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1. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:: Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:: Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:: 9446

2. Hail king of horses noble Rosinante

First Line:: Hail king of horses noble Rosinante
Last Line:: Did gallop once or else the historian fails
DMI number:: 9442

3. Let the self lover these strict lessons learn

First Line:: Let the self lover these strict lessons learn
Last Line:: Will cure his passion and correct his pride
DMI number:: 9438

4. Sworn foe to sleep I am and many a time

First Line:: Sworn foe to sleep I am and many a time
Last Line:: Upon the very hand by which it ends
DMI number:: 8931

5. While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl

First Line:: While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl
Last Line:: The son is harmless but the father's feared
DMI number:: 9444

6. Why so much pains that like a lasting brand

First Line:: Why so much pains that like a lasting brand
Last Line:: Fear not my writings blot it from thy own
DMI number:: 9435