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1.
A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy
First Line:
A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy
Last Line:
Time or some new desire shall this destroy
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
3782
2.
A skillful ear in numbers should preside
First Line:
A skillful ear in numbers should preside
Last Line:
Before mistaken stops debauched the sound
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
10822
3.
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
First Line:
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
Last Line:
Eurydice the rocks and river banks repied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28083
4.
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828
5.
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
First Line:
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
Last Line:
Procure though not so fair an easier love
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1395
6.
And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
First Line:
And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
Last Line:
The fury flew athwart and made the endeavour void
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28601
7.
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
First Line:
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
Last Line:
I should not seem quite widowed and undone
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31681
8.
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683
9.
Arms and the man I sing
First Line:
Arms and the man I sing
DMI number:
10475
10.
Arms and the man I sing who from Troy's coasts
First Line:
Arms and the man I sing who from Troy's coasts
Last Line:
So vast the toil to found the Roman state
DMI number:
16964
11.
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
First Line:
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
Last Line:
Hope in her looks but anguish at her breast
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31686
12.
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
First Line:
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
Last Line:
Or lilies damasked by the neighbouring rose
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663
13.
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
First Line:
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
Last Line:
So from our arms surprised Androgeos flies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28551
14.
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672
15.
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
First Line:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:
The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28078
16.
Be charmed my friend by neither love nor wine
First Line:
Be charmed my friend by neither love nor wine
Last Line:
Beyond these bounds they will destructive prove
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
13789
17.
Both armies from their bloody work desist
First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671
18.
Beneath the beech's venerable shade
First Line:
Beneath the beech's venerable shade
Last Line:
From the vast mountain falls the extended shade
DMI number:
31497
19.
Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse
First Line:
Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from cottages ascends
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30125
20.
But easy quiet a secure retreat
First Line:
But easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
The prints of her departing steps appear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30624
21.
By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
First Line:
By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
Last Line:
And on an open stage unburied lye
DMI number:
42600
22.
But neither Median groves whose happy soil
First Line:
But neither Median groves whose happy soil
Last Line:
And your just praise in lasting numbers sing
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3708
23.
But neither median woods a plenteous land
First Line:
But neither median woods a plenteous land
Last Line:
And summer suns recede by slow degrees
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30623
24.
Describe we next the nature of the bees
First Line:
Describe we next the nature of the bees
Last Line:
And think it honour at his feet to die
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30628
25.
Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray
First Line:
Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray
Last Line:
Rather I had my flesh in dust were laid
DMI number:
44528
26.
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
First Line:
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
Last Line:
For him do temples rise and sacred altars smoke
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
31272
27.
Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow
First Line:
Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow
Last Line:
To tell of prodigies and cause affright
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9800
28.
Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage
First Line:
Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage
Last Line:
And set my Tityrus beneath his shade
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
6619
29.
First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire
First Line:
First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire
Last Line:
Their long expected labours of the year
DMI number:
4835
30.
Fields to improve and when to till the ground
First Line:
Fields to improve and when to till the ground
Last Line:
They know no check and mock the curbing rein
DMI number:
6632
31.
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
First Line:
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
Last Line:
The hoary piles of everlasting snow
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31678
32.
Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins
First Line:
Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins
Last Line:
Before his ample chest the frothy waters fly
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12911
33.
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
First Line:
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
Last Line:
The fainting princess to the regal bed
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31683
34.
From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame
First Line:
From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame
Last Line:
As messengers of truth and verity
DMI number:
44518
35.
From thence his way the Trojan hero bent
First Line:
From thence his way the Trojan hero bent
Last Line:
Then the remaining presents did divide
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3824
36.
Happy the man who verses in nature's laws
First Line:
Happy the man who verses in nature's laws
Last Line:
And hear the din of Acheron sedate
Author:
Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
26946
37.
He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away
First Line:
He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away
Last Line:
Throws up the reins and skims the watery way
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31669
38.
He too at Caesar's murther pitying Rome
First Line:
He too at Caesar's murther pitying Rome
Last Line:
Is dragged nor will their mouths obey the rein
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6566
39.
Her breathless sister runs with eager pace
First Line:
Her breathless sister runs with eager pace
Last Line:
Dissolves in air and mingles with the wind
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31694
40.
Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
First Line:
Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
Last Line:
And find a friend at court I'll find a voice
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3791
41.
Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
First Line:
Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
Last Line:
By turns the various sweets and pains of love
DMI number:
21719
42.
Here those who by love's cruelty have died
First Line:
Here those who by love's cruelty have died
Last Line:
With fruitless sorrow pities her too late
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4779
43.
I Damon and Alpheus loves recite
First Line:
I Damon and Alpheus loves recite
Last Line:
Bid a sad silence through the Arcadian plains
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3790
44.
I first of Romans stooped to rural strains
First Line:
I first of Romans stooped to rural strains
Last Line:
And to prevailing shades the murmuring world resigned
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3787
45.
I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains
First Line:
I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains
Last Line:
And sudden night surprised the yet unfinished song
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
8682
46.
In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse
First Line:
In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from village tops ascends
Author:
John Caryll (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
3781
47.
Is this Dametas Melibeus flock
First Line:
Is this Dametas Melibeus flock
Last Line:
Damm the brook lads ye have well-flowed the mead
DMI number:
41833
48.
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881
49.
Lo while he toils the galling yoke beneath
First Line:
Lo while he toils the galling yoke beneath
Last Line:
Headlong they fall and leave their lives above
Author:
Joseph Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30627
50.
Lost in the gloomy horror of the night
First Line:
Lost in the gloomy horror of the night
Last Line:
A stately prospect waving in the clouds
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
4163
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