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1. A law eternal does decree

First Line:
A law eternal does decree
Last Line:
That all things born shall mortal be
DMI number:
33679

2. 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

3. A-- they say has wit for what

First Line:
A-- they say has wit for what
Last Line:
For writing no for writing not
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
12745

4. Accept a miracle instead of wit

First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13498

5. Adam had fallen twice if for an apple

First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9690

6. A whore is like a squirrel that doth veil

First Line:
A whore is like a squirrel that doth veil
Last Line:
And cover all her body with her tail
Author:
Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:
16788

7. Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know

First Line:
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
Last Line:
It costs them less to hate than to bestow
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15986

8. Anne is an angel true what though she be

First Line:
Anne is an angel true what though she be
Last Line:
Yet is an angel but a lawyer's fee
DMI number:
7551

9. An opera like a pillory may be said

First Line:
An opera like a pillory may be said
Last Line:
To nail our ears down but expose our head
DMI number:
15720

10. All should unite to punish the ungrateful

First Line:
All should unite to punish the ungrateful
Last Line:
Ingratitude is treason to mankind
DMI number:
33749

11. As virtue's always in thy mouth how can

First Line:
As virtue's always in thy mouth how can
Last Line:
It ever have time to reach thy heart vain man
DMI number:
16990

12. Arise ye glimmering stars of wit

First Line:
Arise ye glimmering stars of wit
Last Line:
For lo the sun of verse is set
DMI number:
25174

13. Bess brags she has beauty and can prove the same

First Line:
Bess brags she has beauty and can prove the same
Last Line:
As how why thus sir 'tis her puppy's name
DMI number:
17125

14. Bright as the day and as the morning fair

First Line:
Bright as the day and as the morning fair
Last Line:
Such Chloe is and common as the air
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
12276

15. Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold

First Line:
Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold
Last Line:
Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
Author:
William Cartwright (Confident)
DMI number:
12409

16. Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold

First Line:
Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold
Last Line:
Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
Author:
William Cartwright (Confident)
DMI number:
31061

17. Bold thief indeed that steals before his face

First Line:
Bold thief indeed that steals before his face
Last Line:
The man away and leaves a beast in his place
DMI number:
17151

18. Calvus of late extreme long locks does wear

First Line:
Calvus of late extreme long locks does wear
Last Line:
The reason is Calvus has lost his hair
Author:
Thomas Forde (Confident)
DMI number:
17046

19. Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell

First Line:
Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell
Last Line:
Should Jack's wife die he would behave as well
DMI number:
25155

20. But we'll dismiss his herd on this condition

First Line:
But we'll dismiss his herd on this condition
Last Line:
Be Th---p their taylor or what's worse physician
DMI number:
8088

21. Brother H-- thy piss pot answer quick never falter

First Line:
Brother H-- thy piss pot answer quick never falter
Last Line:
There tis brother F-- it stands under the altar
DMI number:
13001

22. Chloe new married looks at men no more

First Line:
Chloe new married looks at men no more
Last Line:
Why then tis plain for what she looked before
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
13961

23. Charles keeps a secret well or I'm deceived

First Line:
Charles keeps a secret well or I'm deceived
Last Line:
For nothing Charles can say will be believed
DMI number:
24896

24. Death in a doubt of thy last end did stand

First Line:
Death in a doubt of thy last end did stand
Last Line:
Because he saw thee on the mending hand
DMI number:
7554

25. Don Pedro's out of debt be bold to say it

First Line:
Don Pedro's out of debt be bold to say it
Last Line:
For they are said to owe that mean to pay it
Author:
Sir John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13205

26. Earth take my earth Satan my sin I leave

First Line:
Earth take my earth Satan my sin I leave
Last Line:
The world my substance heaven my soul receive
DMI number:
29937

27. For cares whilst love prepares the remedies

First Line:
For cares whilst love prepares the remedies
Last Line:
The main disease in the physician lies
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
15725

