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1. A pointed flinty rock all bare and black

First Line:
A pointed flinty rock all bare and black
Last Line:
The leaning head hung threatening over the flood
DMI number:
40106

2. A rock that braves

First Line:
A rock that braves
Last Line:
Wash off the seaweeds and the founding tides
DMI number:
40108

3. All flowers will droop in absence of the sun

First Line:
All flowers will droop in absence of the sun
Last Line:
That waked their sweets
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18899

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. As when a fragment from a mountain torn

First Line:
As when a fragment from a mountain torn
Last Line:
Stunned with the shock they fall and stunned from Earth rebound
DMI number:
39894

6. As when the winds their airy quarrel try

First Line:
As when the winds their airy quarrel try
Last Line:
So deep in earth his fixed foundations lie
DMI number:
39982

7. As when two bulls for their fair female fight

First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672

8. Ask not the cause why sudden spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sudden spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17966

9. Ask not the cause why sullen spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4702

10. Betwixt the trees the Tiber took its course

First Line:
Betwixt the trees the Tiber took its course
Last Line:
To tuneful songs their narrow throats applied
DMI number:
40104

11. Black smouldering smoke from the green wood expires

First Line:
Black smouldering smoke from the green wood expires
Last Line:
The light of heaven is choked and the new day retires
DMI number:
40159

12. Behold the unlaboured ground

First Line:
Behold the unlaboured ground
Last Line:
Does round their trunks her purple clusters twine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18422

13. Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse

First Line:
Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from cottages ascends
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30125

14. But easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:
But easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
The prints of her departing steps appear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30624

15. But neither median woods a plenteous land

First Line:
But neither median woods a plenteous land
Last Line:
And summer suns recede by slow degrees
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
30623

16. But when good Saturn banished from above

First Line:
But when good Saturn banished from above
Last Line:
And oxen laboured first beneath the yoke
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9803

17. Composed of mighty bones and brawn he stands

First Line:
Composed of mighty bones and brawn he stands
Last Line:
A goodly towering object on the sands
DMI number:
40218

18. Delight of human kind and gods above

First Line:
Delight of human kind and gods above
Last Line:
And quiet to the weary world restore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3957

19. Describe we next the nature of the bees

First Line:
Describe we next the nature of the bees
Last Line:
And think it honour at his feet to die
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
30628

20. Far in the sea against the foaming shore

First Line:
Far in the sea against the foaming shore
Last Line:
The cormorants above lie basking in the sun
DMI number:
40107