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1. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
And makes the work much easier than it shows
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10413

2. A muse devoted to celestial things

First Line:
A muse devoted to celestial things
Last Line:
With undecaying bloom in Prior's lines
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25146

3. Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle

First Line:
Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle
Last Line:
And latest ages own great Prior's name
DMI number:
15507

4. Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived

First Line:
Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived
Last Line:
To see those more prodigious ----- there
DMI number:
6494

5. Long may the laurel flourish on your brow

First Line:
Long may the laurel flourish on your brow
Last Line:
But such as join with Shimei and with Saul
DMI number:
43286

6. Let there be light the Almighty said

First Line:
Let there be light the Almighty said
Last Line:
He ever received from heaven
DMI number:
16950

7. Let other poets poorly sing

First Line:
Let other poets poorly sing
Last Line:
And show thee glittering in abstracted day
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
17492

8. O thou that with surpassing glory crowned

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O thou that with surpassing glory crowned
Last Line:
As man ere long and this new world shall know
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
35131

9. Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell

First Line:
Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell
Last Line:
And judgment grown maturer greatly rise
Author:
Francis Peck (Absolute)
DMI number:
15506

10. Once more my muse resume thy lyre

First Line:
Once more my muse resume thy lyre
Last Line:
And all your reign one coronation day
DMI number:
42877

11. Our tears we paid to Charles his royal hearse

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Our tears we paid to Charles his royal hearse
Last Line:
May flow a race of heroes and of kings
DMI number:
42843

12. The eternal cause in their immortal lines

First Line:
The eternal cause in their immortal lines
Last Line:
Even God the poet of the world doth call
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
17209

13. The beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places how are the mighty fallen

First Line:
The beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places how are the mighty fallen
Last Line:
How are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished
DMI number:
10412

14. When Dryden's tuneful celebrated muse

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When Dryden's tuneful celebrated muse
Last Line:
The critic's judgement and the poet's wit
DMI number:
5896

15. When Cain and Abel their first offerings made

First Line:
When Cain and Abel their first offerings made
Last Line:
And every critic prove another Cain
DMI number:
31958

16. When old Elijah as the scriptures say

First Line:
When old Elijah as the scriptures say
Last Line:
My wit I leave thee but I have no cloak
DMI number:
24603

17. Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite

First Line:
Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite
Last Line:
Those few unblemished are not meant in this
DMI number:
6439