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1. A grean was heard thro a the rout

First Line:
A grean was heard thro a the rout
Last Line:
Frae yon time to this hour
DMI number:
30681

2. Achilles fatal wrath whence discord rose

First Line:
Achilles fatal wrath whence discord rose
Last Line:
Was Juno lodged in her alcove of gold
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
22251

3. Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate

First Line:
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
Last Line:
Marks the dry dust and thirsts for blood in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31585

4. Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined

First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584

5. An honest and resolved man

First Line:
An honest and resolved man
Last Line:
And with small voice matters so great
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42100

6. And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight

First Line:
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
Last Line:
I should not seem quite widowed and undone
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31681

7. As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway

First Line:
As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway
Last Line:
Of well-conducted war inured
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
25617

8. As the god of manual arts

First Line:
As the god of manual arts
Last Line:
Keep it Mars tis but a toy
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
27305

9. As over the surges of the boundless sea

First Line:
As over the surges of the boundless sea
Last Line:
And every shore repeats the long departing sound
DMI number:
28859

10. As Paris ploughed the watery plain

First Line:
As Paris ploughed the watery plain
Last Line:
And then thy flames of love shall end in flames of fire
DMI number:
893

11. As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way

First Line:
As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way
Last Line:
And Ilium whelmed beneath a flood of fire
DMI number:
16966

12. At last is Hector stretched upon the plain

First Line:
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
Last Line:
And stretch thee here before this Scaean gate
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31574

13. Begin celestial source of light

First Line:
Begin celestial source of light
Last Line:
Due to thy queen's reward and Blenheim's glorious day
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12339

14. Behold that man that with gigantic might

First Line:
Behold that man that with gigantic might
Last Line:
And all in time will rue it | Then mad &c
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
2592

15. Both armies from their bloody work desist

First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671

16. Captive Briseis in a foreign tongue

First Line:
Captive Briseis in a foreign tongue
Last Line:
Made yours by right of war and right of love
Author:
John Caryll (Absolute)
DMI number:
5738

17. But let us on this memorable day

First Line:
But let us on this memorable day
Last Line:
A radiant belt that rich with purple glowed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31576

18. But while to bring about their great intent

First Line:
But while to bring about their great intent
Last Line:
Confound their army sink the cursed design
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4219

19. Cease imperious lord of war

First Line:
Cease imperious lord of war
Last Line:
And nations far remote revere the British name
DMI number:
27549

20. Come Clio sing if such your will is

First Line:
Come Clio sing if such your will is
Last Line:
They closed the curtains of their peepers
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36487

21. Contrive me artisan a bowl

First Line:
Contrive me artisan a bowl
Last Line:
But no Apollo God of day
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27194

22. Could Agamemnon from the dead return

First Line:
Could Agamemnon from the dead return
Last Line:
As when to chaos God shall shake the world
DMI number:
6418

23. Cupid I hear thou hast improved

First Line:
Cupid I hear thou hast improved
Last Line:
Than those upon the Rhine
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6301

24. Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed

First Line:
Enough o son of Peleus Troy has viewed
Last Line:
Now hovers round and calls thee to thy death
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31573

25. Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar

First Line:
Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar
Last Line:
At length abrupt my son my king she cried
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31659

26. Fit for the girls in Venus' cause

First Line:
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
Last Line:
Once tap proud Chloe with up-lifted wand
DMI number:
25606

27. Fain would I rest but still prevailing fear

First Line:
Fain would I rest but still prevailing fear
Last Line:
And bury these afflictions in its friendly womb
Author:
Lewis Theobald (Confident)
DMI number:
3219

28. From noise and business for a while retired

First Line:
From noise and business for a while retired
Last Line:
And let them thank thee with a heart like mine
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36554

29. From Sparta's hospitable shore

First Line:
From Sparta's hospitable shore
Last Line:
And Troy in Grecian flames expire
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
25395

30. Full in the midst of this created space

First Line:
Full in the midst of this created space
Last Line:
The Grecian heroes and what deaths they dealt
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11929

31. God whose revenge for boasts the crew

First Line:
God whose revenge for boasts the crew
Last Line:
Did feasts reduce
Author:
Barten Holyday (Speculation)
DMI number:
42135

32. Great god of fierce battles

First Line:
Great god of fierce battles
Last Line:
And from thence roll destruction ashore
DMI number:
44293

33. Hector approach my arm and singly know

First Line:
Hector approach my arm and singly know
Last Line:
I steal no conquest from a noble foe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31575

34. Hector who saw them scattered on the shore

First Line:
Hector who saw them scattered on the shore
Last Line:
I'll fly and with his blood wash off his shame
DMI number:
39947

35. Health to the gentle man of war and may

First Line:
Health to the gentle man of war and may
Last Line:
Of thy beloved self I mean of me
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
5704

