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1. Blind plaintiff lame defendant share

First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
The middle is the lawyer's fee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30617

2. For God's sake nay dear sir

First Line:
For God's sake nay dear sir
Last Line:
Then perhaps I may bless you
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16963

3. Good people I pray

First Line:
Good people I pray
Last Line:
And so will King Pippin too dry to be squeezed | By an Orange
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4936

4. I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies

First Line:
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
Last Line:
And who can say the reverend prelate lies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12186

5. In grey haired Celia's withered arms

First Line:
In grey haired Celia's withered arms
Last Line:
Te deum sing in quiet
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4836

6. I sent for Radcliffe was so ill

First Line:
I sent for Radcliffe was so ill
Last Line:
I died last night of my physician
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12185

7. Let my endeavours as my hopes depend

First Line:
Let my endeavours as my hopes depend
Last Line:
Your humble servant sir I've done no more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
8650

8. See Britons see one half before your eyes

First Line:
See Britons see one half before your eyes
Last Line:
Preserve plump Jack and banish all beside
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
3993

9. Since the united cunning of the stage

First Line:
Since the united cunning of the stage
Last Line:
And praise what D'Urfey not translating writ
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3666

10. When crowding folks with strange ill faces

First Line:
When crowding folks with strange ill faces
Last Line:
That one mouse eats while the other's starved
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4472

11. Whilst crowding folks with strange ill faces

First Line:
Whilst crowding folks with strange ill faces
Last Line:
That one mouse eats and the other's starved
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3893

12. Whilst men have these ambitious fancies

First Line:
Whilst men have these ambitious fancies
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4191

13. You need not thus so often pray

First Line:
You need not thus so often pray
Last Line:
Because you are a virgin-martyr
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16968