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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

21. Cooper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cooper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
6205

22. Cowper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cowper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
DMI number:
8970

23. Damon a mighty author who had long

First Line:
Damon a mighty author who had long
Last Line:
Adieu to Paris then a long adieu
DMI number:
8797

24. Did Perrault the assassin ever give

First Line:
Did Perrault the assassin ever give
Last Line:
Tis false and needs no proof for I'm alive
DMI number:
8986

25. Equivocation of infernal kind

First Line:
Equivocation of infernal kind
Last Line:
And summon Phoebus to their monthly bar
DMI number:
8913

26. Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known

First Line:
Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known
Last Line:
Great heart which two great lovers contained alone
DMI number:
8956

27. False teachers next in numerous crowds arise

First Line:
False teachers next in numerous crowds arise
Last Line:
Place all their virtue in confessing sin
DMI number:
27922

28. Fathers in god whom I revere

First Line:
Fathers in god whom I revere
Last Line:
Ill must it go with their affairs
DMI number:
27925

29. Even Phaenicia does declare

First Line:
Even Phaenicia does declare
Last Line:
Nothing with Clelia can compare
DMI number:
8952

30. For what should I my sleeping muse awake

First Line:
For what should I my sleeping muse awake
Last Line:
Twas a good oyster gentlemen adieu
DMI number:
8963

31. For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes

First Line:
For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes
Last Line:
And burn in sacrifice before the dame
DMI number:
8957

32. Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great

First Line:
Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great
Last Line:
From belly back from haunches and from head
Author:
Isaac Littlebury (Confident)
DMI number:
39956

33. Hail king of horses noble Rosinante

First Line:
Hail king of horses noble Rosinante
Last Line:
Did gallop once or else the historian fails
DMI number:
9442

34. Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind

First Line:
Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
Last Line:
The priest could not out-preach you at St Roach
DMI number:
39953

35. Happy who near you sigh for you alone

First Line:
Happy who near you sigh for you alone
Last Line:
Disordered breathless pale and cold I die
DMI number:
8908

36. He that can put a bridle on the waves

First Line:
He that can put a bridle on the waves
Last Line:
'Tis God I fear dear Abner and none else
DMI number:
8918

37. Here first the doctor's talent came in play

First Line:
Here first the doctor's talent came in play
Last Line:
And from ill doctor turns good architect
DMI number:
10803

38. Her generous style at random oft will part

First Line:
Her generous style at random oft will part
Last Line:
And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:
10418

39. How comes it Perrault I would gladly know

First Line:
How comes it Perrault I would gladly know
Last Line:
And then no wonder if they meet no praise
DMI number:
8985

40. How doubly sweet is Baville's air

First Line:
How doubly sweet is Baville's air
Last Line:
Nay what is worse a Jansenist
DMI number:
8980

41. How happy would it be to love

First Line:
How happy would it be to love
Last Line:
The flame does soon decay
DMI number:
8953

42. I grant Dangeau nobility in man

First Line:
I grant Dangeau nobility in man
Last Line:
That France has subjects worthy of their prince
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
8806

43. In charming infancy's disguise

First Line:
In charming infancy's disguise
Last Line:
The brightness of his mother's eyes
DMI number:
8940

44. In Cornwall once or somewhere else

First Line:
In Cornwall once or somewhere else
Last Line:
I' faith good folks good night to ye
DMI number:
6216

45. In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared

First Line:
In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared
Last Line:
And plant her laurels where thy lilies grow
DMI number:
8965

46. In want and what's a greater curse

First Line:
In want and what's a greater curse
Last Line:
Was ever gratitude so rare
DMI number:
8977

47. In vain a thousand jealous wits

First Line:
In vain a thousand jealous wits
Last Line:
Be less diverting and less witty
DMI number:
9439

48. In vain great sir keen satire I disown

First Line:
In vain great sir keen satire I disown
Last Line:
But both the poem and the fact are true
DMI number:
8962

49. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:
In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:
For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:
8971

50. Let the self lover these strict lessons learn

First Line:
Let the self lover these strict lessons learn
Last Line:
Will cure his passion and correct his pride
DMI number:
9438