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1. A farmer been to pay his rent

First Line:
A farmer been to pay his rent
Last Line:
Cursed all the way the vagrant vixen
DMI number:
38671

2. A female engine 'tis you'll say

First Line:
A female engine 'tis you'll say
Last Line:
First kindles then puts out love's fire
DMI number:
10677

3. A bachelor of some forty nine

First Line:
A bachelor of some forty nine
Last Line:
A very filthy beast by G-d
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21465

4. A Grecian dame is thus complete

First Line:
A Grecian dame is thus complete
Last Line:
In love they find the deeper sport
DMI number:
10672

5. A handsome fellow t'other day

First Line:
A handsome fellow t'other day
Last Line:
Will do the rest another time
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21452

6. A handsome lady young and gay

First Line:
A handsome lady young and gay
Last Line:
I only did the question ask
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21459

7. A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms

First Line:
A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms
Last Line:
Keep the first letters of these lines and guess
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2206

8. A mountain once in days of old

First Line:
A mountain once in days of old
Last Line:
And every mountain bring a mouse
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21455

9. A nobleman of late a damsel took

First Line:
A nobleman of late a damsel took
Last Line:
All things go backwards so pray turn your a--se
DMI number:
17928

10. A nun there was as primrose gay

First Line:
A nun there was as primrose gay
Last Line:
When we as righteous Jane have done
DMI number:
19987

11. A parson's wife young fair and gay

First Line:
A parson's wife young fair and gay
Last Line:
For twas almost as long's my arm
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21470

12. A man may lead a happy life

First Line:
A man may lead a happy life
Last Line:
For jobs through all the town they roam
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22257

13. A manor large by Chloe was possessed

First Line:
A manor large by Chloe was possessed
Last Line:
For Chloe had but wisely played the fool
DMI number:
1510

14. A peer some more than six foot high

First Line:
A peer some more than six foot high
Last Line:
For were it a million you would lose
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21475

15. A pit there is so wondrous deep

First Line:
A pit there is so wondrous deep
Last Line:
Betwixt the fair Belinda's thighs
DMI number:
10698

16. A pox who'd be a poet in our days

First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878

17. A session of lovers was held the other day

First Line:
A session of lovers was held the other day
Last Line:
He had left being a man she would make him a beast
DMI number:
4446

18. A sportly sprightly youth quite tired of Rome

First Line:
A sportly sprightly youth quite tired of Rome
Last Line:
Breaks through the feeble fence of faith and truth
DMI number:
4410

19. A scrivener once a drivelling sot

First Line:
A scrivener once a drivelling sot
Last Line:
He kissed the boy and hugged his wife
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21460

20. A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come

First Line:
A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come
Last Line:
For fear for want your wife should twelve pence borrow
DMI number:
41922

21. A lady lately that was fully sped

First Line:
A lady lately that was fully sped
Last Line:
We'll to it each morn for health each night for pleasure
DMI number:
2901

22. A lusty old grave and grey headed sire

First Line:
A lusty old grave and grey headed sire
Last Line:
Oh what quoth she are other lawyers then
DMI number:
14627

23. A lusty old grave grey-headed sire

First Line:
A lusty old grave grey-headed sire
Last Line:
Oh what quoth she are other lawyers then
DMI number:
12479

24. Ah Lesbia now or never pity show

First Line:
Ah Lesbia now or never pity show
Last Line:
Or dry my tears up with more potent flame
DMI number:
15382

25. Ah lovely rose how sweetly dost thou smell

First Line:
Ah lovely rose how sweetly dost thou smell
Last Line:
Yet when in bed with her I would be man
DMI number:
7465

26. Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought

First Line:
Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought
Last Line:
Each yard of pleasure she'd have made an ell
DMI number:
18843

27. After a pretty amorous discourse

First Line:
After a pretty amorous discourse
Last Line:
You'd been more happy had you been less fair
DMI number:
3465

28. After long tumbling on my bed

First Line:
After long tumbling on my bed
Last Line:
Which none but Hymen must explore
DMI number:
16580

29. Against a gate Dick had a damsel got

First Line:
Against a gate Dick had a damsel got
Last Line:
Quoth Dick I only mean to propagate
DMI number:
24741

30. Ah Dick said Roger I have been

First Line:
Ah Dick said Roger I have been
Last Line:
Susan can show as good at home
DMI number:
22508

31. An honest man in wane of life

First Line:
An honest man in wane of life
Last Line:
If sweet let's keep it till tomorrow
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21476

32. An alderman a wealthy cit

First Line:
An alderman a wealthy cit
Last Line:
And never did his choice repent
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21457

33. And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch

First Line:
And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch
Last Line:
And may all christian people say amen to it
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4538

34. As John the sailor and his lass

First Line:
As John the sailor and his lass
Last Line:
A licence to have done the same
DMI number:
17709

35. As John the sailor and his lass

First Line:
As John the sailor and his lass
Last Line:
Why we'd have had a tumble too
DMI number:
19373

36. As many shapes the thundering god put on

First Line:
As many shapes the thundering god put on
Last Line:
Who what Jove did in one can't do in three
DMI number:
15773

37. As nature H----y's clay was blending

First Line:
As nature H----y's clay was blending
Last Line:
A pin dropped in and turned the scale
DMI number:
17992

38. As through the street a Quaker chanced to pass

First Line:
As through the street a Quaker chanced to pass
Last Line:
That so thy buttons may have proper holes
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22385

39. As Venus once Latona's daughter spied

First Line:
As Venus once Latona's daughter spied
Last Line:
When naked caught but not alone you lay
DMI number:
8423

40. As often wit in merry tale

First Line:
As often wit in merry tale
Last Line:
And Sue's Sir Roger's mistress yet
DMI number:
11144

41. Are these thy palms oh queen of love

First Line:
Are these thy palms oh queen of love
Last Line:
Unrigged and leaky to the inclement skies
DMI number:
27771

42. As Charlotte through the window leant

First Line:
As Charlotte through the window leant
Last Line:
What's done or said behind your back
DMI number:
17925

43. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
Charles Sackville (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3649

44. As in the days of yore were odds

First Line:
As in the days of yore were odds
Last Line:
He kicked the commons out of door
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
6427

45. Away vain fool give all thy flatteries over

First Line:
Away vain fool give all thy flatteries over
Last Line:
But shut our legs to those that close their pockets
DMI number:
5292

46. Aurelius I entreat your care

First Line:
Aurelius I entreat your care
Last Line:
What is to lewd adulterers due
DMI number:
8590

47. Aurelius you the chief and head

First Line:
Aurelius you the chief and head
Last Line:
Till I have drenched your nasty mouth
DMI number:
8595

48. As youthful Daphne in the cool of day

First Line:
As youthful Daphne in the cool of day
Last Line:
To meet my wishes and perform my will
DMI number:
18233

49. Be chaste ye scribblers modestly be dumb

First Line:
Be chaste ye scribblers modestly be dumb
Last Line:
As a chaste sample take my bawdy story
DMI number:
19886

50. Be-south our channel where tis common

First Line:
Be-south our channel where tis common
Last Line:
We're on a level tit for tat
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15357