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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. And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies

First Line:: And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies
Last Line:: From stage to stage the vital scale ascends
Author:: James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33732

3. Behold the foremost band of slender thought

First Line:: Behold the foremost band of slender thought
Last Line:: As to the lettered sage's curious eye
Author:: Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31460

4. By what fine ties hath God connected things

First Line:: By what fine ties hath God connected things
Last Line:: Cheers his long labours and renews his frame
Author:: Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31461

5. 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

6. Climb at court for me that will

First Line:: Climb at court for me that will
Last Line:: An old honest country-man
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33659

7. 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

8. 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

9. Ere the radiant sun

First Line:: Ere the radiant sun
Last Line:: To lead the train of Phoebus and the spring
Author:: Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31456

10. For him alone hope leads from goal to goal

First Line:: For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
Last Line:: Are given in vain but what they seek they find
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28212

11. For what one likes if others like as well

First Line:: For what one likes if others like as well
Last Line:: All join to guard what each desires to gain
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28238

12. For since the course

First Line:: For since the course
Last Line:: Stole first into the mind
Author:: Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31459

13. Go wondrous creature mount where science guides

First Line:: Go wondrous creature mount where science guides
Last Line:: Then drop into thyself and be a fool
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28218

14. God is that spring of good supreme and best

First Line:: God is that spring of good supreme and best
Last Line:: The bad meet punishment the good reward
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28214

15. Grant that the powerful still the weak control

First Line:: Grant that the powerful still the weak control
Last Line:: For more his pleasure yet for more his pride
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28231

16. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

First Line:: Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:: Or who could suffer being here below
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33629

17. Heaven to mankind impartial we confess

First Line:: Heaven to mankind impartial we confess
Last Line:: One common blessing as one common soul
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28352

18. In times overgrown with rust and ignorance

First Line:: In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:: And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28237

19. In reasoning pride my friend our error lies

First Line:: In reasoning pride my friend our error lies
Last Line:: The whispering zephyr and the purling rill
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28206

20. Inhabitant of earth to whom is given

First Line:: Inhabitant of earth to whom is given
Last Line:: For ever nearer to the life divine
Author:: Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31458