Content type: Poem / Poem Genre / Form: Epistle / Poem Theme: Advice / moral precepts

1. A soul as full of worth as void of pride

First Line:: A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:: If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26108

2. Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design

First Line:: Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design
Last Line:: And mistress of herself though China fall
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31286

3. After those revered papers whose souls is

First Line:: After those revered papers whose souls is
Last Line:: In length and ease are alike every where
DMI number:: 43358

4. As in some wealthy trading town

First Line:: As in some wealthy trading town
Last Line:: Will more exalt you in the end
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11374

5. Ask me no more my Quintius whether I

First Line:: Ask me no more my Quintius whether I
Last Line:: First death is the last scene of misery
Author:: Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:: 42206

6. Beloved Maecenas whom my earliest muse

First Line:: Beloved Maecenas whom my earliest muse
Last Line:: And vigorous health when from the Phthysic free
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25734

7. Clarinda dearly loved attend

First Line:: Clarinda dearly loved attend
Last Line:: Than virtues of a narrow mind
Author:: Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22433

8. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:: Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:: A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:: Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 956

9. Happy the man who with such ease

First Line:: Happy the man who with such ease
Last Line:: Though neither Whig nor Tory
DMI number:: 38661

10. I grieve to see you waste your time

First Line:: I grieve to see you waste your time
Last Line:: The great think everything their due
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11545

11. Long did the sacred gown in vain entice

First Line:: Long did the sacred gown in vain entice
Last Line:: Not yet of age to stand her guardian sues
DMI number:: 8050

12. Like one who in her third widowhood doth profess

First Line:: Like one who in her third widowhood doth profess
Last Line:: But to know that I love thee and would be loved
Author:: John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9193

13. My virgin muse began to sing of you

First Line:: My virgin muse began to sing of you
Last Line:: The godlike stoic's just like other men
DMI number:: 3863

14. My noble lovely little Peggy

First Line:: My noble lovely little Peggy
Last Line:: And so I rest your constant friend
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35059

15. My noble lovely little Peggy

First Line:: My noble lovely little Peggy
Last Line:: And so I rest your constant friend | MP
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16906

16. My lord | What is nobility you wish to know

First Line:: My lord | What is nobility you wish to know
Last Line:: Still in your glory happier than her own
Author:: John Dalton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32270

17. My blunt friend Lollius if I know thee right

First Line:: My blunt friend Lollius if I know thee right
Last Line:: Let me alone to get a quiet mind
Author:: Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42208

18. If then wealth only makes and keeps man blessed

First Line:: If then wealth only makes and keeps man blessed
Last Line:: Impart it pray if not be merry here
Author:: Joseph Washington (Speculation)
DMI number:: 42195

19. If great men wrong me I will spare my self

First Line:: If great men wrong me I will spare my self
Last Line:: If good like Gods the naught are so like devils
Author:: Sir John Roe (Confident) & John Donne (Speculation)
DMI number:: 9222

20. Lest others tempt your youth with praise not due

First Line:: Lest others tempt your youth with praise not due
Last Line:: But think what creatures swarm on Nile's too fertile shore
Author:: Mr. Bate (Confident)
DMI number:: 7298

21. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

First Line:: Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin
Last Line:: This doctrine to refute and strike me dumb
DMI number:: 8973

22. Maecenas mentioned in my odes to be

First Line:: Maecenas mentioned in my odes to be
Last Line:: That is to say unless his spleen abound
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42188

23. Nor house nor lands nor heaps of plate or gold

First Line:: Nor house nor lands nor heaps of plate or gold
Last Line:: And all you fill were better let alone
Author:: Sir William Temple (Confident)
DMI number:: 953

24. Now you have Lesbos and fair Samos seen

First Line:: Now you have Lesbos and fair Samos seen
Last Line:: And what we no where find have every where
Author:: Samuel Woodford (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42201

25. Numicius to admire nothing at all

First Line:: Numicius to admire nothing at all
Last Line:: If not I pray make use of these with me
Author:: Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42194

26. Of old the youth of Greece and Rome

First Line:: Of old the youth of Greece and Rome
Last Line:: Who eats three shillings worth must burst
DMI number:: 33547

27. Patient transcriber of my painful strain

First Line:: Patient transcriber of my painful strain
Last Line:: That all estates find equal bliss bestow
DMI number:: 25903

28. Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell

First Line:: Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell
Last Line:: Get help you rascal where you are not known
DMI number:: 42207

29. Since now Agrippa to your hands

First Line:: Since now Agrippa to your hands
Last Line:: Rich harvests on Italia's shores
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25765

30. Slow though I am to wake the sleeping lyre

First Line:: Slow though I am to wake the sleeping lyre
Last Line:: Be what thou wert designed nor aim at more
Author:: Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12358

31. Stripped to the naked soul escaped from clay

First Line:: Stripped to the naked soul escaped from clay
Last Line:: Then dying late shalt all thou gavst reclaim
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation) & Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32194

