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1. A gentleman two whelps did get

First Line:
A gentleman two whelps did get
Last Line:
Maintains me to this day
DMI number:
24765

2. A man without one feeling for his kind

First Line:
A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:
Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:
31050

3. A miser on a scurvy tit

First Line:
A miser on a scurvy tit
Last Line:
The beam that spreads his own all over
DMI number:
23399

4. A rogue a boy a rogue a man

First Line:
A rogue a boy a rogue a man
Last Line:
And that's to feel his impotence
DMI number:
11007

5. Bred up by parents' arbitrary rules

First Line:
Bred up by parents' arbitrary rules
Last Line:
True martyr to the cause rots stinks and dies
DMI number:
11161

6. By good St Andrew and the thistle

First Line:
By good St Andrew and the thistle
Last Line:
The harm there is in all the three
DMI number:
31874

7. How long may heaven be bantered by a nation

First Line:
How long may heaven be bantered by a nation
Last Line:
Grant heaven we always may be ruled by queens
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
4569

8. How weak how vain is human pride

First Line:
How weak how vain is human pride
Last Line:
For different tastes please different vermin
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23349

9. In days of yore it was a constant rule

First Line:
In days of yore it was a constant rule
Last Line:
To keep a child from mischief aren't we moral
DMI number:
40512

10. Love thou divinest good below

First Line:
Love thou divinest good below
Last Line:
They leave not thee the less unjust
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23391

11. Love thou divinest good below

First Line:
Love thou divinest good below
Last Line:
Till Hardwick soothed her into grace
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
33382

12. My dearest boy

First Line:
My dearest boy
Last Line:
And raise him to a nobler speed
Author:
John Straight (Absolute)
DMI number:
27729

13. If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe

First Line:
If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe
Last Line:
Or a maid let me live and a maid let me die
DMI number:
35319

14. Learn hence dear youth the brainless crowds to shun

First Line:
Learn hence dear youth the brainless crowds to shun
Last Line:
Who might be soldiers if they were not guards
DMI number:
35349

15. Near Eden side there is a hero known

First Line:
Near Eden side there is a hero known
Last Line:
He's now musician lover and a poet
DMI number:
35341

16. Of folly vice disease men proud we see

First Line:
Of folly vice disease men proud we see
Last Line:
By spitting on your face to make it clean
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33711

17. Of manners gentle of affections mild

First Line:
Of manners gentle of affections mild
Last Line:
Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22497

18. Of the winged race I far the brightest shine

First Line:
Of the winged race I far the brightest shine
Last Line:
With all their art can charm me back again
DMI number:
24032

19. Proud and partial man alone

First Line:
Proud and partial man alone
Last Line:
Think they know most in their own eyes
DMI number:
14098

20. Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue

First Line:
Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue
Last Line:
And shall yet leave a more degenerate breed
DMI number:
41839