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1.
Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars
First Line:
Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars
Last Line:
Tom Sternhold's or Tom Shadwell's rhymes will serve
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4701
2.
In Cupid's school whoever would take degree
First Line:
In Cupid's school whoever would take degree
Last Line:
But here tis time to rest myself and you
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7332
3.
Marriage thou curse of love and snare of life
First Line:
Marriage thou curse of love and snare of life
Last Line:
Love couples friends but marriage enemies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5555
4.
Once I beheld the fairest of her kind
First Line:
Once I beheld the fairest of her kind
Last Line:
And give more beauties than he takes away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6612
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Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime
First Line:
Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime
Last Line:
A sharp but yet a necessary friend
Author:
Sir William Soame (Confident) & John Dryden (Absolute) & John Ozell (Speculation)
DMI number:
6606
6.
The longest tyranny that ever swayed
First Line:
The longest tyranny that ever swayed
Last Line:
But he restored tis now become a throne
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4152
7.
Thus therefore he who feels the fiery dart
First Line:
Thus therefore he who feels the fiery dart
Last Line:
And stones with drops of rain are washed away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3915
8.
What has this bugbear death to frighten man
First Line:
What has this bugbear death to frighten man
Last Line:
As he who died a thousand years ago
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3914