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1. Best of painters show thy art

First Line:
Best of painters show thy art
Last Line:
Mode's the woman and the sex
DMI number:
27204

2. Chloe is never naked seen

First Line:
Chloe is never naked seen
Last Line:
Naked tis death to picture Chlo
DMI number:
22043

3. Could Grecian masters from the shades return

First Line:
Could Grecian masters from the shades return
Last Line:
And this Belle Venus conquers every heart
DMI number:
4286

4. Could Grecian masters from the shades return

First Line:
Could Grecian masters from the shades return
Last Line:
But his best Venus conquers every heart
DMI number:
5013

5. Draw some Apelles draw me here

First Line:
Draw some Apelles draw me here
Last Line:
The picture's self I think will speak
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42595

6. Fain would I sing but fear to discommend

First Line:
Fain would I sing but fear to discommend
Last Line:
Like discord sounds mixed well makes harmony
DMI number:
10897

7. Here place the canvas now Charlotta sit

First Line:
Here place the canvas now Charlotta sit
Last Line:
My colours fail much more the hand that draws
DMI number:
10135

8. How true the mimic forms appear

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How true the mimic forms appear
Last Line:
And then here fancy blushing paints the rest
DMI number:
36072

9. In happy days was Sacharissa's reign

First Line:
In happy days was Sacharissa's reign
Last Line:
In Kneller's oil or Hallifax's song
DMI number:
4998

10. In vain lovely creature you show me your art

First Line:
In vain lovely creature you show me your art
Last Line:
Makes others seem trifling at best
DMI number:
33243

11. If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm

First Line:
If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm
Last Line:
Tis folly's self we hear
DMI number:
8269

12. Learn by this portrait how the kit cats toast

First Line:
Learn by this portrait how the kit cats toast
Last Line:
So her great father looks when countries he subdues
DMI number:
4303

13. Phillis like Daphne strives each day to shun

First Line:
Phillis like Daphne strives each day to shun
Last Line:
Did her heart melt as often as her brow
DMI number:
16741

14. Say Barber can your pencil trace

First Line:
Say Barber can your pencil trace
Last Line:
I'll see you sir some other day
DMI number:
25842

15. Rash Limner if thou darest to trace

First Line:
Rash Limner if thou darest to trace
Last Line:
Than thou will find love paint her there
DMI number:
19615

16. See with what art that lovely charming hand

First Line:
See with what art that lovely charming hand
Last Line:
Even though untouched do tremble but to see
DMI number:
5226

17. Since then bold artist with approved skill

First Line:
Since then bold artist with approved skill
Last Line:
Be with his mouldering dust by after times forgot
DMI number:
33449

18. So numerous Flavia's charms appear

First Line:
So numerous Flavia's charms appear
Last Line:
Her eyes the rising morn
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11360

19. So just a form you to your picture give

First Line:
So just a form you to your picture give
Last Line:
To raise my zeal when I would worship you
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5843

20. Soon as we enter Chloe's room we'd swear

First Line:
Soon as we enter Chloe's room we'd swear
Last Line:
But soon our ears convince us tis not she
DMI number:
268

21. That bloom those features and that air

First Line:
That bloom those features and that air
Last Line:
Could it but melt before my fire
DMI number:
5090

22. The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand

First Line:
The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand
Last Line:
And tis as rash to imitate her eyes
DMI number:
4801

23. The painter begs that you'd excuse his art

First Line:
The painter begs that you'd excuse his art
Last Line:
And painters can but imitate at best
DMI number:
8487

24. The labours of the toilet past

First Line:
The labours of the toilet past
Last Line:
His piece the life and her the picture
DMI number:
11776

25. The nymph her graces here expressed may find

First Line:
The nymph her graces here expressed may find
Last Line:
Not for his own but hers the youth had died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8240

26. The old egyptians hid their wit

First Line:
The old egyptians hid their wit
Last Line:
But F--y at full length
Author:
Jane Brereton (Absolute)
DMI number:
24697

27. Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies

First Line:
Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies
Last Line:
The way which thou so well hast learnt below
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4323

28. Thrice happy painter by such eyes inspired

First Line:
Thrice happy painter by such eyes inspired
Last Line:
Never curled on Hebe's mouth or sat on Helen's cheek
DMI number:
35951

29. To try a mighty painter's art

First Line:
To try a mighty painter's art
Last Line:
And you have won the prize
DMI number:
10654

30. Vandyke has colours softness fire and art

First Line:
Vandyke has colours softness fire and art
Last Line:
But she never made a finished piece before
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
4941

31. Upon a marble framed by the cunningest hand

First Line:
Upon a marble framed by the cunningest hand
Last Line:
Must vow virginity and a single life
DMI number:
6790

32. Were men so dull they could not see

First Line:
Were men so dull they could not see
Last Line:
Show 'tis a painted sepulchre
Author:
Edmund Waller (Confident)
DMI number:
12386

33. When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown

First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown
Last Line:
The canvas painted is and so are you
DMI number:
15825

34. When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown
Last Line:
But Howard's genius fancied all the rest
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25380

35. When Cynthia saw Bathsheba's charms

First Line:
When Cynthia saw Bathsheba's charms
Last Line:
In you we find the original
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
3096

36. When famed Apelles sought to frame

First Line:
When famed Apelles sought to frame
Last Line:
As many goddesses in thee
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3884

37. When Mira's hands her needle thread

First Line:
When Mira's hands her needle thread
Last Line:
And yellow fruit of ripening gold
Author:
Thomas Newcomb (Confident)
DMI number:
30

38. When Mira's hands her needle thread

First Line:
When Mira's hands her needle thread
Last Line:
When Mira's beauties fade and die
DMI number:
12965

39. When the famed painter had designed a piece

First Line:
When the famed painter had designed a piece
Last Line:
And raise our adoration and our love
DMI number:
5153