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1. Gilles Boileau

Born:
1631
Died:
1669
DMI number:
5065

2. A poor old wretch beneath the weight

First Line:
A poor old wretch beneath the weight
Last Line:
And your petitioner shall pray
DMI number:
8976

3. And dost thou music think to charm

First Line:
And dost thou music think to charm
Last Line:
Let our anger let it cease | I receive her here in peace | Let our anger &c
DMI number:
8947

4. And O my angry stars as if in spite

First Line:
And O my angry stars as if in spite
Last Line:
The sense says Marlbrough but the rhyme cries -----
DMI number:
6156

5. Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul

First Line:
Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul
Last Line:
With shame oppressed young Cicero plunges down
Author:
John Ozell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8776

6. Behold in peace and war a monarch great

First Line:
Behold in peace and war a monarch great
Last Line:
And seen his lilies dim their eagle's eye
DMI number:
8978

7. Brebeuf in well deserving lines

First Line:
Brebeuf in well deserving lines
Last Line:
With him who sings the ass's hide
DMI number:
8929

8. Believe me Will that they who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:
3865

9. Believe me Will that those who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:
6496

10. Born for a court and versed in every art

First Line:
Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:
I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:
8966

11. But halt my pen and thou my presence quit

First Line:
But halt my pen and thou my presence quit
Last Line:
For trying of Apollo keep their courts
DMI number:
27926

12. But marriage is a yoke the better still

First Line:
But marriage is a yoke the better still
Last Line:
And never is he so free but when in chains
DMI number:
39952

13. But now that I am old and on my head

First Line:
But now that I am old and on my head
Last Line:
Our brighter days are gone
DMI number:
27919

14. But well those raptures if you'll make us see

First Line:
But well those raptures if you'll make us see
Last Line:
In a cold style describes a hot desire
DMI number:
10409

15. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

First Line:
Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:
I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:
8969

16. Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning

First Line:
Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning
Last Line:
Whilst all speak in praise of the humorous rake | Your learning is little and little your knowledge | Come tope it about you old sots of the college
DMI number:
8921

17. Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse

First Line:
Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
Last Line:
To herd with Perrin and Liniere
DMI number:
8983

18. Climene something has perplexed me

First Line:
Climene something has perplexed me
Last Line:
'Tis not with you I can assure you
DMI number:
9443

19. Clio complained upon a time

First Line:
Clio complained upon a time
Last Line:
Before the eyes of you the sun
DMI number:
9433

20. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:
Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:
Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:
9446