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1. Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy

First Line:
Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy
Last Line:
And swiftly fly to thy Sulpitia's arms
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
10007

2. At last the grateful muse presumes to send

First Line:
At last the grateful muse presumes to send
Last Line:
As could not come from any but from you
DMI number:
6570

3. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:
At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:
Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:
12624

4. Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent

First Line:
Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent
Last Line:
I'll soar above the breath of vulgar praise
Author:
Philip Horneck (Confident)
DMI number:
881

5. Beneath a tun whose vast capacious sides

First Line:
Beneath a tun whose vast capacious sides
Last Line:
And with unrivalled ditty charms alone
DMI number:
21717

6. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

7. Dear friend on noisy storms of state

First Line:
Dear friend on noisy storms of state
Last Line:
Nor cared for what old women said
DMI number:
17746

8. Dear squire take my advice your hunter spare

First Line:
Dear squire take my advice your hunter spare
Last Line:
Roper at last before the fox did die
DMI number:
27993

9. From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed

First Line:
From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed
Last Line:
While Br----n sinks without our least regard
DMI number:
20851

10. Give me Homer's tuneful lyre

First Line:
Give me Homer's tuneful lyre
Last Line:
Defiance to sobriety
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39261

11. Happy art enlarge my soul

First Line:
Happy art enlarge my soul
Last Line:
Phoebus too thy presence deign
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31425

12. How liked my friend Orlides feast

First Line:
How liked my friend Orlides feast
Last Line:
All night with play and dance the revel keep
DMI number:
12543

13. How liked ye wealthy Nasidenus' feast

First Line:
How liked ye wealthy Nasidenus' feast
Last Line:
Than if a witch had shook her kercher over
Author:
Joseph Washington (Speculation)
DMI number:
42187

14. Licinius yesterday at leisure

First Line:
Licinius yesterday at leisure
Last Line:
How you provoke her will not spare
DMI number:
8536

15. Most of those rambling folk who fancy

First Line:
Most of those rambling folk who fancy
Last Line:
We'll tempt the winds and plough the main
DMI number:
22193

16. My wife a native of Phaliscan plains

First Line:
My wife a native of Phaliscan plains
Last Line:
Nor more to those that serve them than to me
DMI number:
6792

17. My muse by Phoebus was rebuked of late

First Line:
My muse by Phoebus was rebuked of late
Last Line:
And brave Aeneas Cytheraea's son
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42148

18. I sing the wonders of a mimic throng

First Line:
I sing the wonders of a mimic throng
Last Line:
Yield a shrill sound and accents not its own
DMI number:
23866

19. I promised but five days from you to stay

First Line:
I promised but five days from you to stay
Last Line:
That a man's own foot measure his desires
Author:
Samuel Woodford (Absolute)
DMI number:
42197

20. I promised when I left you last tis true

First Line:
I promised when I left you last tis true
Last Line:
To make our shoes according to our feet
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42196