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1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
First Line:
Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
Last Line:
To herd with Perrin and Liniere
DMI number:
8983
16.
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
17.
Clio complained upon a time
First Line:
Clio complained upon a time
Last Line:
Before the eyes of you the sun
DMI number:
9433
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Equivocation of infernal kind
First Line:
Equivocation of infernal kind
Last Line:
And summon Phoebus to their monthly bar
DMI number:
8913
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
Even Phaenicia does declare
First Line:
Even Phaenicia does declare
Last Line:
Nothing with Clelia can compare
DMI number:
8952
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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
33.
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
34.
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
35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
In charming infancy's disguise
First Line:
In charming infancy's disguise
Last Line:
The brightness of his mother's eyes
DMI number:
8940
41.
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
42.
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
43.
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
44.
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
45.
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
46.
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
47.
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
48.
My sire to business threescore years applied
First Line:
My sire to business threescore years applied
Last Line:
On scrolls over which with so much gain they pored
DMI number:
27909
49.
My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
First Line:
My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
Last Line:
Or take him for a friend to truth
DMI number:
8945
50.
My friend Bilain as yesterday
First Line:
My friend Bilain as yesterday
Last Line:
I have 'em all they're lasting ware
DMI number:
9441
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