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1. A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

First Line:
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:
At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7403

2. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028

3. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
32850

4. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
11312

5. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
My footstool earth my canopy the skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30521

6. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:
But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
The wretch who living saved a candle's end
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31858

7. Far in a wild unknown to public view

First Line:
Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:
And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
12340

8. Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved

First Line:
Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24504

9. I know the thing that's most uncommon

First Line:
I know the thing that's most uncommon
Last Line:
The woman's deaf and does not hear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13493

10. Knowledge by time advances slow and wise

First Line:
Knowledge by time advances slow and wise
Last Line:
Concludes from both and best provides for all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30178

11. 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

12. O sacred weapon left for truth's defence

First Line:
O sacred weapon left for truth's defence
Last Line:
And goad the prelate slumbering in his stall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30877

13. Order is heaven's first law and this confessed

First Line:
Order is heaven's first law and this confessed
Last Line:
One they must want which is to pass for good
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37182

14. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake

First Line:
Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake
Last Line:
And heaven beholds its image in his breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28590

15. So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

First Line:
So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song
Last Line:
That the beasts must have starved and the poet have died
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
8408

16. The clear reflecting mind presents the sin

First Line:
The clear reflecting mind presents the sin
Last Line:
And thousand furies haunt the guilty soul
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1373

17. Then know this truth enough for man to know

First Line:
Then know this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:
Since but to wish more virtue is to gain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30938

18. Thus nature gives us let it check our pride

First Line:
Thus nature gives us let it check our pride
Last Line:
And makes a patriot as it makes a knave
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28038

19. Trust not too much your now resistless charms

First Line:
Trust not too much your now resistless charms
Last Line:
To err is human to forgive divine
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35206

20. Virtue may choose a high or low degree

First Line:
Virtue may choose a high or low degree
Last Line:
She's still the same beloved contented thing
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30942

21. What nothing earthly gives or can destroy

First Line:
What nothing earthly gives or can destroy
Last Line:
Since but to wish more virtue is to gain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25497

22. When other ladies to the groves go down

First Line:
When other ladies to the groves go down
Last Line:
And haunt the places where their honour died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13478

23. When wise Ulysses from his native coast

First Line:
When wise Ulysses from his native coast
Last Line:
Owned his returning lord looked up and died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
15568

24. Why boast we Glaucus our extended reign

First Line:
Why boast we Glaucus our extended reign
Last Line:
Or let us glory gain or glory give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34088