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211. Old as I am for ladies love unfit

First Line:
Old as I am for ladies love unfit
Last Line:
When beauty fires the blood how love exalts the mind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3930

212. Oh J----s whence prodigies do shine

First Line:
Oh J----s whence prodigies do shine
Last Line:
But prove thyself a poetaster
DMI number:
15347

213. Oh that some genius whose poetic vein

First Line:
Oh that some genius whose poetic vein
Last Line:
The beaux the ladies and the critics please
Author:
Charles Boyle (Confident)
DMI number:
22241

214. Oxford or Cambridge wag attend

First Line:
Oxford or Cambridge wag attend
Last Line:
Thou'lt live and die a learned scrub
DMI number:
22

215. Once more take pen in hand obsequious knight

First Line:
Once more take pen in hand obsequious knight
Last Line:
Let then these Arthurs too in doggerel live
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3741

216. On rattling floors did late thy flail rebound

First Line:
On rattling floors did late thy flail rebound
Last Line:
That kind support which here their heads deny
DMI number:
2959

217. On what strange muses country are we thrown

First Line:
On what strange muses country are we thrown
Last Line:
From Scythia's frozen coast to Thule's isle
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
3152

218. Proud of imagined arbitrary sway

First Line:
Proud of imagined arbitrary sway
Last Line:
Prove the sure presage of a tyrant's fall
DMI number:
37756

219. Phoebus the witty gay and bright

First Line:
Phoebus the witty gay and bright
Last Line:
Has promised never to write again
DMI number:
7153

220. Pleasingly sir you Horace still pursue

First Line:
Pleasingly sir you Horace still pursue
Last Line:
Wagging must be my quill and so adieu
Author:
Edmund Curll (Absolute)
DMI number:
13062