36. Hear Britain hear a rough unpractised tongue

First Line:
Hear Britain hear a rough unpractised tongue
Last Line:
And the world's birthday was a jubilee
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
5981

37. He said and past with sad presaging heart

First Line:
He said and past with sad presaging heart
Last Line:
Shall neither hear thee sigh nor see thee weep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30924

38. His ponderous shield

First Line:
His ponderous shield
Last Line:
Over the burning marl
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32039

39. How will the grateful senate praise

First Line:
How will the grateful senate praise
Last Line:
Or any charm of Sunderland
DMI number:
5882

40. In transport borne away these eyes

First Line:
In transport borne away these eyes
Last Line:
And wagged his tail as Bacchus passed along
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25544

41. It was my hap spectator once to be

First Line:
It was my hap spectator once to be
Last Line:
Your paradise is Bedlam if not hell
Author:
Charles Darby (Absolute)
DMI number:
5917

42. Jove Neptune Pluto when they did agree

First Line:
Jove Neptune Pluto when they did agree
Last Line:
That world which now cannot suffice two men
DMI number:
17415

43. In vain by being great

First Line:
In vain by being great
Last Line:
And blessed the wind that blew them to the gainful shore
DMI number:
42831

44. Janus did ever to thy wondering eyes

First Line:
Janus did ever to thy wondering eyes
Last Line:
And governs but to bless
Author:
Edmund Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:
5446

45. Like Mars amid the battle full of rage

First Line:
Like Mars amid the battle full of rage
Last Line:
He foams with fury &c
DMI number:
39935

46. Mulciber this silver take

First Line:
Mulciber this silver take
Last Line:
Hand in hand to tread the wine
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27193

47. I sing but ah my theme I need not tell

First Line:
I sing but ah my theme I need not tell
Last Line:
Sees his world burst at once and disappear
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
11192

48. If Greece with so much mirth did entertain

First Line:
If Greece with so much mirth did entertain
Last Line:
Their course about the world ours a world make
Author:
John Locke (Absolute)
DMI number:
6374

49. Meanwhile the Latians all their power prepare

First Line:
Meanwhile the Latians all their power prepare
Last Line:
And oft with woeful shrieks of war complains
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12020

50. Minerva's grove contains the favoured shield

First Line:
Minerva's grove contains the favoured shield
Last Line:
That guarded Python in the bloody field
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27520

51. Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

First Line:
Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:
Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11200

52. Nay painter if thou darest design that fight

First Line:
Nay painter if thou darest design that fight
Last Line:
In Petty's double kneeled experiment
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
42349

53. Now night with sable wings the world overspread

First Line:
Now night with sable wings the world overspread
Last Line:
Of full desire and sunk to pleasing rest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3956

54. Now Phoebus on our fields doth early smile

First Line:
Now Phoebus on our fields doth early smile
Last Line:
Their praise who love their country and their king
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
17707

55. Now Procas yielding to the fates his son

First Line:
Now Procas yielding to the fates his son
Last Line:
Great Romulus continued long to reign
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12029

56. Now with a better face affairs appear

First Line:
Now with a better face affairs appear
Last Line:
And they like twin Minervas guard your side
DMI number:
6371

57. O Portius is there not some chosen curse

First Line:
O Portius is there not some chosen curse
Last Line:
Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
30905

58. O impotent of mind

First Line:
O impotent of mind
Last Line:
Her babes her infants at the breast shall fall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31578

59. O truly great in whom the gods have joined

First Line:
O truly great in whom the gods have joined
Last Line:
And blame even kings with praise because with truth
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31581

60. O love how cold and slow to take my part

First Line:
O love how cold and slow to take my part
Last Line:
The vassal world is then thy own
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4139

61. Of winged squadrons and pygmeian hosts

First Line:
Of winged squadrons and pygmeian hosts
Last Line:
No more the pygmy but the fairy train
DMI number:
9361

62. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3631

63. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Our nations melting thy Colossus frame
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
14042

64. Painter where was't thy former work did cease

First Line:
Painter where was't thy former work did cease
Last Line:
Mars ad opus Veneris Martis ad arma Venus
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3575

65. Painter where was't thy former work did cease

First Line:
Painter where was't thy former work did cease
Last Line:
Perhaps they'll say of it of thee of me
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
8937

66. Pallas the beauteous goddess armed beheld

First Line:
Pallas the beauteous goddess armed beheld
Last Line:
And if th' have eyes I'm sure to gain the cause
DMI number:
6063

67. Perhaps you may of Priam's fate enquire

First Line:
Perhaps you may of Priam's fate enquire
Last Line:
Leaped headlong from the heights and flames consumed the rest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31675

68. Phemius alone the hand of vengeance spared

First Line:
Phemius alone the hand of vengeance spared
Last Line:
How much more safe the good than evil deed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Homer (Absolute)
DMI number:
31660