32. Think not a partial fondness swayed my mind

First Line:: Think not a partial fondness swayed my mind
Last Line:: And to their service every muse be tied
Author:: Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8271

33. This motley piece to you I send

First Line:: This motley piece to you I send
Last Line:: Life's voyage to the world unknown
Author:: Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21318

34. Through the wild maze of life's still varying plan

First Line:: Through the wild maze of life's still varying plan
Last Line:: And in the tasteless now the future fears
Author:: Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22415

35. Tibullus candid critic of my lays

First Line:: Tibullus candid critic of my lays
Last Line:: One of the Herd of Epicurus' swine
DMI number:: 25742

36. Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule

First Line:: Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule
Last Line:: And find in your wife a companion and friend
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11370

37. To Fuscus the town's lover health I wish

First Line:: To Fuscus the town's lover health I wish
Last Line:: Save that I have not thee perfectly well
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42200

38. What means this noise thou poor inglorious stream

First Line:: What means this noise thou poor inglorious stream
Last Line:: And riches gaudy now tomorrow disappear
DMI number:: 10230

39. When curiosity led you so far

First Line:: When curiosity led you so far
Last Line:: Is the only favour your lordship can hope | which nobody can deny
DMI number:: 38677

40. When thus affliction's hand disturbs your rest

First Line:: When thus affliction's hand disturbs your rest
Last Line:: Rejoice and follow pleased the bleeding god
DMI number:: 32932

41. When matters to our wish succeed

First Line:: When matters to our wish succeed
Last Line:: So prays your very humble servant
DMI number:: 25008

42. While you at Rome my honoured Lollius plead

First Line:: While you at Rome my honoured Lollius plead
Last Line:: I'll neither stop the swift nor help the lame
Author:: John Wilkins (Speculation)
DMI number:: 42190

43. While you my friend are ever doomed to town

First Line:: While you my friend are ever doomed to town
Last Line:: Nor envy those who bravely lead the way
DMI number:: 25738

44. Whilst thou great Lollio in Rome dost plead

First Line:: Whilst thou great Lollio in Rome dost plead
Last Line:: For none will stay and will contend with none
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42189

45. Whilst with applause at Rome you Lollius plead

First Line:: Whilst with applause at Rome you Lollius plead
Last Line:: I neither will retard nor mend my pace
DMI number:: 25735

46. Whilst in the fortunes of the gay and great

First Line:: Whilst in the fortunes of the gay and great
Last Line:: And wish that happiness I might possess
Author:: John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22494

47. Who laugh at virtue yet secure of fame

First Line:: Who laugh at virtue yet secure of fame
Last Line:: And know the joys that wit and wine can give
DMI number:: 3875

48. Who makes the last a pattern for next year

First Line:: Who makes the last a pattern for next year
Last Line:: You came with me to Micham and are here
Author:: John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9192

49. Why dost thou murmur Iccius and repine

First Line:: Why dost thou murmur Iccius and repine
Last Line:: A plenteous crop in our Italian fields
Author:: Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42202

50. Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive

First Line:: Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive
Last Line:: What others in return of mine may say
DMI number:: 8964

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1. A soul as full of worth as void of pride

2. Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design

3. After those revered papers whose souls is

4. As in some wealthy trading town

5. Ask me no more my Quintius whether I

6. Beloved Maecenas whom my earliest muse

7. Clarinda dearly loved attend

8. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

9. Happy the man who with such ease

10. I grieve to see you waste your time

11. Long did the sacred gown in vain entice

12. Like one who in her third widowhood doth profess

13. My virgin muse began to sing of you

14. My noble lovely little Peggy

15. My noble lovely little Peggy

16. My lord | What is nobility you wish to know

17. My blunt friend Lollius if I know thee right

18. If then wealth only makes and keeps man blessed

19. If great men wrong me I will spare my self

20. Lest others tempt your youth with praise not due

21. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

22. Maecenas mentioned in my odes to be

23. Nor house nor lands nor heaps of plate or gold

24. Now you have Lesbos and fair Samos seen

25. Numicius to admire nothing at all

26. Of old the youth of Greece and Rome

27. Patient transcriber of my painful strain

28. Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell

29. Since now Agrippa to your hands

30. Slow though I am to wake the sleeping lyre

31. Stripped to the naked soul escaped from clay

32. Think not a partial fondness swayed my mind

33. This motley piece to you I send

34. Through the wild maze of life's still varying plan

35. Tibullus candid critic of my lays

36. Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule

37. To Fuscus the town's lover health I wish

38. What means this noise thou poor inglorious stream

39. When curiosity led you so far

40. When thus affliction's hand disturbs your rest

41. When matters to our wish succeed

42. While you at Rome my honoured Lollius plead

43. While you my friend are ever doomed to town

44. Whilst thou great Lollio in Rome dost plead

45. Whilst with applause at Rome you Lollius plead

46. Whilst in the fortunes of the gay and great

47. Who laugh at virtue yet secure of fame

48. Who makes the last a pattern for next year

49. Why dost thou murmur Iccius and repine

50. Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive