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31. Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire

First Line:: Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire
Last Line:: Leave thou to Pradon such a senseless pit
DMI number:: 8968

32. Or in cold couplets careless of the fair

First Line:: Or in cold couplets careless of the fair
Last Line:: Sicken in simile and pine away
DMI number:: 8949

33. Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime

First Line:: Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime
Last Line:: A sharp but yet a necessary friend
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Soame (Confident) & John Ozell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6606

34. Richelieu in vain the famous Cid decried

First Line:: Richelieu in vain the famous Cid decried
Last Line:: The public did the poet's cause maintain
DMI number:: 39955

35. Some may say I'm in the wrong to blame

First Line:: Some may say I'm in the wrong to blame
Last Line:: And if I dared not &c
DMI number:: 39954

36. Tell them by chance I in my greener age

First Line:: Tell them by chance I in my greener age
Last Line:: The shade he for his labours chose frequent
DMI number:: 27921

37. Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age

First Line:: Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age
Last Line:: In after ages shall be seen and praised
DMI number:: 8946

38. The faults of others I enough have shown

First Line:: The faults of others I enough have shown
Last Line:: No matter you are merry hold your tongue
DMI number:: 8882

39. The elegy that loves a mournful style

First Line:: The elegy that loves a mournful style
Last Line:: The heart in elegies forms the discourse
DMI number:: 10406

40. The reader now no longer can endure

First Line:: The reader now no longer can endure
Last Line:: In the false sense of some proverbial jest
DMI number:: 27917