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31.
Revere the sage whose genius far renowned
First Line:
Revere the sage whose genius far renowned
Last Line:
What's here in mystic lines concealed find out
DMI number:
23964
32.
Search all the chronicles of bearded time
First Line:
Search all the chronicles of bearded time
Last Line:
My name vernaculous ye guessers say
DMI number:
23981
33.
Since many strive in these ingenious days
First Line:
Since many strive in these ingenious days
Last Line:
And without pity perished in the flame
DMI number:
23967
34.
So capricious am I that if monarchs should offer
First Line:
So capricious am I that if monarchs should offer
Last Line:
Who rides on my back and beholds me with joy
DMI number:
23990
35.
There is a body without a heart
First Line:
There is a body without a heart
Last Line:
And loud doth speak and yet is dead
DMI number:
41964
36.
There was a man bespake a thing
First Line:
There was a man bespake a thing
Last Line:
Whether he hath it I or no
Author:
Sir John Davies (Confident)
DMI number:
41960
37.
Though an odd kind of fowl when you hit on my name
First Line:
Though an odd kind of fowl when you hit on my name
Last Line:
Because as spinsters we borrow our name from the weavers
DMI number:
22848
38.
Though I alas a prisoner be
First Line:
Though I alas a prisoner be
Last Line:
For I can break but scorn to bend
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
23973
39.
Though I never was born yet came I by smockings
First Line:
Though I never was born yet came I by smockings
Last Line:
And perplexed by my preference your deep contemplation
DMI number:
24016
40.
To aid your conception in every degree
First Line:
To aid your conception in every degree
Last Line:
No lady would blush to confine me upon her
DMI number:
23962
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