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1. As when some skilful cook to please each guest

First Line:
As when some skilful cook to please each guest
Last Line:
And Tonson yield to Lintott's lofty name
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
7309

2. Long hast thou friend been absent from thy soil

First Line:
Long hast thou friend been absent from thy soil
Last Line:
These honours Homer had been just to thee
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
35063

3. Remote from cities lived a swain

First Line:
Remote from cities lived a swain
Last Line:
To make men moral good and wise
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24839

4. See who never was or will be half read

First Line:
See who never was or will be half read
Last Line:
But send him honest Job thy wife
Author:
John Gay (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13483

5. The ancient epilogue as critics write

First Line:
The ancient epilogue as critics write
Last Line:
Who think good breeding is akin to wit
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
35389

6. The man who with undaunted toils

First Line:
The man who with undaunted toils
Last Line:
I grant are strange yet may be true
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
29685

7. The sompner lewdly hath his prologue told

First Line:
The sompner lewdly hath his prologue told
Last Line:
Were there no freers the devil mought keep in hell
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
8257