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1.
Before the seas and this terrestrial ball
First Line:
Before the seas and this terrestrial ball
Last Line:
And soft with hard and light with heavy mixed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
1776
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For this eternal world is said of old
First Line:
For this eternal world is said of old
Last Line:
Lies on the lap of earth and mother earth subsides
DMI number:
39500
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Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
First Line:
Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:
Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11200
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Of bodies changed to various forms I sing
First Line:
Of bodies changed to various forms I sing
Last Line:
And earth was metamorphosed into man
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11190
5.
So man at first a drop dilates with heat
First Line:
So man at first a drop dilates with heat
Last Line:
For few arrive to run the latter stage
DMI number:
39820
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The cause and spring of motion from above
First Line:
The cause and spring of motion from above
Last Line:
The propagated species still remains
DMI number:
39397
7.
Through the rude chaos thus the running light
First Line:
Through the rude chaos thus the running light
Last Line:
Illumined heaven and earth and rolled around the year
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
5632
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Time was when we were sowed and just began
First Line:
Time was when we were sowed and just began
Last Line:
Unable now to shake much less to tear the trees
DMI number:
39819
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Unreal vast unbounded deep
First Line:
Unreal vast unbounded deep
Last Line:
Of jarring seeds and rightly chaos named
DMI number:
39345