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51. If ever in thy sight I found favour Apollo

First Line:
If ever in thy sight I found favour Apollo
Last Line:
Than a noisy nonsensical half-witted poet
Author:
William Dunkin (Absolute)
DMI number:
22361

52. Let Blackmore still in good King Arthur's vein

First Line:
Let Blackmore still in good King Arthur's vein
Last Line:
His satire wounds not but his physick kills
Author:
Charles Boyle (Confident)
DMI number:
3732

53. Knighthood to heroes only once was due

First Line:
Knighthood to heroes only once was due
Last Line:
Leave moralizing drugs and poetry
Author:
Henry [Henry Sheers] Sheres (Absolute)
DMI number:
3755

54. Let Sporus tremble - What that thing of silk

First Line:
Let Sporus tremble - What that thing of silk
Last Line:
Wit that can creep and pride that licks the dust
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22770

55. Misguided youth remember Nero's doom

First Line:
Misguided youth remember Nero's doom
Last Line:
Informed by kicks and cudgelled into sense
DMI number:
6378

56. Men satire hate because tis nature's glass

First Line:
Men satire hate because tis nature's glass
Last Line:
The fair you omit will suffer less by D--t
DMI number:
10161

57. None has so nice a way as he to teach

First Line:
None has so nice a way as he to teach
Last Line:
And sometimes poor Macrobius has the lash
DMI number:
39950

58. Near Lethe's banks where the forgetful stream

First Line:
Near Lethe's banks where the forgetful stream
Last Line:
In Lethe's sovereign streams he sought relief
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3758

59. Next bidding all draw near on bended knees

First Line:
Next bidding all draw near on bended knees
Last Line:
What mortal can resist the yawn of gods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28199

60. No longer your expected play conceal

First Line:
No longer your expected play conceal
Last Line:
And saw the velvet fop born decently to church
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7115