28. Give me sweet nectar in a kiss

First Line:
Give me sweet nectar in a kiss
Last Line:
And as for kissing kiss my -
DMI number:
24914

29. George came to the crown without striking a blow

First Line:
George came to the crown without striking a blow
Last Line:
Ah quoth the pretender would I could do so
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
12483

30. From thy confessor lawyer and physician

First Line:
From thy confessor lawyer and physician
Last Line:
Hide not thy case or state on no condition
DMI number:
41952

31. Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said

First Line:
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
Last Line:
He neither does whose neither heard nor read
DMI number:
12985

32. Great friend to Kouli Kan of Britain's right

First Line:
Great friend to Kouli Kan of Britain's right
Last Line:
Thou sole support where supped your wife last night
DMI number:
24890

33. Half of your book is to an index grown

First Line:
Half of your book is to an index grown
Last Line:
You give your book contents your reader none
DMI number:
12587

34. He's like a lusty soil whose moisture feeds

First Line:
He's like a lusty soil whose moisture feeds
Last Line:
If not a world of corn a world of weeds
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17107

35. Health is a jewel true which when we buy

First Line:
Health is a jewel true which when we buy
Last Line:
Physicians value it accordingly
DMI number:
41950

36. He long has been a man of taste complete

First Line:
He long has been a man of taste complete
Last Line:
Would that he now had something left to eat
DMI number:
24882

37. He who a gold-finch strives to make his wife

First Line:
He who a gold-finch strives to make his wife
Last Line:
Makes her perhaps a wag-tail all her life
DMI number:
17292

38. He who in his pocket has no money

First Line:
He who in his pocket has no money
Last Line:
Should in his mouth be never without honey
DMI number:
17148

39. He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed

First Line:
He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed
Last Line:
O that King James would answer so my need
Author:
Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:
41951

40. Here is great talk of Turk and Pope but I

First Line:
Here is great talk of Turk and Pope but I
Last Line:
Still find my neighbour my worst enemy
Author:
Rowland Watkyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
17071

41. Here lies the body of John Day

First Line:
Here lies the body of John Day
Last Line:
What young John no no old John aye
DMI number:
25693

42. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

First Line:
Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket
Last Line:
But dead as a doornail God be thanked
DMI number:
12760

43. How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit

First Line:
How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit
Last Line:
He sold what he spoke and he bought what he writ
DMI number:
12732

44. How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

First Line:
How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell
Last Line:
She was painting her cheeks at the time her nose fell
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13100

45. How ill the motion with the music suits

First Line:
How ill the motion with the music suits
Last Line:
So Orpheus fiddled and so danced the brutes
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Speculation) & George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
8394

46. His chimney smokes it is some omen dire

First Line:
His chimney smokes it is some omen dire
Last Line:
His neighbours are alarmed and cry out fire
DMI number:
25003

47. Honest Harry's alive how do ye know it says Ned

First Line:
Honest Harry's alive how do ye know it says Ned
Last Line:
O I'm perfectly sure for Dick said he was dead
DMI number:
24813

48. I cannot stand or go the cripple cries

First Line:
I cannot stand or go the cripple cries
Last Line:
What doth he then if he says true he lies
DMI number:
7550

49. I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it

First Line:
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
Last Line:
But I will not believe it till I read it
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15989

50. I have no legs and yet I go and stand

First Line:
I have no legs and yet I go and stand
Last Line:
And when I stand I lie witness my hand
DMI number:
7517

51. In the lines that you sent are the muses and graces

First Line:
In the lines that you sent are the muses and graces
Last Line:
You have the nine in your wit and three in your faces
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
9687

52. In trouble to be troubled

First Line:
In trouble to be troubled
Last Line:
Is to have your trouble doubled
DMI number:
33644

53. In midst of life then least am I

First Line:
In midst of life then least am I
Last Line:
Greatest when I am born and die
DMI number:
7549

