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71. The faults of others I enough have shown

First Line:: The faults of others I enough have shown
Last Line:: No matter you are merry hold your tongue
DMI number:: 8882

72. The elegy that loves a mournful style

First Line:: The elegy that loves a mournful style
Last Line:: The heart in elegies forms the discourse
DMI number:: 10406

73. The reader now no longer can endure

First Line:: The reader now no longer can endure
Last Line:: In the false sense of some proverbial jest
DMI number:: 27917

74. The poet Boileau's picture here you see

First Line:: The poet Boileau's picture here you see
Last Line:: Why 'tis to see himself so vilely drawn
DMI number:: 8942

75. The ode is bolder and has greater force

First Line:: The ode is bolder and has greater force
Last Line:: And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:: 10424

76. The poets' wars at Paris cease

First Line:: The poets' wars at Paris cease
Last Line:: Ere Pradon and the pit agree
DMI number:: 27923

77. The prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes

First Line:: The prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes
Last Line:: Through the thronged doors at once both mauled and blest
DMI number:: 27915

78. The world in my opinion is a stage

First Line:: The world in my opinion is a stage
Last Line:: Deceives the virtuous till they are undone
DMI number:: 27114

79. This peaceful man who does the canvas stain

First Line:: This peaceful man who does the canvas stain
Last Line:: A sharper satire than their scribbling rage
DMI number:: 27902

80. This traveller from Paris used to run

First Line:: This traveller from Paris used to run
Last Line:: Yet nothing equal to himself he brings
DMI number:: 9436

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