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21. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:: In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:: For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:: 8971

22. My sire to business threescore years applied

First Line:: My sire to business threescore years applied
Last Line:: On scrolls over which with so much gain they pored
DMI number:: 27909

23. My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call

First Line:: My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
Last Line:: Or take him for a friend to truth
DMI number:: 8945

24. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:: My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:: So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:: 9445

25. If my past writings for my present plead

First Line:: If my past writings for my present plead
Last Line:: Yet will not dare his frailties to defend
DMI number:: 27920

26. Lucilius led the way and bravely bold

First Line:: Lucilius led the way and bravely bold
Last Line:: In what he writes there is something of divine
DMI number:: 31543

27. O happy wit whose rare and fruitful vein

First Line:: O happy wit whose rare and fruitful vein
Last Line:: Teach me then dear Moliere to rhyme no more
Author:: John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:: 8798

28. No more my muse though satire may prevail

First Line:: No more my muse though satire may prevail
Last Line:: Give over tomorrow we'll begin again
DMI number:: 8822

29. Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

First Line:: Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest
Last Line:: Writes scoundrel verses and then says they're mine
DMI number:: 9434

30. Of you my verse if any should enquire

First Line:: Of you my verse if any should enquire
Last Line:: And near to Regnier on Parnassus rose
DMI number:: 27910