54. Jack his own merit sees this gives him pride

First Line:
Jack his own merit sees this gives him pride
Last Line:
That he sees more than all the world beside
DMI number:
24994

55. Lo Swift to idiots bequeaths his store

First Line:
Lo Swift to idiots bequeaths his store
Last Line:
Be wise ye rich consider thus the poor
DMI number:
16084

56. Lords promise soon but to perform are long

First Line:
Lords promise soon but to perform are long
Last Line:
Lord send their purse-strings tied but to their tongue
DMI number:
17062

57. Life is a jest and all things show it

First Line:
Life is a jest and all things show it
Last Line:
I thought so once but now I know it
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15965

58. Most maids resemble Eve now in their lives

First Line:
Most maids resemble Eve now in their lives
Last Line:
Who are no sooner women but are wives
DMI number:
12406

59. I'll die a maid I vow says modest Jane

First Line:
I'll die a maid I vow says modest Jane
Last Line:
You may says Sly when you are born again
DMI number:
22026

60. If Almeria for dogs such kindness does show

First Line:
If Almeria for dogs such kindness does show
Last Line:
Perhaps in her head she'as a puppy like you
DMI number:
12857

61. If Argus with a hundred eyes not one

First Line:
If Argus with a hundred eyes not one
Last Line:
Could guard thinkest thou to keep thine who hast none
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
16703

62. If Argus with an hundred eyes not one

First Line:
If Argus with an hundred eyes not one
Last Line:
Could guard thinkest thou to keep thine who hast none
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
32423

63. If unity be found in heaven's great sphere

First Line:
If unity be found in heaven's great sphere
Last Line:
Dissention nor dissenters can be there
DMI number:
12189

64. If evils come not then our fears are vain

First Line:
If evils come not then our fears are vain
Last Line:
And if they do fear but augments the pain
Author:
Sir Thomas More (Speculation)
DMI number:
17068

65. If heaven's called the place where angels dwell

First Line:
If heaven's called the place where angels dwell
Last Line:
The purse that wants them may be called hell
DMI number:
17091

66. If save whose charms with equal splendor shine

First Line:
If save whose charms with equal splendor shine
Last Line:
None ever thine must be none ever must be thine
DMI number:
24823

67. If't's asked why since the wife defiles the bed

First Line:
If't's asked why since the wife defiles the bed
Last Line:
The husband wears the horns cause he's the head
DMI number:
7753

68. Let men of others to speak ill forbear

First Line:
Let men of others to speak ill forbear
Last Line:
Or their own follies they'll be sure to hear
DMI number:
33686

69. Mind but thy preaching T-- translate no further

First Line:
Mind but thy preaching T-- translate no further
Last Line:
Is it not written thou shalt do no murther
DMI number:
12430

70. Marry late my dear friend you may ask me what then

First Line:
Marry late my dear friend you may ask me what then
Last Line:
Kill your wife by a quack and never marry again
DMI number:
24811

71. Mammon's grown rich does Mammon boast of that

First Line:
Mammon's grown rich does Mammon boast of that
Last Line:
As well the stalled ox may boast he's fat
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
16994

72. Man and money a mutual friendship show

First Line:
Man and money a mutual friendship show
Last Line:
Man makes false money money makes man so
DMI number:
12371

73. Lust is your curse our joys are sparkling wine

First Line:
Lust is your curse our joys are sparkling wine
Last Line:
For there's no Julian law against the vine
DMI number:
15716

74. None without hope ever loved the brightest fair

First Line:
None without hope ever loved the brightest fair
Last Line:
But love can hope where reason would despair
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22318

75. Ned is a sober fellow they pretend

First Line:
Ned is a sober fellow they pretend
Last Line:
Such would I have my coachman not my friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27757

76. Nell tried for stealing linen answered swift

First Line:
Nell tried for stealing linen answered swift
Last Line:
Compelled through want she did it for a shift
DMI number:
15819

