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1.
Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face
First Line:
Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face
Last Line:
As he was a poet sublimer than me
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
21902
2.
Helen was just slipped into bed
First Line:
Helen was just slipped into bed
Last Line:
Alas no eyebrows for tomorrow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13511
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Her eyebrow box one morning lost
First Line:
Her eyebrow box one morning lost
Last Line:
For what's an eye without a brow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13510
4.
How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell
First Line:
How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell
Last Line:
She was painting her cheeks at the time her nose fell
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13100
5.
To burning Rome when frantic Nero played
First Line:
To burning Rome when frantic Nero played
Last Line:
Nor could he burn so fast as thou could'st build
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12248
6.
Venus take my votive glass
First Line:
Venus take my votive glass
Last Line:
Venus let me never see
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13656
7.
What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras
First Line:
What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras
Last Line:
She dropped the eye and broke it
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12418
8.
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
Last Line:
But Howard's genius fancied all the rest
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25380
9.
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
Last Line:
Friend Howard's genius fancied all the rest
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12231
10.
When Kneller's works of various grace
First Line:
When Kneller's works of various grace
Last Line:
Or Venus must to Hyde
Author:
Simon Harcourt (Speculation) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
9941
11.
Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
First Line:
Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
Last Line:
When more of nature's seen and less of art
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
6020