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1. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

2. Ah wretched man whom neither fate can please

First Line:
Ah wretched man whom neither fate can please
Last Line:
The universal Monarch Man is only poor
DMI number:
43646

3. Alas to this we come why why is life

First Line:
Alas to this we come why why is life
Last Line:
Alas so long their art so short their day
DMI number:
16657

4. As musing on his bed the speecher lay

First Line:
As musing on his bed the speecher lay
Last Line:
And leave thee to the lash of lost integrity
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19530

5. Avaunt ye critics too severe

First Line:
Avaunt ye critics too severe
Last Line:
When he approves who dares dispraise
DMI number:
22802

6. Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach

First Line:
Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach
Last Line:
And stole from Shakespeare's self our easy hearts
DMI number:
8391

7. Blessed is the man yea doubly blessed is he

First Line:
Blessed is the man yea doubly blessed is he
Last Line:
To rot the scorn of earth and curse of heaven
DMI number:
13781

8. Car-men turn poets now why may not I

First Line:
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
Last Line:
With far more fame thanks to your scribbling lies
DMI number:
43110

9. Briton if thou wouldst sure destruction shun

First Line:
Briton if thou wouldst sure destruction shun
Last Line:
Fatal to all who dare approach to nigh
DMI number:
23167

10. Could you at last a commonwealth obtain

First Line:
Could you at last a commonwealth obtain
Last Line:
Reclined you on your rightful monarch's breast
DMI number:
8074

11. False flattering men who make it your chief pride

First Line:
False flattering men who make it your chief pride
Last Line:
That now you scoff at and dare glory in
DMI number:
42760

12. First let the lion dread the bleating sheep

First Line:
First let the lion dread the bleating sheep
Last Line:
When Gloriana's eyebrow is the bow
DMI number:
43624

13. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
Last Line:
Bath is the touchstone of a woman's sense
DMI number:
12673

14. Forbear my outside friend to shake my hand

First Line:
Forbear my outside friend to shake my hand
Last Line:
And fresh affronts deserve a smarter stroke
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7992

15. For shame ye doting fools for shame be wise

First Line:
For shame ye doting fools for shame be wise
Last Line:
Had not your sovereign stopped the intended doom
DMI number:
8101

16. Gellius is lean and why not such a son

First Line:
Gellius is lean and why not such a son
Last Line:
Which shows you why the skeleton is such
DMI number:
8540

17. Great Charles who full of mercy mightst command

First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy mightst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
8990

18. Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command

First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3634

19. Have angels sinned and shall not men beware

First Line:
Have angels sinned and shall not men beware
Last Line:
His joys are joys of conquest not of peace
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33142

20. Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted

First Line:
Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted
Last Line:
And have no hope of heaven but his word
DMI number:
44337

21. In anger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In anger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love but all thy wealth
DMI number:
41924

22. In danger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In danger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love thee but for thy wealth
DMI number:
43796

23. In rancour's dark obscene sequestered seat

First Line:
In rancour's dark obscene sequestered seat
Last Line:
Is a worse punishment than hell can give
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
32767

24. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

25. Look up base croaking zealots of the age

First Line:
Look up base croaking zealots of the age
Last Line:
Set whom he pleases on an earthly throne
DMI number:
43173

26. Monarchs beware your titles they disown

First Line:
Monarchs beware your titles they disown
Last Line:
And decollation is the consequence
DMI number:
8067

27. I wonder not Aurelia you desire

First Line:
I wonder not Aurelia you desire
Last Line:
And sprung the unerring net upon them all
Author:
Margaret Hill [nee Morris] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17510

28. If long you'd have the world's wild females love

First Line:
If long you'd have the world's wild females love
Last Line:
But fly your converse swift as eastern wind
DMI number:
42725

29. If poets be as they pretend inspired

First Line:
If poets be as they pretend inspired
Last Line:
That from long bondage set the muses free
DMI number:
42578

30. Lesbia the fair the gay the young

First Line:
Lesbia the fair the gay the young
Last Line:
Then women will be women still
DMI number:
21726

31. Let joyful heirs in mock procession flow

First Line:
Let joyful heirs in mock procession flow
Last Line:
To sleep with mortals and awake with saints
DMI number:
40602

32. Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains

First Line:
Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains
Last Line:
Whose power unchanged through every age remains
DMI number:
33124

33. Man was not made to live at home

First Line:
Man was not made to live at home
Last Line:
But falls a bloody tiger's prey
DMI number:
19421

34. Madam look out your title is arraigned

First Line:
Madam look out your title is arraigned
Last Line:
And restoration is the consequence
DMI number:
8066

35. Not hear my message but the bearer shun

First Line:
Not hear my message but the bearer shun
Last Line:
And I fall downward from this rowling sky
DMI number:
43527

36. O Anna think thou poor unhappy queen

First Line:
O Anna think thou poor unhappy queen
Last Line:
Fear not whole myriads in thy cause will join
DMI number:
10989

37. O born to pity woes yet formed to give

First Line:
O born to pity woes yet formed to give
Last Line:
Then the form quickens and the figure glows
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
11720

38. Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets

First Line:
Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets
Last Line:
Thou mayst alas but barely mayst repent
DMI number:
8138

39. O wit to human minds the dangerous lure

First Line:
O wit to human minds the dangerous lure
Last Line:
Perverse opponent to the Christian name
DMI number:
36282

