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151.
Bards great and little cease your wrath
First Line:
Bards great and little cease your wrath
Last Line:
But on the E---- has turned his back
DMI number:
21764
152.
Be wise as Ad------n as Br------ne be brave
First Line:
Be wise as Ad------n as Br------ne be brave
Last Line:
Should only make them for this triumph fit
DMI number:
5890
153.
Bear and forbear thus preach the stoic sages
First Line:
Bear and forbear thus preach the stoic sages
Last Line:
Sappho will neither bear nor yet forbear
DMI number:
33363
154.
Bedlam fare bless thee thou wants nought but wit
First Line:
Bedlam fare bless thee thou wants nought but wit
Last Line:
Nothing but money here gets liberty
DMI number:
43767
155.
Before Bohemian Anne was queen
First Line:
Before Bohemian Anne was queen
Last Line:
While only those who will need pay
DMI number:
20422
156.
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
157.
Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late
First Line:
Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late
Last Line:
He managed the cause as he did the sea fight
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5429
158.
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
159.
Bless us how silent is the noisy gown
First Line:
Bless us how silent is the noisy gown
Last Line:
And a vacation wish throughout the year
DMI number:
10646
160.
Brave man the sacrifice of female spite
First Line:
Brave man the sacrifice of female spite
Last Line:
Ere some foul sin your nauseous corpse consume
Author:
Aphra Behn (Speculation)
DMI number:
5508
161.
Bred up by parents' arbitrary rules
First Line:
Bred up by parents' arbitrary rules
Last Line:
True martyr to the cause rots stinks and dies
DMI number:
11161
162.
Bright Cynthia scorns
First Line:
Bright Cynthia scorns
Last Line:
Was always a friend to the night
DMI number:
42466
163.
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
First Line:
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:
3865
164.
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
First Line:
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:
6496
165.
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
The middle is the lawyer's fee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30617
166.
Bold thy attempt in these hard times to raise
First Line:
Bold thy attempt in these hard times to raise
Last Line:
And in one single line of Virgil's live
Author:
James Drake (Absolute)
DMI number:
3760
167.
Bold thy attempt let truth and friendship speak
First Line:
Bold thy attempt let truth and friendship speak
Last Line:
And there thou'lt let 'em lie if thou art wise
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3617
168.
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
169.
C------ at this time having no need
First Line:
C------ at this time having no need
Last Line:
The lord's vexation and the k---- by G-d
DMI number:
42310
170.
Calm was the sea and silent was the night
First Line:
Calm was the sea and silent was the night
Last Line:
And springing to the cliff put on her clothes
DMI number:
33831
171.
Can we succeed by wishing tis a jest
First Line:
Can we succeed by wishing tis a jest
Last Line:
The greatest bar to happiness is pride
DMI number:
22098
172.
Can weave fine cobwebs fit for skull
First Line:
Can weave fine cobwebs fit for skull
Last Line:
When they throw out and miss the matter
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5648
173.
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
First Line:
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
Last Line:
With far more fame thanks to your scribbling lies
DMI number:
43110
174.
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
175.
By my monarch's command I have taken pen and ink
First Line:
By my monarch's command I have taken pen and ink
Last Line:
Good subjects to cherish and traitors control
DMI number:
19874
176.
By nature meant by want a pedant made
First Line:
By nature meant by want a pedant made
Last Line:
A gift which all thy lines can never give
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3629
177.
By nature meant by want a pedant made
First Line:
By nature meant by want a pedant made
Last Line:
To give us drenches for the plague of wit
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:
3729
178.
By Ovid amongst many more wonders we're told
First Line:
By Ovid amongst many more wonders we're told
Last Line:
Now there's meat without grace where was grace without meat | Derry down &c
Author:
Paul Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
19529
179.
Bufo it seems aloud complains
First Line:
Bufo it seems aloud complains
Last Line:
Thy look's an insult on mankind
DMI number:
35810
180.
Bufo whose pride disdains to give attention
First Line:
Bufo whose pride disdains to give attention
Last Line:
A scholar is as great a fool as you
DMI number:
33354
181.
Bufo whose pride disdains to give attention
First Line:
Bufo whose pride disdains to give attention
Last Line:
How just is thy antipathy to learning
DMI number:
35809
182.
By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first
First Line:
By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first
Last Line:
Or to betray or else to countermine
DMI number:
12569
183.
But I must write or burst my gall overflows
First Line:
But I must write or burst my gall overflows
Last Line:
Who whispers smut to thy consenting ear
DMI number:
22420
184.
But marriage is a yoke the better still
First Line:
But marriage is a yoke the better still
Last Line:
And never is he so free but when in chains
DMI number:
39952
185.
But now oh what a falling off was there
First Line:
But now oh what a falling off was there
Last Line:
And on the isle of Bute is drove ashore
DMI number:
31158
186.
But since it was lately enacted high treason
First Line:
But since it was lately enacted high treason
Last Line:
And the quart pots shall be buckets to quench them
DMI number:
43079
187.
But such and only such who do disgrace
First Line:
But such and only such who do disgrace
Last Line:
When very shepherds dare debauch their sheep
DMI number:
6934
188.
Britain now sing for joy of your king
First Line:
Britain now sing for joy of your king
Last Line:
Who settled our consitution
DMI number:
11908
189.
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
190.
Cease Caleb cease in milder terms rebuke
First Line:
Cease Caleb cease in milder terms rebuke
Last Line:
To gibe at felons or reflect on fools
DMI number:
11102
191.
Chaste pious prudent C- the second
First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C- the second
Last Line:
Became their curse and punishment
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
15815
192.
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3653
193.
Chatham's a title steadfast Pitt remains
First Line:
Chatham's a title steadfast Pitt remains
Last Line:
But tears forbids my willing pen to write
DMI number:
31131
194.
Chloe fell sick do you know why
First Line:
Chloe fell sick do you know why
Last Line:
She had her ends and so recovered
DMI number:
17677
195.
Chloe the vainest ficklest thing in life
First Line:
Chloe the vainest ficklest thing in life
Last Line:
Which shows the coquet may be caught at last
DMI number:
15205
196.
Come painter take a prospect from this hill
First Line:
Come painter take a prospect from this hill
Last Line:
Kneel to this image and pour out their prayers | And then die by suffocation
Author:
John Partridge (Confident)
DMI number:
42328
197.
Come painter you and I you know dare do
First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823
198.
Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
First Line:
Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse
Last Line:
To herd with Perrin and Liniere
DMI number:
8983
199.
Charmed with the empty found of pompous words
First Line:
Charmed with the empty found of pompous words
Last Line:
May you seem happy whilst I'm really so
DMI number:
33297
200.
Chloe to Chloe's foibles somewhat blind
First Line:
Chloe to Chloe's foibles somewhat blind
Last Line:
Nay for a crab your paradise had lost
DMI number:
33364
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