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1. And dost thou music think to charm

First Line:
And dost thou music think to charm
Last Line:
Let our anger let it cease | I receive her here in peace | Let our anger &c
DMI number:
8947

2. And O my angry stars as if in spite

First Line:
And O my angry stars as if in spite
Last Line:
The sense says Marlbrough but the rhyme cries -----
DMI number:
6156

3. Brebeuf in well deserving lines

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Brebeuf in well deserving lines
Last Line:
With him who sings the ass's hide
DMI number:
8929

4. Born for a court and versed in every art

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Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:
I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:
8966

5. But halt my pen and thou my presence quit

First Line:
But halt my pen and thou my presence quit
Last Line:
For trying of Apollo keep their courts
DMI number:
27926

6. But well those raptures if you'll make us see

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But well those raptures if you'll make us see
Last Line:
In a cold style describes a hot desire
DMI number:
10409

7. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

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Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:
I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:
8969

8. Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse

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Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
Last Line:
To herd with Perrin and Liniere
DMI number:
8983

9. Clio complained upon a time

First Line:
Clio complained upon a time
Last Line:
Before the eyes of you the sun
DMI number:
9433

10. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:
Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:
Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:
9446

11. Cooper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cooper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
6205

12. Cowper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cowper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
DMI number:
8970

13. Damon a mighty author who had long

First Line:
Damon a mighty author who had long
Last Line:
Adieu to Paris then a long adieu
DMI number:
8797

14. Fathers in god whom I revere

First Line:
Fathers in god whom I revere
Last Line:
Ill must it go with their affairs
DMI number:
27925

15. For what should I my sleeping muse awake

First Line:
For what should I my sleeping muse awake
Last Line:
Twas a good oyster gentlemen adieu
DMI number:
8963

16. Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great

First Line:
Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great
Last Line:
From belly back from haunches and from head
Author:
Isaac Littlebury (Confident)
DMI number:
39956

17. Her generous style at random oft will part

First Line:
Her generous style at random oft will part
Last Line:
And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:
10418

18. How comes it Perrault I would gladly know

First Line:
How comes it Perrault I would gladly know
Last Line:
And then no wonder if they meet no praise
DMI number:
8985

19. In charming infancy's disguise

First Line:
In charming infancy's disguise
Last Line:
The brightness of his mother's eyes
DMI number:
8940

20. In vain great sir keen satire I disown

First Line:
In vain great sir keen satire I disown
Last Line:
But both the poem and the fact are true
DMI number:
8962

21. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:
In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:
For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:
8971

22. My sire to business threescore years applied

First Line:
My sire to business threescore years applied
Last Line:
On scrolls over which with so much gain they pored
DMI number:
27909

23. My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call

First Line:
My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
Last Line:
Or take him for a friend to truth
DMI number:
8945

24. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:
My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:
So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:
9445

25. If my past writings for my present plead

First Line:
If my past writings for my present plead
Last Line:
Yet will not dare his frailties to defend
DMI number:
27920

26. Lucilius led the way and bravely bold

First Line:
Lucilius led the way and bravely bold
Last Line:
In what he writes there is something of divine
DMI number:
31543

27. O happy wit whose rare and fruitful vein

First Line:
O happy wit whose rare and fruitful vein
Last Line:
Teach me then dear Moliere to rhyme no more
Author:
John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:
8798

28. No more my muse though satire may prevail

First Line:
No more my muse though satire may prevail
Last Line:
Give over tomorrow we'll begin again
DMI number:
8822

29. Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

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Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest
Last Line:
Writes scoundrel verses and then says they're mine
DMI number:
9434

30. Of you my verse if any should enquire

First Line:
Of you my verse if any should enquire
Last Line:
And near to Regnier on Parnassus rose
DMI number:
27910

31. Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire

First Line:
Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire
Last Line:
Leave thou to Pradon such a senseless pit
DMI number:
8968

32. Or in cold couplets careless of the fair

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Or in cold couplets careless of the fair
Last Line:
Sicken in simile and pine away
DMI number:
8949

33. Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime

First Line:
Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime
Last Line:
A sharp but yet a necessary friend
Author:
Sir William Soame (Confident) & John Ozell (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6606

34. Richelieu in vain the famous Cid decried

First Line:
Richelieu in vain the famous Cid decried
Last Line:
The public did the poet's cause maintain
DMI number:
39955

35. Some may say I'm in the wrong to blame

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Some may say I'm in the wrong to blame
Last Line:
And if I dared not &c
DMI number:
39954

36. Tell them by chance I in my greener age

First Line:
Tell them by chance I in my greener age
Last Line:
The shade he for his labours chose frequent
DMI number:
27921

37. Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age

First Line:
Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age
Last Line:
In after ages shall be seen and praised
DMI number:
8946

38. The faults of others I enough have shown

First Line:
The faults of others I enough have shown
Last Line:
No matter you are merry hold your tongue
DMI number:
8882

39. The elegy that loves a mournful style

First Line:
The elegy that loves a mournful style
Last Line:
The heart in elegies forms the discourse
DMI number:
10406

40. The reader now no longer can endure

First Line:
The reader now no longer can endure
Last Line:
In the false sense of some proverbial jest
DMI number:
27917

41. The poet Boileau's picture here you see

First Line:
The poet Boileau's picture here you see
Last Line:
Why 'tis to see himself so vilely drawn
DMI number:
8942

42. The ode is bolder and has greater force

First Line:
The ode is bolder and has greater force
Last Line:
And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:
10424

43. The poets' wars at Paris cease

First Line:
The poets' wars at Paris cease
Last Line:
Ere Pradon and the pit agree
DMI number:
27923

44. The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call

First Line:
The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call
Last Line:
Homer but copied what Apollo wrote
DMI number:
8930

45. Thou as laborious as thy master kind

First Line:
Thou as laborious as thy master kind
Last Line:
To handle as he's wont the watering pot
DMI number:
8972

46. Three emperors as 'tis in story told

First Line:
Three emperors as 'tis in story told
Last Line:
On your exalted ignorance confer
DMI number:
8984

47. Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars

First Line:
Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars
Last Line:
Alas he's but the Mercury gallant
DMI number:
8939

48. Twas sacred satire first inspired my song

First Line:
Twas sacred satire first inspired my song
Last Line:
And made a duty of my first delight
DMI number:
27906

49. What learned fury in my breast does reign

First Line:
What learned fury in my breast does reign
Last Line:
Untrodden by the insipid Perraults of the age
Author:
Samuel Cobb (Confident)
DMI number:
8974

50. When with stiff air and awkward grace

First Line:
When with stiff air and awkward grace
Last Line:
Satan to saints were chanting hymns
DMI number:
8933

51. Why so much pains that like a lasting brand

First Line:
Why so much pains that like a lasting brand
Last Line:
Fear not my writings blot it from thy own
DMI number:
9435

52. With young Orante from the cradle bred

First Line:
With young Orante from the cradle bred
Last Line:
Was the first daemon which inspired my rhyme
DMI number:
8987

53. Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure

First Line:
Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure
Last Line:
That Bourbon's spring inspires like that of Hippocrene
DMI number:
8944

54. Would you your reader never should be tired

First Line:
Would you your reader never should be tired
Last Line:
To love his writings is a kind of praise
DMI number:
31570

55. Young valiant hero thou whose sense sublime

First Line:
Young valiant hero thou whose sense sublime
Last Line:
Swim for my life and where I can I land
DMI number:
8961

56. You think the public will be proud to read

First Line:
You think the public will be proud to read
Last Line:
And often larded his discourse with mine
DMI number:
27911