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1.
A goodly day not to keep house with such
First Line:
A goodly day not to keep house with such
Last Line:
I'll meet you in the valleys
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35027
2.
A cottage with a steeple nigh
First Line:
A cottage with a steeple nigh
Last Line:
To providence we leave the rest
DMI number:
31596
3.
A hermit or if chance you hold
First Line:
A hermit or if chance you hold
Last Line:
Either too early or too late
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36963
4.
A month hath rolled its lazy hours away
First Line:
A month hath rolled its lazy hours away
Last Line:
And we shall meet again to part no more
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
36633
5.
A stranger from Hibernia came
First Line:
A stranger from Hibernia came
Last Line:
Remember 'tis a Dorset sways
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
967
6.
A man of spirit beyond the reach of fear
First Line:
A man of spirit beyond the reach of fear
Last Line:
But gold and grace will make him surfeit of it
DMI number:
40848
7.
A second age in wars we waste away
First Line:
A second age in wars we waste away
Last Line:
Your bard thus warns you to retire
DMI number:
25651
8.
A scene like this can seldom fail to please
First Line:
A scene like this can seldom fail to please
Last Line:
And praise the great director as I ought
Author:
William Woty (Confident)
DMI number:
32883
9.
A little farm you purchase near the town
First Line:
A little farm you purchase near the town
Last Line:
The lawyer got which now the farmer buys
DMI number:
28265
10.
A lofty brazen tower once was built
First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864
11.
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417
12.
Ah prince hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
First Line:
Ah prince hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
Last Line:
And all our waking hours been crowned with love
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20620
13.
All attendants apart
First Line:
All attendants apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
24054
14.
All hail ye fields where constant peace attends
First Line:
All hail ye fields where constant peace attends
Last Line:
And sees his errors while there's time to mend
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6680
15.
Adieu awhile forsaken flood
First Line:
Adieu awhile forsaken flood
Last Line:
A woman wise men canonize
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
27711
16.
Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields
First Line:
Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields
Last Line:
Their own eternal rights and nature's injured reign
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22457
17.
All people languages and nations
First Line:
All people languages and nations
Last Line:
That made my lord the happiest of peers
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33269
18.
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
First Line:
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
Last Line:
For Barber's name shall make their glory rise
DMI number:
18812
19.
An humble station is a safe retreat
First Line:
An humble station is a safe retreat
Last Line:
While reason bounds and answers his desires
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7736
20.
And thou great father of the British floods
First Line:
And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:
And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28304
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