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1. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:: A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:: These underplotters countermine
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15363

2. A Secret many years unseen

First Line:: A Secret many years unseen
Last Line:: If she be lost the game is gone
Author:: Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44717

3. His Grace was once of men the best

First Line:: His Grace was once of men the best
Last Line:: Reason shall fix him in the sky
DMI number:: 32333

4. Hereto assented Civil and Simony ne would

First Line:: Hereto assented Civil and Simony ne would
Last Line:: And eke wept and wronge when she was atached
Author:: William Langland (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13117

5. Magpye and linnet each perched on a tree

First Line:: Magpye and linnet each perched on a tree
Last Line:: The linnet's answer to the prating pye
DMI number:: 44687

6. Once on a time in sunshine weather

First Line:: Once on a time in sunshine weather
Last Line:: Beloved by all who truth revere
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16912

7. Pride by presumption bred when at a height

First Line:: Pride by presumption bred when at a height
Last Line:: The loathsome offspring of a hated sire
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17317

8. See the busy insect train

First Line:: See the busy insect train
Last Line:: Some moral lesson to improve your mind
DMI number:: 33452

9. Then came Sloth all beslabberd with two slimy eyne

First Line:: Then came Sloth all beslabberd with two slimy eyne
Last Line:: Better than in Beati Omnes or in Beatus Vir
Author:: William Langland (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13120

10. There was a battle fought of late

First Line:: There was a battle fought of late
Last Line:: To show my great good will
DMI number:: 32121