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41. The man who with undaunted toils

First Line:
The man who with undaunted toils
Last Line:
Wits are game cocks to one another
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23426

42. The leaves all soiled some turned the corners worn

First Line:
The leaves all soiled some turned the corners worn
Last Line:
So have I read five volumes writ by you
DMI number:
27988

43. The verses in this book too soon took air

First Line:
The verses in this book too soon took air
Last Line:
The only monuments which cannot die
DMI number:
27667

44. Thou whose short span of life as plain appears

First Line:
Thou whose short span of life as plain appears
Last Line:
As thou shouldst live an age or die tomorrow
DMI number:
41993

45. This world's a printing house in which enclosure

First Line:
This world's a printing house in which enclosure
Last Line:
We're gathered sheet by sheet and bound for heaven
DMI number:
36851

46. Thou porest on Helvicus and studiest in vain

First Line:
Thou porest on Helvicus and studiest in vain
Last Line:
Call Glycera to me for I am one of her swingers
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42118

47. Thus to the muses spoke the Cyprian dame

First Line:
Thus to the muses spoke the Cyprian dame
Last Line:
But when he finds us studying hard he flies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16859

48. Time ruinates proud buildings with her hours

First Line:
Time ruinates proud buildings with her hours
Last Line:
Stones to drop down and speak their raisers' praise
DMI number:
41914

49. Well book thou on the stationer's stall wilt lie

First Line:
Well book thou on the stationer's stall wilt lie
Last Line:
When Lepidus and Lollius consuls are
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42210

50. We act by fits and starts like drowning men

First Line:
We act by fits and starts like drowning men
Last Line:
The satisfaction of a gentleman
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
4032