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41.
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672
42.
Asa whanne a gronfer with ardurous glow
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Asa whanne a gronfer with ardurous glow
Last Line:
The triple crown to seize if old Cornwallis die
Author:
William Mason (Speculation)
DMI number:
30596
43.
Before you sign poor Sophonisba's doom
First Line:
Before you sign poor Sophonisba's doom
Last Line:
Who lived unhappily and greatly died
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
25550
44.
Both armies from their bloody work desist
First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671
45.
Bold Pyrrhus swore he'd humble Rome
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Bold Pyrrhus swore he'd humble Rome
Last Line:
A vanquished monster by the snout
DMI number:
23088
46.
Believe ye after ages yet to come
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Believe ye after ages yet to come
Last Line:
Though Mahomet should stand to guard his throne
DMI number:
43392
47.
Beside his native Thames our poet long
First Line:
Beside his native Thames our poet long
Last Line:
And with just censure let her labours fade
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
37861
48.
By various means the immortal Homer seeks
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By various means the immortal Homer seeks
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Ulysses wanders and Achilles fights
DMI number:
5072
49.
Caesar when that the traitor of Egypt
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Caesar when that the traitor of Egypt
Last Line:
To cloak my care but under sport and play
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8765
50.
Can learning's orb when such a star expires
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Can learning's orb when such a star expires
Last Line:
A genius to applaud so like his own
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
6595
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