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1. 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

2. Among the worst of cowards let him be named

First Line:
Among the worst of cowards let him be named
Last Line:
Who having sinned ashamed to be afraid
DMI number:
33682

3. 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

4. Farewell awhile to mortal things

First Line:
Farewell awhile to mortal things
Last Line:
Shall every grief defy
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18302

5. Fair hope I thank thee twas no idle dream

First Line:
Fair hope I thank thee twas no idle dream
Last Line:
And set the long imprisoned captive free
DMI number:
28635

6. For since the course

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. I shunned with caution the officious tale

First Line:
I shunned with caution the officious tale
Last Line:
False facts nor did I those I knew relate
DMI number:
33684

10. If justice now requires

First Line:
If justice now requires
Last Line:
And give to every man his due reward
DMI number:
33696

11. If what you seek be rightly understood

First Line:
If what you seek be rightly understood
Last Line:
How envy can with such perfections dwell
DMI number:
19718

12. Not prudence can defend or virtue save

First Line:
Not prudence can defend or virtue save
Last Line:
And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33599

13. Now the declining sun did downward bend

First Line:
Now the declining sun did downward bend
Last Line:
Struck with a virtuous Emulation
DMI number:
33652

14. Offspring of folly and of noise

First Line:
Offspring of folly and of noise
Last Line:
The fault is not in them but thee
Author:
John Gilbert Cooper (Absolute)
DMI number:
22643

15. Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat

First Line:
Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat
Last Line:
Worse is an evil fame much worse than none
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
33660

16. Returning morn composed my pensive lay

First Line:
Returning morn composed my pensive lay
Last Line:
Perfecting nature moral and divine
DMI number:
21769

17. Riot and guilt and wasting care

First Line:
Riot and guilt and wasting care
Last Line:
The calmness of his soul
DMI number:
33717

18. See anger zeal and fortitude supply

First Line:
See anger zeal and fortitude supply
Last Line:
But what will grow on pride or grow on shame
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28222

19. Sure tis a serious thing to die my soul

First Line:
Sure tis a serious thing to die my soul
Last Line:
No frenzy half so desperate as this
Author:
Robert Blair (Absolute)
DMI number:
33757

20. That counterworks each folly and caprice

First Line:
That counterworks each folly and caprice
Last Line:
To kings' presumption and to crowds' belief
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28226

21. The solitary bird of night

First Line:
The solitary bird of night
Last Line:
Is vanity and woe
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
21802

22. This motley piece to you I send

First Line:
This motley piece to you I send
Last Line:
Life's voyage to the world unknown
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
21318

23. Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay

First Line:
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
Last Line:
But that pecuniae obediunt omnia
DMI number:
43297

24. Thus nature gives us let it check our pride

First Line:
Thus nature gives us let it check our pride
Last Line:
And makes a patriot as it makes a knave
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28038

25. Tis thus the mercury of man is fixed

First Line:
Tis thus the mercury of man is fixed
Last Line:
And in one interest body acts with mind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28223

26. To all inferior animals 'tis given

First Line:
To all inferior animals 'tis given
Last Line:
And in a just proportion punish and reward
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
27831

27. Virtue's a joy that will for ever last

First Line:
Virtue's a joy that will for ever last
Last Line:
For then they urge our terrors and increase our pain
DMI number:
33718

28. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien

First Line:
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
Last Line:
The hard inhabitant contends is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28225

29. What signifies to man that he from heaven

First Line:
What signifies to man that he from heaven
Last Line:
If like the brutes irrational he acts
DMI number:
33657

30. What's soon obtained we nauseously receive

First Line:
What's soon obtained we nauseously receive
Last Line:
And absent pleasures only do admire
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
9679

31. Whatever is is right

First Line:
Whatever is is right
Last Line:
And all our knowledge is ourselves to know
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28035

32. When we are touched with some important ill

First Line:
When we are touched with some important ill
Last Line:
Our foreheads blab the secrets of our heart
Author:
Stephen Harvey (Absolute)
DMI number:
33604

33. With choice we fix with sympathy we burn

First Line:
With choice we fix with sympathy we burn
Last Line:
Still spread the interest and preserved the kind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28233