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31.
Thespis the first professor of our art
First Line:
Thespis the first professor of our art
Last Line:
Shall then be proved a pipe of inspiration
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4024
32.
Thus tis to serve a prince too faithfully
First Line:
Thus tis to serve a prince too faithfully
Last Line:
And pocket up his prince
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20941
33.
Thy reasons were too strong
First Line:
Thy reasons were too strong
Last Line:
Where truth is rarely found
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20939
34.
Unhappy I who once ordained did bear
First Line:
Unhappy I who once ordained did bear
Last Line:
Thus mere necessity was made my crime
DMI number:
4499
35.
What generous man can live with that constraint
First Line:
What generous man can live with that constraint
Last Line:
Is scorned abroad and lives on tricks at home
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19761
36.
When empire in its childhood first appears
First Line:
When empire in its childhood first appears
Last Line:
And sinks in minutes which in ages rose
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18736
37.
When factious rage to cruel exile drove
First Line:
When factious rage to cruel exile drove
Last Line:
Who best shall love the duke and serve the king
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4703
38.
You make yourself abhorred by cruelty
First Line:
You make yourself abhorred by cruelty
Last Line:
And its vast body bleeds in every vein
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21193
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