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1. B-- though with scraps of others wit

First Line:
B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:
For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:
12731

2. But ancient poets thou admirest none

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But ancient poets thou admirest none
Last Line:
Can't on such terms find in my heart to die
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12244

3. Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long

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Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
Last Line:
But Coscus even thy distichs tedious are
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6328

4. For God's sake tell me what bold confidence

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For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
Last Line:
And by strange luck may make a shift to live
DMI number:
43394

5. My works the reader and the hearer praise

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My works the reader and the hearer praise
Last Line:
Am I to please the cook or please the guest
DMI number:
27652

6. Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over

First Line:
Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over
Last Line:
Yet even heroic verse shall stoop to thee
DMI number:
43411

7. Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

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Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown
Last Line:
They are surely his own for which a man pays
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
13738

8. So smooth your numbers friend your verse so sweet

First Line:
So smooth your numbers friend your verse so sweet
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honour wit
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
15795

9. The verses friend which thou hast read are mine

First Line:
The verses friend which thou hast read are mine
Last Line:
But as thou readst them they may pass for thine
DMI number:
30472

10. There's not a drowsy alderman i'th'town

First Line:
There's not a drowsy alderman i'th'town
Last Line:
To make Westphalia hams of English pork
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5794

11. Those verses Brauler which thou hast read are mine

First Line:
Those verses Brauler which thou hast read are mine
Last Line:
But as thou hast read them wrong they'll pass for thine
DMI number:
13502

12. Tis but too true while living fame's denied

First Line:
Tis but too true while living fame's denied
Last Line:
Since glory's after death we're not in haste
DMI number:
17399

13. What in long verse write epigrams say you

First Line:
What in long verse write epigrams say you
Last Line:
I may write long and you may read the short
DMI number:
27482

14. Why dost thou in a fever friend declaim

First Line:
Why dost thou in a fever friend declaim
Last Line:
Thou wilt then relieve the oppressor and oppressed
DMI number:
17405

15. You ask me why I have no verses sent

First Line:
You ask me why I have no verses sent
Last Line:
For fear you should return the compliment
DMI number:
27486

16. Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved

First Line:
Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved
Last Line:
Or dead amongst Grub-street's records lie
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27749

17. You often wonder what the devil

First Line:
You often wonder what the devil
Last Line:
Should be so terrible a creature
DMI number:
33023