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1821.
Word valiant wight thou great he shrew
First Line:
Word valiant wight thou great he shrew
Last Line:
Thou art no man's foe or friend
DMI number:
30574
1822.
Words in one language elegantly used
First Line:
Words in one language elegantly used
Last Line:
Shows a translator both discreet and bold
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
10792
1823.
Worse critic of bad poet made
First Line:
Worse critic of bad poet made
Last Line:
That you've exhausted the profound
Author:
Edmund Burke (Absolute)
DMI number:
22371
1824.
Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure
First Line:
Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure
Last Line:
That Bourbon's spring inspires like that of Hippocrene
DMI number:
8944
1825.
Yet be not fondly your own slave for this
First Line:
Yet be not fondly your own slave for this
Last Line:
But change hereafter what appears amiss
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10462
1826.
Yet modern laws are made for later faults
First Line:
Yet modern laws are made for later faults
Last Line:
And new absurdities inspire new thoughts
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10404
1827.
Ye tuneful nine forsake the aonian grove
First Line:
Ye tuneful nine forsake the aonian grove
Last Line:
And as a pledge has hither sent this vase
DMI number:
35553
1828.
Ye vile traducers of the female kind
First Line:
Ye vile traducers of the female kind
Last Line:
And safe at home poetic wars maintain
DMI number:
4001
1829.
Ye virtuousi have it to you assigned
First Line:
Ye virtuousi have it to you assigned
Last Line:
And leave it to you what force they have to guess
Author:
Sir Simeon Steward (Confident)
DMI number:
4619
1830.
Ye woods with grief your waving summits bow
First Line:
Ye woods with grief your waving summits bow
Last Line:
For thee my pipe should charm the rigid king of hell
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27791
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