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91.
Fraternal rage the guilty Thebes alarms
First Line:
Fraternal rage the guilty Thebes alarms
Last Line:
Who grasps the struggling heifer's lunar horns
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7294
92.
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
First Line:
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
Last Line:
The fainting princess to the regal bed
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31683
93.
For twice nine centuries why has partial fame
First Line:
For twice nine centuries why has partial fame
Last Line:
That he who raised the arts surpassed them too
DMI number:
17408
94.
From Romulus the rise of plays began
First Line:
From Romulus the rise of plays began
Last Line:
That faith to thee that solemn vow I pass
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4146
95.
From the beseiged Ardea all in post
First Line:
From the beseiged Ardea all in post
Last Line:
To Tarquin's everlasting banishment
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
5913
96.
From the dark Stygian lake I come
First Line:
From the dark Stygian lake I come
Last Line:
The Assyrian's palace to his urn
Author:
John Ayloffe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3654
97.
Gernons fyrst named of Brutys bloude of Troy
First Line:
Gernons fyrst named of Brutys bloude of Troy
Last Line:
And therfore the Perses Percies the Cressant doth renew
DMI number:
37764
98.
Go on brave heroes you whose merits claim
First Line:
Go on brave heroes you whose merits claim
Last Line:
To bathe his hands in such a royal heart
DMI number:
4861
99.
Great Julius on the mountains bred
First Line:
Great Julius on the mountains bred
Last Line:
But the best wrestler on the green
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
25216
100.
Great Pompey's ashes in vile Egypt lie
First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes in vile Egypt lie
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
16988
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