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111. Since you to poetry will make pretence

First Line:
Since you to poetry will make pretence
Last Line:
Think as I do you'll fling your verses in the fire
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3587

112. So fine an ear so clear a sight

First Line:
So fine an ear so clear a sight
Last Line:
Grant me ye Gods his turn of head
DMI number:
24733

113. Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive

First Line:
Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive
Last Line:
And persecute poor Job and us no more
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Speculation) & Anthony Henley (Speculation)
DMI number:
3738

114. Sir I admit your general rule

First Line:
Sir I admit your general rule
Last Line:
That every fool is not a poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13479

115. So by each bard an alderman shall sit

First Line:
So by each bard an alderman shall sit
Last Line:
The city printer and the city bard
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
37980

116. Still thus to rack thy dull unthinking brain

First Line:
Still thus to rack thy dull unthinking brain
Last Line:
With all your might and main censorious Grub
DMI number:
11026

117. Suffenus whom you know the witty

First Line:
Suffenus whom you know the witty
Last Line:
But see not our own load behind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4781

118. Sometimes to sense sometimes to nonsense leaning

First Line:
Sometimes to sense sometimes to nonsense leaning
Last Line:
And always blundering round about his meaning
DMI number:
27817

119. Some folks may write and writing be concealed

First Line:
Some folks may write and writing be concealed
Last Line:
Could get a stick to show his want of sense
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3613

120. Some scribbling fops as D----is is by name

First Line:
Some scribbling fops as D----is is by name
Last Line:
And thou canst find less faults than thou canst write
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3585