40. Of all the nauseous complicated crimes

First Line:
Of all the nauseous complicated crimes
Last Line:
Is liar boaster coward fool and rude
DMI number:
8137

41. Oft I by wine have tried to lull my cares

First Line:
Oft I by wine have tried to lull my cares
Last Line:
What you must suffer learn by what I bear
DMI number:
41876

42. Oh Davus am I so despised a fool

First Line:
Oh Davus am I so despised a fool
Last Line:
The plot that I more courage might have shown
DMI number:
8551

43. Our grannums of old were so piously nice

First Line:
Our grannums of old were so piously nice
Last Line:
When the br--ch is exposed to cover the face
DMI number:
11981

44. One hand and eye erect were close engaged

First Line:
One hand and eye erect were close engaged
Last Line:
Then like thy great exemplar hang thyself
DMI number:
11999

45. Says the mother ah Kitty these frolics I said

First Line:
Says the mother ah Kitty these frolics I said
Last Line:
Sure of liars these almanac folks are the worst
DMI number:
40593

46. Repine not pensive friend to meet

First Line:
Repine not pensive friend to meet
Last Line:
And stop short of the promised land
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8141

47. Restore sweet Amoret some pitying power

First Line:
Restore sweet Amoret some pitying power
Last Line:
Before the wife is gained the virgin's lost
DMI number:
12672

48. She is a lady of such matchless carriage

First Line:
She is a lady of such matchless carriage
Last Line:
I'll waste but few lines more before I show it
DMI number:
41996

49. That money should engender thus and breed

First Line:
That money should engender thus and breed
Last Line:
Through Scylla and Charybdis sail no more
DMI number:
41998

50. The day was fixed the nuptial band prepare

First Line:
The day was fixed the nuptial band prepare
Last Line:
And Death instead of Cupid point his dart
DMI number:
15969

51. The wealthy chuffe for all his wealth

First Line:
The wealthy chuffe for all his wealth
Last Line:
And die in Christ true life to win
DMI number:
49203

52. This life's a warfare christian fighting die

First Line:
This life's a warfare christian fighting die
Last Line:
And out of heaven must in hell remain
DMI number:
34261

53. Thou whose short span of life as plain appears

First Line:
Thou whose short span of life as plain appears
Last Line:
As thou shouldst live an age or die tomorrow
DMI number:
41993

54. Though dead I lie I speak to you that live

First Line:
Though dead I lie I speak to you that live
Last Line:
I have thus made a pulpit of my grave
DMI number:
9730

55. To thee rude warrior whom we once admired

First Line:
To thee rude warrior whom we once admired
Last Line:
All Europe's terror once but now all Europe's scorn
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:
11830

56. Tomorrow yes tomorrow you'll repent

First Line:
Tomorrow yes tomorrow you'll repent
Last Line:
Till more tomorrows you're denied to see
DMI number:
8159

57. Unactive wishes slow concessions find

First Line:
Unactive wishes slow concessions find
Last Line:
Where sleep's their business sleep should be their meat
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
11307

58. Well has thy fate directed thee to choose

First Line:
Well has thy fate directed thee to choose
Last Line:
She'll poison more than ever Pandora slew
DMI number:
4709

59. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:
When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:
With equal gratitude and treachery
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42301

60. When time his circling course began

First Line:
When time his circling course began
Last Line:
Better the mortal than the natal day
DMI number:
23285

61. When you this title read I know you'll ask

First Line:
When you this title read I know you'll ask
Last Line:
If you would wiser be these vices scorn
DMI number:
41859

62. Where is there faith and justice to be found

First Line:
Where is there faith and justice to be found
Last Line:
To cut the hand off that anoints you king
DMI number:
6456

63. Where is there faith or justice to be found

First Line:
Where is there faith or justice to be found
Last Line:
To cut the hand off that anoints you king
DMI number:
42364

64. While Europe is divided all with care

First Line:
While Europe is divided all with care
Last Line:
But what's to come let him enquire of Fleury
DMI number:
18262

65. Why dread you madam thus the only state

First Line:
Why dread you madam thus the only state
Last Line:
A man forsakes his mother for his wife
DMI number:
11792

66. Why fair maid are you uneasy

First Line:
Why fair maid are you uneasy
Last Line:
And let your lover die a nobler way
DMI number:
43600

67. Why Celia do you thus disguise your face

First Line:
Why Celia do you thus disguise your face
Last Line:
They'd slight the false and not the true believe
DMI number:
12814

68. Why start this case is yours or will be soon

First Line:
Why start this case is yours or will be soon
Last Line:
Farewell remember lest you wake too late
DMI number:
33488

69. Why start this fate will your's be very soon

First Line:
Why start this fate will your's be very soon
Last Line:
You know thou feastest but to feast a worm
DMI number:
33155

70. Why should the fair suspect my harmless muse

First Line:
Why should the fair suspect my harmless muse
Last Line:
And drink not Helicon but Tunbridge stream
DMI number:
8114

71. Yes they will laugh but whom o S--- enquire

First Line:
Yes they will laugh but whom o S--- enquire
Last Line:
Them or your time for man must surely die
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33123

72. Ye close-fisted rogues whom the city beshrieves

First Line:
Ye close-fisted rogues whom the city beshrieves
Last Line:
They who ruin a city to finish a house
DMI number:
18294

73. Ye sordid brutes that loudly bark and bray

First Line:
Ye sordid brutes that loudly bark and bray
Last Line:
Your ways and manners tell us what you are
DMI number:
10510