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61.
Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit
First Line:
Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit
Last Line:
And shall have pleasure when the sordid wretch has none
DMI number:
39423
62.
Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
First Line:
Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
Last Line:
The luxury of hearing you
DMI number:
33456
63.
Great wits do not live many days
First Line:
Great wits do not live many days
Last Line:
But thou o laureate live for ever
DMI number:
24800
64.
Good taste however exalted or depressed
First Line:
Good taste however exalted or depressed
Last Line:
The well bred nymph and upstarts haughty queen
DMI number:
28164
65.
Had Aesop been living what mortal so able
First Line:
Had Aesop been living what mortal so able
Last Line:
Those who murdered the fowl will be choaked with the feathers
DMI number:
36071
66.
Hail sacred friend this comes to let thee know
First Line:
Hail sacred friend this comes to let thee know
Last Line:
Ah cease thy wonders give me moisture too
DMI number:
43385
67.
Good people all a sad mishap
First Line:
Good people all a sad mishap
Last Line:
My muse in flames again
DMI number:
35595
68.
He's blest who lives from all dependance free
First Line:
He's blest who lives from all dependance free
Last Line:
For sure he never shall disappointed be
DMI number:
36868
69.
Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife
First Line:
Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife
Last Line:
While thy vile heroes to their pardons run
Author:
John Somers (Confident)
DMI number:
5498
70.
Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead
First Line:
Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead
Last Line:
She left her garment and to heaven aspired
DMI number:
3528
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