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1. A certain free familiar spark

First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539

2. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

3. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

4. After a serious and judicious choice

First Line:
After a serious and judicious choice
Last Line:
Method and eloquence will never fail
DMI number:
10495

5. Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent

First Line:
Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent
Last Line:
I'll soar above the breath of vulgar praise
Author:
Philip Horneck (Confident)
DMI number:
881

6. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

7. Dear Jack of ancient race the son

First Line:
Dear Jack of ancient race the son
Last Line:
And mongst the muses write my name
DMI number:
12887

8. Dire Hannibal the Roman dread

First Line:
Dire Hannibal the Roman dread
Last Line:
Or snatches first the fragrant bliss
DMI number:
915

9. Elegies were at first designed for grief

First Line:
Elegies were at first designed for grief
Last Line:
Is undecided by the men of skill
DMI number:
10405

10. Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast

First Line:
Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast
Last Line:
And safely land him on the shore of peace
DMI number:
26716

11. Dispose of our satiric strains

First Line:
Dispose of our satiric strains
Last Line:
Our muses rage no more
DMI number:
10049

12. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

13. 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

14. He on whose birth the lyric queen

First Line:
He on whose birth the lyric queen
Last Line:
O Goddess is thy gift alone
Author:
Francis Atterbury (Absolute)
DMI number:
15913

15. He that in verse would to the world declare

First Line:
He that in verse would to the world declare
Last Line:
New life to him that was a-dying just before
DMI number:
42087

16. If that some painter in a piece should place

First Line:
If that some painter in a piece should place
Last Line:
Will burst or kill them ere they'll reading leave
DMI number:
42213

17. Let Pope or Prior in immortal verse

First Line:
Let Pope or Prior in immortal verse
Last Line:
To sing those wars that all the brave admire
DMI number:
10017

18. Maecenas from an ancient race

First Line:
Maecenas from an ancient race
Last Line:
And touch with lofty head the skies
DMI number:
25377

19. Mecaenas born a Tuscan prince

First Line:
Mecaenas born a Tuscan prince
Last Line:
Will raise my head above the skies
DMI number:
880

20. Ne doth this man Troy's Wars divide so well

First Line:
Ne doth this man Troy's Wars divide so well
Last Line:
So that ne first nor midst in it I view
DMI number:
44533

21. No more the feeble lyre persuade

First Line:
No more the feeble lyre persuade
Last Line:
The easy ravished bliss
DMI number:
16632

22. Should Addison's immortal verse

First Line:
Should Addison's immortal verse
Last Line:
And draw from others faults my praise
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Confident)
DMI number:
888

23. So sweetly seated is my country farm

First Line:
So sweetly seated is my country farm
Last Line:
The noise and quarrels which in taverns are
DMI number:
42047

24. Since my own artless and unpracticed muse

First Line:
Since my own artless and unpracticed muse
Last Line:
Of the Venusian never dying swain
DMI number:
3836

25. Swift say wouldst thou refuse with me

First Line:
Swift say wouldst thou refuse with me
Last Line:
Attend on prouder hearses
DMI number:
33601

26. The wars of Numantia and Hannibal dire

First Line:
The wars of Numantia and Hannibal dire
Last Line:
Oft snatches the kiss she refuses
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26655

27. Tis done I tower to that degree

First Line:
Tis done I tower to that degree
Last Line:
And deck with hood my shoulders
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
25610

28. Virtue dear friend needs no defence

First Line:
Virtue dear friend needs no defence
Last Line:
They seem submissively to roar in verse
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
896

29. Well sir tis granted I said Dryden's rhymes

First Line:
Well sir tis granted I said Dryden's rhymes
Last Line:
Approve my sense I count their censure fame
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5414

30. What flood O Deva may with thine compare

First Line:
What flood O Deva may with thine compare
Last Line:
Through seas Vergivian to immortal fame
DMI number:
24442

31. While you at Rome my honoured Lollius plead

First Line:
While you at Rome my honoured Lollius plead
Last Line:
I'll neither stop the swift nor help the lame
Author:
John Wilkins (Speculation)
DMI number:
42190

32. Whither Bacchus wouldst thou bear me

First Line:
Whither Bacchus wouldst thou bear me
Last Line:
Vine crowned Bacchus leads the way
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
22204

33. You must take care and use quite different words

First Line:
You must take care and use quite different words
Last Line:
A Greek or Asian bred at court or town
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
31554