77. Newton's no more by silence grief's expressed

First Line:
Newton's no more by silence grief's expressed
Last Line:
Lo here he lies his works proclaim the rest
DMI number:
15737

78. Now Lord or never they'll believe on thee

First Line:
Now Lord or never they'll believe on thee
Last Line:
Thou to their teeth hast proved thy deity
Author:
Richard Crashaw (Absolute)
DMI number:
16937

79. Not to be captious not unjustly fight

First Line:
Not to be captious not unjustly fight
Last Line:
Tis to confess what's wrong and do what's right
DMI number:
24965

80. O with a pace like thine would my pen go

First Line:
O with a pace like thine would my pen go
Last Line:
And shine like that like that let it be slow
DMI number:
17056

81. Old lechers to rank leeks compared have been

First Line:
Old lechers to rank leeks compared have been
Last Line:
Whose heads though hoary have their tails yet green
DMI number:
16789

82. Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

First Line:
Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick
Last Line:
While thou movest nothing but thy fiddle stick
DMI number:
12405

83. Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

First Line:
Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick
Last Line:
Whilst thou movest nothing but thy fiddle stick
DMI number:
30959

84. Our God requireth the whole heart or none

First Line:
Our God requireth the whole heart or none
Last Line:
And yet he will accept a broken one
Author:
Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:
16684

85. Quick-Wit reports that his wild brother Randle

First Line:
Quick-Wit reports that his wild brother Randle
Last Line:
Hath loved a whore as a moth loves a candle
Author:
Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:
16942

86. Pius the Fifth lies here your wonder fix

First Line:
Pius the Fifth lies here your wonder fix
Last Line:
Of all the popes you can't count Pius six
DMI number:
17346

87. Pollio who values nothing that's within

First Line:
Pollio who values nothing that's within
Last Line:
Buys books like beavers only for their skin
DMI number:
16961

88. Poor queen twice doomed disastrous love to try

First Line:
Poor queen twice doomed disastrous love to try
Last Line:
You fly the dying for the flying die
DMI number:
13742

89. Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

First Line:
Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne
Last Line:
Whatever I forget you learn
DMI number:
13740

90. Philemon with translations does so fill us

First Line:
Philemon with translations does so fill us
Last Line:
He will not let Suetonius be Tranquillus
DMI number:
30957

91. Philemon with translations so doth fill us

First Line:
Philemon with translations so doth fill us
Last Line:
He will not let Suetonius be Tranquillus
DMI number:
13657

92. Quintus loves Thais and Thais alone

First Line:
Quintus loves Thais and Thais alone
Last Line:
Quintus has one eye but Thais has none
DMI number:
12188

93. Saint Paul's rule Cotta keeps to his wife he's one

First Line:
Saint Paul's rule Cotta keeps to his wife he's one
Last Line:
That hath a wife and is as if he'd none
DMI number:
12584

94. See Pope with puffing ardour strains

First Line:
See Pope with puffing ardour strains
Last Line:
And snuffs the scent of growing gains
DMI number:
18192

95. Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

First Line:
Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead
Last Line:
Through which the living Homer begged his bread
DMI number:
12311

96. She that smells least smells best which intimates

First Line:
She that smells least smells best which intimates
Last Line:
They smell like beasts that smell like civit cats
DMI number:
17427

97. She who's in love if I have any skill

First Line:
She who's in love if I have any skill
Last Line:
Does feel she knows not what yet knows what she would feel
DMI number:
17092

98. She'd fain have George and no one blame her can

First Line:
She'd fain have George and no one blame her can
Last Line:
George won't have her and who can blame the man
DMI number:
24807

99. She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can

First Line:
She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can
Last Line:
He'll not have her and who can blame the man
Author:
Sir Edward Sherburne (Confident)
DMI number:
17417

100. She's bent like a ninepence and would have been broken

First Line:
She's bent like a ninepence and would have been broken
Last Line:
Had not nature intended the devil a token
DMI number:
12378