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1. A doting old fool had a mind for to wed

First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083

2. 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

3. As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief

First Line:
As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief
Last Line:
One day's enough for that we'll wed tomorrow
DMI number:
22981

4. Chloe with Tom went out one day

First Line:
Chloe with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
With Ralph the gardener on the green
DMI number:
23056

5. Chloris your rigor was to blame

First Line:
Chloris your rigor was to blame
Last Line:
You've freed a captive by too strait a chain
DMI number:
22947

6. Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light

First Line:
Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light
Last Line:
For Curio dresses nothing but himself
DMI number:
16782

7. Cries Celia to a reverend dean

First Line:
Cries Celia to a reverend dean
Last Line:
They cannot find a priest
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
19289

8. Dear M-- heaven to thee assigned

First Line:
Dear M-- heaven to thee assigned
Last Line:
The drapery of wealth
DMI number:
23016

9. For every pin in this through vanquished hearts

First Line:
For every pin in this through vanquished hearts
Last Line:
In killing absence and tormenting fears
DMI number:
19806

10. Florio one evening brisk and gay

First Line:
Florio one evening brisk and gay
Last Line:
Go bar the door you fool she cries
DMI number:
19268

11. Gripe-all a cunning cit a niggard elf

First Line:
Gripe-all a cunning cit a niggard elf
Last Line:
As he does all things she'll deny us nought
DMI number:
16680

12. He that owns with his heart and helps with his hand

First Line:
He that owns with his heart and helps with his hand
Last Line:
Whose health now I drink and whose friendship I own
DMI number:
21777

13. How sweet to man the heaven descending voice

First Line:
How sweet to man the heaven descending voice
Last Line:
To err is human to forgive divine
DMI number:
23022

14. In vain fair maid in vain you would

First Line:
In vain fair maid in vain you would
Last Line:
Between two little hills of snow
DMI number:
19392

15. Mopsa whipping her scarf on scuds away to the park

First Line:
Mopsa whipping her scarf on scuds away to the park
Last Line:
Since her face would strike dead if revealed in the light
DMI number:
23040

16. I wonder what these nice distinctions mean

First Line:
I wonder what these nice distinctions mean
Last Line:
They're of the truest church that live the best
DMI number:
7481

17. Nature is rising from the dead

First Line:
Nature is rising from the dead
Last Line:
Ah Chloe when my charming fair
Author:
John Winstanley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13023

18. One Sunday entering the house of prayer

First Line:
One Sunday entering the house of prayer
Last Line:
Through Damon's heart it drives and fixes there
DMI number:
23030

19. Pope dead who'll write his monumental stone

First Line:
Pope dead who'll write his monumental stone
Last Line:
For with him Phoebus and the nine are gone
DMI number:
23009

20. Roused from the slumber of three thousand years

First Line:
Roused from the slumber of three thousand years
Last Line:
And shines distinguished in his genuine wreaths
DMI number:
19262

21. Religion never was designed

First Line:
Religion never was designed
Last Line:
Will prove to every one a guide
DMI number:
20065

22. Revenge is ever sweet though sometimes slow

First Line:
Revenge is ever sweet though sometimes slow
Last Line:
I sting your fingers whilst you sting my heart
DMI number:
19270

23. Richard of the green grown old and very poor

First Line:
Richard of the green grown old and very poor
Last Line:
Those that have something they must something lose
DMI number:
17149

24. Sage formal apes endeavor all they can

First Line:
Sage formal apes endeavor all they can
Last Line:
These mimic apes and we but mimic these
DMI number:
17058

25. See charming Celia see my lovely fair

First Line:
See charming Celia see my lovely fair
Last Line:
Or why oh why cannot past years return
DMI number:
19397

26. Sir Bob in crowded senate vainly tries

First Line:
Sir Bob in crowded senate vainly tries
Last Line:
It is proclaimed beneath the girdle free
DMI number:
23024

27. Stop friend and see

First Line:
Stop friend and see
Last Line:
And one hog root another
DMI number:
21508

28. The famed Lycurgus found a way

First Line:
The famed Lycurgus found a way
Last Line:
What here no women hide
DMI number:
21479

29. This dance foretells the couple's life

First Line:
This dance foretells the couple's life
Last Line:
Cast off and end in back to back
DMI number:
23077

30. To sparkling wit to knowledge and to sense

First Line:
To sparkling wit to knowledge and to sense
Last Line:
Malice and hatred and an envious mind
DMI number:
23023

31. To fetter wit's a vain intent

First Line:
To fetter wit's a vain intent
Last Line:
It gets more fame by punishment
DMI number:
22998

32. Tom ever jovial ever gay

First Line:
Tom ever jovial ever gay
Last Line:
And I could cry for him
DMI number:
15817

33. Tomorrow the ladies all go to the park

First Line:
Tomorrow the ladies all go to the park
Last Line:
Their breeches to ladies to wear while they live
DMI number:
21481

34. True wit is like the brilliant stone

First Line:
True wit is like the brilliant stone
Last Line:
And sparkles as it wounds
DMI number:
22997

35. Vain art indeed to attempt disguise

First Line:
Vain art indeed to attempt disguise
Last Line:
The picture's Celia's see her eyes
DMI number:
21700

36. Vain painter why would'st thou attempt to draw

First Line:
Vain painter why would'st thou attempt to draw
Last Line:
And if you paint her you must paint a sound
DMI number:
19267

37. What legions of fables and whimsical tales

First Line:
What legions of fables and whimsical tales
Last Line:
So now we believe troth nothing at all
DMI number:
22945

38. When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown

First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown
Last Line:
The canvas painted is and so are you
DMI number:
15825

39. What wondrous effects doth the laurel produce

First Line:
What wondrous effects doth the laurel produce
Last Line:
He should taste of the juice for abusing the bough
DMI number:
19375

40. When fatty walks the streets the pavers cry

First Line:
When fatty walks the streets the pavers cry
Last Line:
God bless you sir and lay their rammers by
DMI number:
21512

41. When young I was as poor as Job

First Line:
When young I was as poor as Job
Last Line:
I'm impotently poor
DMI number:
21505

42. When wags pervert what others serious writ

First Line:
When wags pervert what others serious writ
Last Line:
Or a Dutch pencil or a Cotton's muse
DMI number:
23084

43. Who can behold that sweetness in her eyes

First Line:
Who can behold that sweetness in her eyes
Last Line:
To eyes that look so bright and sweetly smile like thine
DMI number:
23060

44. Who on her outward form alone would look

First Line:
Who on her outward form alone would look
Last Line:
In a fair volume bound a fairer mind
DMI number:
19275

45. Whoever wrote that must surely be a fibber

First Line:
Whoever wrote that must surely be a fibber
Last Line:
Though Pope is dead yet still lives Colley Cibber
DMI number:
23010

46. Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more

First Line:
Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more
Last Line:
Of thousands who Belinda's darts receive
DMI number:
12755