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1. As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm

First Line:: As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
Last Line:: While men of wit find one another here
Author:: Sir Francis Fane (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4144

2. Chloe by your command in verse I write

First Line:: Chloe by your command in verse I write
Last Line:: But you are tired and so am I farewel
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4133

3. Dear friend | I hear this town does so abound

First Line:: Dear friend | I hear this town does so abound
Last Line:: Of idle rumour keep at home and write
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4134

4. Love a woman you're an ass

First Line:: Love a woman you're an ass
Last Line:: Drinking to engender wit
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4124

5. Not Rome in all her splendor could compare

First Line:: Not Rome in all her splendor could compare
Last Line:: And Mrs Stafford yield to B-Hall
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5434

6. Of all the fools these fertile times produce

First Line:: Of all the fools these fertile times produce
Last Line:: Yet I have sense to know this is stark naught
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation) & Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 8638

7. Of all the wonders since the world began

First Line:: Of all the wonders since the world began
Last Line:: When all fools write to think no more of rhyme
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6424

8. Some few from wit have this true maxim got

First Line:: Some few from wit have this true maxim got
Last Line:: To stand or fall with beauty on his side
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4143

9. To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain

First Line:: To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain
Last Line:: For any thing entire but for an ass
Author:: Sir Carr Scrope (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5670

10. Were I who to my cost already am

First Line:: Were I who to my cost already am
Last Line:: Is only who's a knave of the first rate
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4135