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1. A patriot that so firmly stood

First Line:
A patriot that so firmly stood
Last Line:
Took peerage places and a pension
DMI number:
31128

2. Ah hah sir Coll is that the way

First Line:
Ah hah sir Coll is that the way
Last Line:
Thy comfort is thou hast it
DMI number:
17635

3. Ah what avails how once appeared the fair

First Line:
Ah what avails how once appeared the fair
Last Line:
And thank their Gods that they were never whores
DMI number:
36064

4. Against our bishops Henley raves

First Line:
Against our bishops Henley raves
Last Line:
A man to good behaviour
DMI number:
11075

5. Apollo concerned to see the transgressions

First Line:
Apollo concerned to see the transgressions
Last Line:
And left them together by the ears for the bays
DMI number:
3671

6. As mariners that in a storm are tossed

First Line:
As mariners that in a storm are tossed
Last Line:
And all obediently her power own
DMI number:
10915

7. As the bishop of Salzburg rode through a small town

First Line:
As the bishop of Salzburg rode through a small town
Last Line:
Where would the good bishop be then
DMI number:
11085

8. At Marlborough inn obliged to stop

First Line:
At Marlborough inn obliged to stop
Last Line:
Between death and destruction
DMI number:
31368

9. By various paths the great ascend

First Line:
By various paths the great ascend
Last Line:
Restrained from fight he durst resign
DMI number:
18325

10. Britannia was sick for a doctor they sent

First Line:
Britannia was sick for a doctor they sent
Last Line:
And the patient be heard of no more
DMI number:
38123

11. Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise

First Line:
Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise
Last Line:
Beg bread of your presbytery
DMI number:
43051

12. Dear charmer born to captivate

First Line:
Dear charmer born to captivate
Last Line:
May be a slut a scold and fool
DMI number:
17922

13. Deluded men these holds forego

First Line:
Deluded men these holds forego
Last Line:
The jockeys that will ride you
DMI number:
20838

14. Down genius down nor let one glimmering spark

First Line:
Down genius down nor let one glimmering spark
Last Line:
Your praise I scorn your censure O my eye | Betty Martin
DMI number:
26800

15. Delia thou dear coquette attend

First Line:
Delia thou dear coquette attend
Last Line:
And on that bosom to expire
DMI number:
33264

16. For God's sake nay dear sir

First Line:
For God's sake nay dear sir
Last Line:
Then perhaps I may bless you
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16963

17. Hearken you drunken Jacobite sots

First Line:
Hearken you drunken Jacobite sots
Last Line:
If you fight for a run away king
DMI number:
12027

18. Have ye never seen a net

First Line:
Have ye never seen a net
Last Line:
Can he love a walking kitchen
DMI number:
31383

19. How cruel was Alonzo's fate

First Line:
How cruel was Alonzo's fate
Last Line:
What can be innocence
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3807

20. Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles

First Line:
Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles
Last Line:
And raising civil war
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4874

21. How senselessly dull is the priest

First Line:
How senselessly dull is the priest
Last Line:
And sunk with the weight of his club
DMI number:
11291

22. Illustrious Bladud best of kings

First Line:
Illustrious Bladud best of kings
Last Line:
Can teach the guilty to forget
DMI number:
33622

23. In good King Edgar's days we read

First Line:
In good King Edgar's days we read
Last Line:
Let him do what he will
DMI number:
18162

24. In grey haired Celia's withered arms

First Line:
In grey haired Celia's withered arms
Last Line:
Te deum sing in quiet
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4836

25. In Oxford bards there are most sad ones

First Line:
In Oxford bards there are most sad ones
Last Line:
And stamping damns the revolution
DMI number:
12010

26. Is this the wondrous matchless fair

First Line:
Is this the wondrous matchless fair
Last Line:
Than Sol's or Cynthia's nobler light
DMI number:
6387

27. Judge not in haste but wait and see

First Line:
Judge not in haste but wait and see
Last Line:
If not why then's the time to hiss
DMI number:
31124

28. Jack reckons up the A-----ls we have

First Line:
Jack reckons up the A-----ls we have
Last Line:
But twice as many cowards are too few
DMI number:
19837

29. Let there be light the Almighty said

First Line:
Let there be light the Almighty said
Last Line:
He ever received from heaven
DMI number:
16950

30. I sent for Radcliffe was so ill

First Line:
I sent for Radcliffe was so ill
Last Line:
I died last night of my physician
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12185

31. I pray god bless our gracious Queen

First Line:
I pray god bless our gracious Queen
Last Line:
Awake o Queen awake
DMI number:
13248

32. I now have an ambition

First Line:
I now have an ambition
Last Line:
Thus fell John Duke of Marlborough
DMI number:
13408

33. I know the thing that's most uncommon

First Line:
I know the thing that's most uncommon
Last Line:
The woman's deaf and does not hear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13493

34. I'll tell you a story now listen and hear

First Line:
I'll tell you a story now listen and hear
Last Line:
To taste of the halter they are fully bent | Rebellious Jacobites nonjuring Jacobites | Perjured Jacobites all
DMI number:
12028

35. If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm

First Line:
If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm
Last Line:
Tis folly's self we hear
DMI number:
8269

36. 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

37. Myrtilla loved by every swain

First Line:
Myrtilla loved by every swain
Last Line:
We smother in the mire
DMI number:
8911

38. No more my friend of vain applause

First Line:
No more my friend of vain applause
Last Line:
I fear you'll see the right on it
DMI number:
31353

39. Pallas grew vapourish once and odd

First Line:
Pallas grew vapourish once and odd
Last Line:
Between John Overton and you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13491

40. One evening Prancer tired at home

First Line:
One evening Prancer tired at home
Last Line:
Of what has passed let nought be said on it
DMI number:
37762

41. Pressed with a sense of gratitude

First Line:
Pressed with a sense of gratitude
Last Line:
For twill irradiate british ground
DMI number:
31150

42. Polly in making of her tour

First Line:
Polly in making of her tour
Last Line:
Are nothing to a purse
DMI number:
11045

43. Peter complains that god has given

First Line:
Peter complains that god has given
Last Line:
Tis good to have a friend at court
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13474

44. Phillips to thy lament shade

First Line:
Phillips to thy lament shade
Last Line:
But most of all from that of writing
DMI number:
12973

45. Say Jockey Lord adventurous maccaroni

First Line:
Say Jockey Lord adventurous maccaroni
Last Line:
Was double distanced by his own postillion
DMI number:
33107

46. Quoth Dick to Tom this act appears

First Line:
Quoth Dick to Tom this act appears
Last Line:
A kingdom than a wife
DMI number:
33872

47. R H they say is gone to sea

First Line:
R H they say is gone to sea
Last Line:
That wears a roman nose
DMI number:
3674

48. R H they say is gone to see

First Line:
R H they say is gone to see
Last Line:
The plot is still a driving
DMI number:
42311

49. Reason thou vain impertinence

First Line:
Reason thou vain impertinence
Last Line:
From which by reason we're confined
DMI number:
6921

50. Selinda sure's the brightest thing

First Line:
Selinda sure's the brightest thing
Last Line:
Dull and insipid to the smell
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11342