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71. Proud of imagined arbitrary sway

First Line:
Proud of imagined arbitrary sway
Last Line:
Prove the sure presage of a tyrant's fall
DMI number:
37756

72. Pleasingly sir you Horace still pursue

First Line:
Pleasingly sir you Horace still pursue
Last Line:
Wagging must be my quill and so adieu
Author:
Edmund Curll (Absolute)
DMI number:
13062

73. Poems and prose of different force lay claim

First Line:
Poems and prose of different force lay claim
Last Line:
Thy ballads and thy bills are all thy own
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:
3743

74. Prancer for thee Hibernian harps are strung

First Line:
Prancer for thee Hibernian harps are strung
Last Line:
Nor murder Ireland as you murder greek
DMI number:
37782

75. Phillips to thy lament shade

First Line:
Phillips to thy lament shade
Last Line:
But most of all from that of writing
DMI number:
12973

76. Since a bard to commence you are fired with a passion

First Line:
Since a bard to commence you are fired with a passion
Last Line:
As famed for dramatics as T--d or Bays
DMI number:
13009

77. Short are our powers though infinite our will

First Line:
Short are our powers though infinite our will
Last Line:
Of good Sir-Loin Sir Richard or Sir T---
Author:
Edward Baynard (Speculation)
DMI number:
3753

78. See who never was or will be half read

First Line:
See who never was or will be half read
Last Line:
But send him honest Job thy wife
Author:
John Gay (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13483

79. She yawned all nature nods

First Line:
She yawned all nature nods
Last Line:
And navies yawned for orders on the main
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28196

80. Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud

First Line:
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
Last Line:
For he had writ plays yet never came in print
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident)
DMI number:
3963