet most surely takes
DMI number:: 33653

20. Far hence ye visionary charming maids

First Line:: Far hence ye visionary charming maids
Last Line:: And brave the bolt that lingered round its head
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30909