Poem Theme: Mythology and Parents and children

1. A tower of brass one would have said

First Line:: A tower of brass one would have said
Last Line:: With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 932

2. Acon and Leonilla each one eye

First Line:: Acon and Leonilla each one eye
Last Line:: Then thou like Cupid she'll like Venus shine
DMI number:: 3002

3. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:: Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:: I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:: Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:: 12038

4. An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

First Line:: An ancient forest in Thessalia grows
Last Line:: He sat himself and kept her still in sight
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11237

5. Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest

First Line:: Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest
Last Line:: But haunt those houses where she loved to roam
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11728

6. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

First Line:: But yonder far lo yonder does appear
Last Line:: Enlarged the mass the nymph became an isle
Author:: Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11702

7. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

First Line:: But Pentheus grown more furious than before
Last Line:: The Thebans tremble and confess the god
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11377

8. Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed

First Line:: Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed
Last Line:: And boldly ventured on the swelling tide
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11522

9. Fair half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother

First Line:: Fair half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother
Last Line:: The queen of beauty thou the god of love
DMI number:: 12585

10. For shame be gone maids young and stale

First Line:: For shame be gone maids young and stale
Last Line:: And from our Myrrha takes its name
Author:: Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:: 10531

11. From hence to Athens she directs her flight

First Line:: From hence to Athens she directs her flight
Last Line:: Thought may conceive but words can never relate
Author:: Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:: 11624

12. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:: From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:: Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11663

13. From these relations straight the people turn

First Line:: From these relations straight the people turn
Last Line:: And thus the youth his limbs and life regained
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11520

14. Great Jove as ancient poets tell us

First Line:: Great Jove as ancient poets tell us
Last Line:: The fragrant flower or noxious weed
DMI number:: 37158

15. Hail happy day in which was given

First Line:: Hail happy day in which was given
Last Line:: Why shouldst thou feel the curse that blessest all mankind
DMI number:: 42841

16. Hirry hary hobbilschow

First Line:: Hirry hary hobbilschow
Last Line:: Skink first to me the kan
Author:: William Dunbar (Speculation)
DMI number:: 10906

17. In tedious exile now too long detained

First Line:: In tedious exile now too long detained
Last Line:: In suppliant terms implore a kind redress
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11662

18. Listen lords in bower and hall

First Line:: Listen lords in bower and hall
Last Line:: And every martial play
Author:: Richard Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37626

19. Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change

First Line:: Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change
Last Line:: A mortal scavenger she saw she loved
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22479

20. Like mortal men great Jove grown fond of change

First Line:: Like mortal men great Jove grown fond of change
Last Line:: And Whitehall echoes clean your honour's shoes
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33498

21. Loud blew the winds and from the shore

First Line:: Loud blew the winds and from the shore
Last Line:: O be that justice by her son
DMI number:: 33593

22. If streaming blood my fatal letter stain

First Line:: If streaming blood my fatal letter stain
Last Line:: As I perform my cruel father's will
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5693

23. Mean while the father full of dreadful care

First Line:: Mean while the father full of dreadful care
Last Line:: Go there says he return aside stop short
DMI number:: 8915

24. Madam | With no less reverence did we wait

First Line:: Madam | With no less reverence did we wait
Last Line:: The son shall conquer in the father's right
DMI number:: 42853

25. Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

First Line:: Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen
Last Line:: And with her pains revenged his mother's fires
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11894

26. No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains

First Line:: No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains
Last Line:: If thus a goddess could not save her own
DMI number:: 13745

27. Now riches hoarded by paternal care

First Line:: Now riches hoarded by paternal care
Last Line:: He ceased his words concluding with a groan
Author:: Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11706

28. Now shone the morning star in bright array

First Line:: Now shone the morning star in bright array
Last Line:: And from the lavished lock the name of Ciris took
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 14277

29. Now shone the morning star in bright array

First Line:: Now shone the morning star in bright array
Last Line:: And from the ravished lock the name of Ciris took
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11644

30. Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed

First Line:: Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed
Last Line:: He tries to ease his own by other's woe
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11914

31. She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

First Line:: She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
Last Line:: And long the plant a human heart retained
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11880

32. She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

First Line:: She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
Last Line:: And long the plant a human heat retained
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13085

33. So Ceres lovely and divine

First Line:: So Ceres lovely and divine
Last Line:: Happy as we were yesterday
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11541