69. Say learned Garth around whose favourite head

First Line:
Say learned Garth around whose favourite head
Last Line:
I waked and vanished the transporting sight
DMI number:
3530

70. Since hired for life thy servant muse must sing

First Line:
Since hired for life thy servant muse must sing
Last Line:
And in the land where Spencer sung a new Eliza reigns
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
33669

71. The barks how famed by labouring oars

First Line:
The barks how famed by labouring oars
Last Line:
When neath the avenging steel shall stream thy purple gore
DMI number:
22114

72. Take this silver Vulcan show

First Line:
Take this silver Vulcan show
Last Line:
Each with clusters in his hand
DMI number:
3540

73. Stately stept he east the wa

First Line:
Stately stept he east the wa
Last Line:
And all the warrior fled
Author:
Elizabeth Wardlaw [née Halket] (Absolute) & Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
1295

74. The good old man with suppliant hands implored

First Line:
The good old man with suppliant hands implored
Last Line:
And loaded up the hill convey my sire
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31676

75. The glorious chief resumes

First Line:
The glorious chief resumes
Last Line:
Sought her own palace and indulged her woe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31606

76. The feathered warriors and the pygmy state

First Line:
The feathered warriors and the pygmy state
Last Line:
And in the fairy name the pygmy dies
Author:
Thomas Newcomb (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11552

77. The man that dares his word maintain

First Line:
The man that dares his word maintain
Last Line:
And spoil a subject far above thy reach
DMI number:
41836

78. The monarch issued his commands

First Line:
The monarch issued his commands
Last Line:
Collects his flock from thousands on the plain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31610

79. 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

80. The king of kings majestically tall

First Line:
The king of kings majestically tall
Last Line:
And dawning conquest played around his head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31577

81. The saffron morn with early blushes spread

First Line:
The saffron morn with early blushes spread
Last Line:
Till dimmed with rising grief they streamed again
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
31611

82. The sage Ulysses thus replies

First Line:
The sage Ulysses thus replies
Last Line:
And owe destruction to a prince like thee
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31579

83. The victor with full sails for Lemnos stood

First Line:
The victor with full sails for Lemnos stood
Last Line:
And owns she had deserved a milder fate
Author:
Temple Stanyan (Confident)
DMI number:
11939

84. The wight an doughty captains a

First Line:
The wight an doughty captains a
Last Line:
Lat him wi them be clad
Author:
Robert Forbes (Confident)
DMI number:
30680

85. Thersites only clamoured in the throng

First Line:
Thersites only clamoured in the throng
Last Line:
Sedition silence and assert the throne
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31583

86. Then young Alcanius whose before this day

First Line:
Then young Alcanius whose before this day
Last Line:
The conquered war is due and the vast world is theirs
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31673

87. There is a tower from the flame's fury free

First Line:
There is a tower from the flame's fury free
Last Line:
And straight the thirsty ashes drunk the sinking blood
Author:
J.T. (Speculation)
DMI number:
44677

88. They slay the guards they burst the gates and join

First Line:
They slay the guards they burst the gates and join
Last Line:
From some steep rock the sounding ruin hears
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31674

89. This trophy Areiphilus's son

First Line:
This trophy Areiphilus's son
Last Line:
To Bacchus consecrates for battles won
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27580

90. Though built by gods consumed by hostile flame

First Line:
Though built by gods consumed by hostile flame
Last Line:
Born by the bird of Caesar and of Jove
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3856

91. 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

92. Thus Hector great in arms contends in vain

First Line:
Thus Hector great in arms contends in vain
Last Line:
Where endless honours wait the sacred shade
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6987

93. Thus like the range of fire the combat burns

First Line:
Thus like the range of fire the combat burns
Last Line:
Our swords kept time and conquered side by side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28052

94. Thus Macareus now with a pious aim

First Line:
Thus Macareus now with a pious aim
Last Line:
Nor can I tell the tale without a tear
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12014

95. Tis well he's gone O had he never been

First Line:
Tis well he's gone O had he never been
Last Line:
While here glad waves came dancing to the shore
Author:
Sir William Godolphin (Confident)
DMI number:
3679

96. To your Penelope at length break home

First Line:
To your Penelope at length break home
Last Line:
I withered grow in waiting your return
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Absolute)
DMI number:
5721

97. To sing Achilles wrath O muse prepare

First Line:
To sing Achilles wrath O muse prepare
Last Line:
Who thus in war the bravest chief disgraced
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Confident)
DMI number:
4245

98. Unseen by these the king his entry made

First Line:
Unseen by these the king his entry made
Last Line:
Till then our arms suspend the fall of Troy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31607

99. We own the sovereign power of Jove

First Line:
We own the sovereign power of Jove
Last Line:
The abode of peace and happiness
DMI number:
25573

100. Vulcan contrive me such a cup

First Line:
Vulcan contrive me such a cup
Last Line:
And then to ---- again
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
39649