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1. As country squire who yet had never known

First Line:: As country squire who yet had never known
Last Line:: Of what your grandsires loved in the age that's past
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38793

2. Beauty like wit can only charm when new

First Line:: Beauty like wit can only charm when new
Last Line:: Or he'll be sweetly served by such as these
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38790

3. Gallants our poets have of late so used ye

First Line:: Gallants our poets have of late so used ye
Last Line:: We'll sacrifice it all to pleasure you
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38796

4. Gallants you have so long been absent hence

First Line:: Gallants you have so long been absent hence
Last Line:: Will make you new lampoons and us new plays
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38789

5. How vain have proved the labours of the stage

First Line:: How vain have proved the labours of the stage
Last Line:: I could have entertained you worth your money
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38791

6. I am the ghost of him who was a true son

First Line:: I am the ghost of him who was a true son
Last Line:: But your small busy knaves the treason act
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38788

7. In vain we labour to reform the stage

First Line:: In vain we labour to reform the stage
Last Line:: And your petitioners shall humbly pray
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38787

8. Long and at vast expense the industrious stage

First Line:: Long and at vast expense the industrious stage
Last Line:: The puppets have more sense than some of you
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38798

9. Know all ye whigs and tories of the pit

First Line:: Know all ye whigs and tories of the pit
Last Line:: Your verdict will be ignoramus still
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38794

10. Since with old plays you have so long been cloyed

First Line:: Since with old plays you have so long been cloyed
Last Line:: Then it may prove indeed the lucky chance
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38795