34. Swift through the Phrygian towns the rumour flies

First Line:: Swift through the Phrygian towns the rumour flies
Last Line:: But while she speaks the destined virgin dies
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11513

35. The illustrious chief of Troy

First Line:: The illustrious chief of Troy
Last Line:: She mingled with the smile a tender tear
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31588

36. Then Hermes thus a nymph of late there was

First Line:: Then Hermes thus a nymph of late there was
Last Line:: And saw the palace by the purple light
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11247

37. The sun's bright palace on high columns raised

First Line:: The sun's bright palace on high columns raised
Last Line:: Far from his country in the western world
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11874

38. The sun's bright palace on high pillars raised

First Line:: The sun's bright palace on high pillars raised
Last Line:: Far from his country in the western world
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4154

39. Thus equal deaths are dealt and equal chance

First Line:: Thus equal deaths are dealt and equal chance
Last Line:: And the disdainful soul came rushing through the wound
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3913

40. Thus far obliging love employed her art

First Line:: Thus far obliging love employed her art
Last Line:: Securely mounted on her dragon's wings
Author:: Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:: 11620

41. Thus while through all the earth and all the main

First Line:: Thus while through all the earth and all the main
Last Line:: Hell's bounds may then and only then be past
Author:: Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11495

42. To that dear brother who alone survives

First Line:: To that dear brother who alone survives
Last Line:: Tis quite disabled with the weight of chains
Author:: James Wright (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5699

43. To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair

First Line:: To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair
Last Line:: An earlier unexpected ghost he went
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11521

44. To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair

First Line:: To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair
Last Line:: An early unexpected ghost he went
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 15359

45. What boots it that the fair are free from war

First Line:: What boots it that the fair are free from war
Last Line:: But without mercy punish then her crime
DMI number:: 6748

46. When Flora 'gins to decke the fields

First Line:: When Flora 'gins to decke the fields
Last Line:: And was his uncle's heir
DMI number:: 37635

47. When now Agenor had his daughter lost

First Line:: When now Agenor had his daughter lost
Last Line:: For how can guilt proceed from ignorance
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11320

48. Where the fair Paphian goddess keeps her court

First Line:: Where the fair Paphian goddess keeps her court
Last Line:: And hugs the little darling in her arms
Author:: William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11879

49. With a loud voice through every field and wood

First Line:: With a loud voice through every field and wood
Last Line:: And every thing he has is stamped with death
DMI number:: 4171

50. With cruel art Corinna would destroy

First Line:: With cruel art Corinna would destroy
Last Line:: Ah try the bold experiment no more
DMI number:: 6747

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1. A tower of brass one would have said

2. Acon and Leonilla each one eye

3. Advanced in years he died one common date

4. An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

5. Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest

6. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

7. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

8. Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed

9. Fair half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother

10. For shame be gone maids young and stale

11. From hence to Athens she directs her flight

12. From him the Caledonians sought relief

13. From these relations straight the people turn

14. Great Jove as ancient poets tell us

15. Hail happy day in which was given

16. Hirry hary hobbilschow

17. In tedious exile now too long detained

18. Listen lords in bower and hall

19. Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change

20. Like mortal men great Jove grown fond of change

21. Loud blew the winds and from the shore

22. If streaming blood my fatal letter stain

23. Mean while the father full of dreadful care

24. Madam | With no less reverence did we wait

25. Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

26. No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains

27. Now riches hoarded by paternal care

28. Now shone the morning star in bright array

29. Now shone the morning star in bright array

30. Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed

31. She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

32. She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

33. So Ceres lovely and divine

34. Swift through the Phrygian towns the rumour flies

35. The illustrious chief of Troy

36. Then Hermes thus a nymph of late there was

37. The sun's bright palace on high columns raised

38. The sun's bright palace on high pillars raised

39. Thus equal deaths are dealt and equal chance

40. Thus far obliging love employed her art

41. Thus while through all the earth and all the main

42. To that dear brother who alone survives

43. To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair

44. To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair

45. What boots it that the fair are free from war

46. When Flora 'gins to decke the fields

47. When now Agenor had his daughter lost

48. Where the fair Paphian goddess keeps her court

49. With a loud voice through every field and wood

50. With cruel art Corinna would destroy