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1. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

2. Adzooks master Hodge you are welcome to town

First Line:
Adzooks master Hodge you are welcome to town
Last Line:
Lies decently buried in Chatham
DMI number:
31116

3. Besides those things you have already told

First Line:
Besides those things you have already told
Last Line:
Who bears me hence live happy and farewell
DMI number:
25725

4. Bless me says Formal these are dismal times

First Line:
Bless me says Formal these are dismal times
Last Line:
Enlarge her power as her ambition's less
DMI number:
6397

5. By his hall chimney where in rusty grate

First Line:
By his hall chimney where in rusty grate
Last Line:
Here's to thy much loved health | With all my heart
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
31633

6. Forbear forbear thy crabbed style for once

First Line:
Forbear forbear thy crabbed style for once
Last Line:
To George's Caroline's Nassau's and Anna's praise
DMI number:
11115

7. Go go you vile bear

First Line:
Go go you vile bear
Last Line:
The four courts are not worth attending
DMI number:
37763

8. Hail mighty monarch by whose aid

First Line:
Hail mighty monarch by whose aid
Last Line:
I other business have
DMI number:
43011

9. Good morning dear cousin pray how do you do

First Line:
Good morning dear cousin pray how do you do
Last Line:
And circulate what we've been talking about
DMI number:
31406

10. How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast

First Line:
How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast
Last Line:
Had tainted every dish and poisoned every bowl
DMI number:
25730

11. How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries

First Line:
How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries
Last Line:
And then we're seldom plagued with folks like you
DMI number:
33371

12. 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

13. Jos | Dear cousin why so melancholy Lov Why

First Line:
Jos | Dear cousin why so melancholy Lov Why
Last Line:
As Denis did of old as stories tell
DMI number:
6015

14. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

15. Let us lift up our hartes all

First Line:
Let us lift up our hartes all
Last Line:
Therefore shall they al be dampned
DMI number:
37822

16. Let us lyft up our hartes all

First Line:
Let us lyft up our hartes all
Last Line:
Therefore shall they al be dampned
DMI number:
37323

17. Mor Why how now Pas-- since the last election

First Line:
Mor Why how now Pas-- since the last election
Last Line:
That four should lead four hundred by the nose
DMI number:
5887

18. I own tis not my bread and butter

First Line:
I own tis not my bread and butter
Last Line:
G-- d-- the whigs and tories too
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
13470

19. I long in silence have your orders heard

First Line:
I long in silence have your orders heard
Last Line:
And to eight whoreson lubbers add a ninth
DMI number:
25729

20. If you so rarely write that through the year

First Line:
If you so rarely write that through the year
Last Line:
Against my lesser follies to declaim
DMI number:
25719

21. Madam you know when I was rich and great

First Line:
Madam you know when I was rich and great
Last Line:
And in return I've made you now my fool
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5399

22. O gentle muse my artless theme inspire

First Line:
O gentle muse my artless theme inspire
Last Line:
All talk at once but none at all to hear em
DMI number:
21789

23. O sacred weapon left for truth's defence

First Line:
O sacred weapon left for truth's defence
Last Line:
And goad the prelate slumbering in his stall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30877

24. Pretty nymph within this shade

First Line:
Pretty nymph within this shade
Last Line:
From past or present beauties rise
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6968

25. Say Catius whence and whither

First Line:
Say Catius whence and whither
Last Line:
Would quaff her waters at the fountain-head
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25720

26. There are who think my verses are too bold

First Line:
There are who think my verses are too bold
Last Line:
Will smile dismiss the bill and set you free
DMI number:
25717

27. To you the mother of our schools

First Line:
To you the mother of our schools
Last Line:
I am to you a puny-cheat
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7151

28. Ungrateful wretch can thou pretend a cause

First Line:
Ungrateful wretch can thou pretend a cause
Last Line:
Whose sword is steel whose God is but a wafer
DMI number:
4910

29. Ungrateful wretch canst thou pretend a cause

First Line:
Ungrateful wretch canst thou pretend a cause
Last Line:
His sword is steel his god is but a wafer
DMI number:
42327

30. We have pursued those plots thou didst invent

First Line:
We have pursued those plots thou didst invent
Last Line:
I'll make you presidents judges or juries
DMI number:
43108

31. What shall we do dear Maintenon my son

First Line:
What shall we do dear Maintenon my son
Last Line:
What other way was left to save my crown
DMI number:
5998

32. What is termed popery

First Line:
What is termed popery
Last Line:
Tis a French subject or God save king
DMI number:
43148

33. When the charming news had passed Charing Cross

First Line:
When the charming news had passed Charing Cross
Last Line:
Then I awaked and all was but a dream
DMI number:
43107

34. Whither O whither wander I forlorn

First Line:
Whither O whither wander I forlorn
Last Line:
And by her oracles the world shall sway
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Ayloffe (Confident)
DMI number:
3643

35. Whoever looks about and minds things well

First Line:
Whoever looks about and minds things well
Last Line:
'Tis ten to one that I shall dream again
DMI number:
3651

36. Why so pensive this morning when all things are gay

First Line:
Why so pensive this morning when all things are gay
Last Line:
A curl may be wrong all depends on the tete
DMI number:
33556