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1. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:
A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:
Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25782

2. A grumbler full of discontent

First Line:
A grumbler full of discontent
Last Line:
A thousand smarts with shadowy woes
DMI number:
33356

3. A handsome youth be sure you'll have

First Line:
A handsome youth be sure you'll have
Last Line:
That will thee wed my pretty Nan
DMI number:
8186

4. A new year's ode God save the king

First Line:
A new year's ode God save the king
Last Line:
Which often serves him for a screen
DMI number:
24552

5. A merry prognostication

First Line:
A merry prognostication
Last Line:
And well for to do as they have hitherto done
DMI number:
23590

6. A pensy ant right trig and clean

First Line:
A pensy ant right trig and clean
Last Line:
In air while you're a creeping thing
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15370

7. A son of Galen learned indeed

First Line:
A son of Galen learned indeed
Last Line:
In spite of that poor Colin died
DMI number:
24336

8. A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair

First Line:
A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair
Last Line:
For still I'll court her image in my soul
DMI number:
18209

9. Alike to all I fortune do appear

First Line:
Alike to all I fortune do appear
Last Line:
I make the poor to hope the rich to fear
DMI number:
7870

10. All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell

First Line:
All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell
Last Line:
And talk familiar with the feathered race
DMI number:
22713

11. All other creatures keep in beaten ways

First Line:
All other creatures keep in beaten ways
Last Line:
A trifle serves to lose him or to gain
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30400

12. Apollo silenced long ago

First Line:
Apollo silenced long ago
Last Line:
Should prove the curse of womankind
DMI number:
21971

13. Amidst the various rubs of fate

First Line:
Amidst the various rubs of fate
Last Line:
Love must have lost and I had truly won
DMI number:
5360

14. As the eternal and omniscient mind

First Line:
As the eternal and omniscient mind
Last Line:
And from the ruin raise a fairer frame
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30908

15. As from some level country's sheltered ground

First Line:
As from some level country's sheltered ground
Last Line:
And crown the paths of piety with peace
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30911

16. As I am now so you must be

First Line:
As I am now so you must be
Last Line:
Prepare in time to follow me
DMI number:
34218

17. Aspiring souls to great attempts inclined

First Line:
Aspiring souls to great attempts inclined
Last Line:
In tunes compelled they of their fate complain
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7699

18. Assist me O Jehovah to proclaim

First Line:
Assist me O Jehovah to proclaim
Last Line:
For ever to reflect on heaven for ever lost
DMI number:
10107

19. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

20. Be cautious madam how you thus provoke

First Line:
Be cautious madam how you thus provoke
Last Line:
The fate may be your own another day
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
8012

21. Be not too coy he is thy own

First Line:
Be not too coy he is thy own
Last Line:
And his inconstancy repent
DMI number:
8187

22. Behold amidst the dewy morn

First Line:
Behold amidst the dewy morn
Last Line:
Deserve the palm by doing well
DMI number:
26834

23. Blessed babe who stranger to all worldly strife

First Line:
Blessed babe who stranger to all worldly strife
Last Line:
Soon see its follies and dares scorn its joys
DMI number:
36198

24. But daughters sons alas thy weakness scan

First Line:
But daughters sons alas thy weakness scan
Last Line:
The rest from virtue and the care of heaven
DMI number:
37703

25. But if great George must mount our throne

First Line:
But if great George must mount our throne
Last Line:
If treason gives us George and peace
DMI number:
18193

26. But oh this late conspiracy so dire

First Line:
But oh this late conspiracy so dire
Last Line:
Glory to God peace health unto the king
DMI number:
43121

27. Bright source of bliss whose cheering rays inspire

First Line:
Bright source of bliss whose cheering rays inspire
Last Line:
Or meet unmoved the harsh decrees of fate
DMI number:
36230

28. Cymon a poor but happy wight

First Line:
Cymon a poor but happy wight
Last Line:
Tis manly never to despair
DMI number:
30081

29. Could I but make grim death withhold

First Line:
Could I but make grim death withhold
Last Line:
Can bribe the fates be drunk and poor
DMI number:
3160

30. Could man his wish obtain

First Line:
Could man his wish obtain
Last Line:
Nor promise any hopes to gain
DMI number:
42797

31. Consider man in every sphere

First Line:
Consider man in every sphere
Last Line:
With cheerful heart he mounts the wheel
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23344

32. Dame Fortune's just malicious fool I see

First Line:
Dame Fortune's just malicious fool I see
Last Line:
And rises when thou canst not lower fall
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3600

33. Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart

First Line:
Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart
Last Line:
When fate with cruel shears encompasses around
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27679

34. Did Dorinda but smile I'd not grieve at my fate

First Line:
Did Dorinda but smile I'd not grieve at my fate
Last Line:
And Dorinda consents to't so Dorinda adieu t'you
DMI number:
5223

35. Did fortune what to few she'll give

First Line:
Did fortune what to few she'll give
Last Line:
And puff away the strumpet fame
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25906

36. Double allegiance Lord to thee I owe

First Line:
Double allegiance Lord to thee I owe
Last Line:
And what is not eternal is below my fear
DMI number:
43277

37. Experience Thwaites has made thee see

First Line:
Experience Thwaites has made thee see
Last Line:
In wares less liable to fail
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35712

38. Fear not thy husband will be kind

First Line:
Fear not thy husband will be kind
Last Line:
Then prithee make no more dispute
DMI number:
8189

39. From a tall precipice on the sea-side

First Line:
From a tall precipice on the sea-side
Last Line:
Stands most exposed to storms of sudden fate
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8165

40. Fortune makes wretched human things her sport

First Line:
Fortune makes wretched human things her sport
Last Line:
She lifts again to shine above the world
DMI number:
7505

41. Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat

First Line:
Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat
Last Line:
But nigh the shore does more securely creep
Author:
John Glanvill (Confident)
DMI number:
7191

42. Fortune well pictured on a rolling globe

First Line:
Fortune well pictured on a rolling globe
Last Line:
And neither courts nor yet my gifts despises
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23855

43. For think how few the joys allowed by fate

First Line:
For think how few the joys allowed by fate
Last Line:
And find with meaner charms one common doom
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
30934

44. For ever dear for ever dreaded prince

First Line:
For ever dear for ever dreaded prince
Last Line:
Like as you read my verse so read my fortune
Author:
Richard Corbett (Confident) & John Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
32160

45. From Po's famed banks over hills of Rhaetic snow

First Line:
From Po's famed banks over hills of Rhaetic snow
Last Line:
Than olives add where laurels grew before
DMI number:
19442

46. God did decree

First Line:
God did decree
Last Line:
Thou wilt be mine
DMI number:
43794

47. Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate

First Line:
Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate
Last Line:
But make my life what I ask or take't away
Author:
Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:
5575

48. Happy the former age to which each field

First Line:
Happy the former age to which each field
Last Line:
Where loss of blood and life is all the gain
DMI number:
43249

49. Guy Faux no doubt deserved to hang

First Line:
Guy Faux no doubt deserved to hang
Last Line:
And keep another annual feast
DMI number:
24439

50. Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been

First Line:
Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been
Last Line:
But by time's stronger hand subdued at last
DMI number:
35406