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1. An early plant which such a blossom bears

First Line:: An early plant which such a blossom bears
Last Line:: The growing greatness of our matchless king
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1760

2. Britain whose genius is in verse expressed

First Line:: Britain whose genius is in verse expressed
Last Line:: Bold and sublime but negligently dressed
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10479

3. Fair charmer cease nor make your voice's prize

First Line:: Fair charmer cease nor make your voice's prize
Last Line:: The vocal word had drawn the poet too
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33530

4. He that proportioned wonders can disclose

First Line:: He that proportioned wonders can disclose
Last Line:: At once his fancy and his judgement shows
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10480

5. In boundless verse the fancy soars too high

First Line:: In boundless verse the fancy soars too high
Last Line:: A giant's habit on a dwarf we place
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9461

6. Now I shall live indeed not by my skill

First Line:: Now I shall live indeed not by my skill
Last Line:: I need not silence who want power to speak
Author:: Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44623

7. Poets lose half the praise they should have got

First Line:: Poets lose half the praise they should have got
Last Line:: Could it be seen what they discreetly blot
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10385

8. Poets that lasting marble seek

First Line:: Poets that lasting marble seek
Last Line:: And like our tide it overflows
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9523

9. Poets we praise when in their verse we find

First Line:: Poets we praise when in their verse we find
Last Line:: With fruit as fair as by her muse is born
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44622

10. Rome was not better by her Horace taught

First Line:: Rome was not better by her Horace taught
Last Line:: And wax that does the absent sun supply
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4771