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31.
Harmonious sound
First Line:
Harmonious sound
Last Line:
That never does the ear with harshness wound
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10381
32.
Here as in all things else is most unfit
First Line:
Here as in all things else is most unfit
Last Line:
Like heaps of fuel do but choke the fire
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10399
33.
Here rest my muse suspend thy cares a while
First Line:
Here rest my muse suspend thy cares a while
Last Line:
To give instructions that concern the stage
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10430
34.
Here I should all the various sorts of verse
First Line:
Here I should all the various sorts of verse
Last Line:
And new absurdities inspire new thoughts
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10394
35.
Here lives a man who by relation
First Line:
Here lives a man who by relation
Last Line:
But that alas it was decreed
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12485
36.
How dull and how insensible a beast
First Line:
How dull and how insensible a beast
Last Line:
Learn to write well or not to write at all
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation) & John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
3663
37.
Hope to mend Shakespeare or to match his style
First Line:
Hope to mend Shakespeare or to match his style
Last Line:
A nymph might pardon and could scarce refuse
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
35886
38.
Here uninterred suspends though not to save
First Line:
Here uninterred suspends though not to save
Last Line:
Contend to reach his body to his soul
DMI number:
3678
39.
How shameful and what monstrous things are these
First Line:
How shameful and what monstrous things are these
Last Line:
And grudge the sign of old Ben Johnson's head
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10472
40.
In those cold climates where the sun appears
First Line:
In those cold climates where the sun appears
Last Line:
If spite of thee 'tis possible to die
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
1426
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