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1. A king is sought to guide the growing state

First Line:
A king is sought to guide the growing state
Last Line:
And all the muses over his acts preside
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12035

2. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
And his new work as in Creation blessed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25487

3. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
He needs no foil but shines by his own proper light
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4504

4. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
And nothing unrewarded went except desert
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17610

5. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
He left not faction but of that was left
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28732

6. A milk white hind immortal and unchanged

First Line:
A milk white hind immortal and unchanged
Last Line:
With glorious visions of her future state
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6737

7. A plain built house after so long a stay

First Line:
A plain built house after so long a stay
Last Line:
Machines and tempests will destroy the new
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4029

8. A poet once the spartans led to fight

First Line:
A poet once the spartans led to fight
Last Line:
Let Caesar live and Carthage be subdued
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35773

9. A pretty task and so I told the fool

First Line:
A pretty task and so I told the fool
Last Line:
Their votes who cannot judge than theirs who can
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35774

10. A qualm of conscience brings me back again

First Line:
A qualm of conscience brings me back again
Last Line:
But damned confessing is flat popery
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4034