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1. A famous critic called the man of taste

First Line:
A famous critic called the man of taste
Last Line:
And a damned Abigail as the critic thought it
DMI number:
24717

2. A fortnight past and something more

First Line:
A fortnight past and something more
Last Line:
The spring alas is dry
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
34443

3. A gaudy rainbow vivid gay

First Line:
A gaudy rainbow vivid gay
Last Line:
Himself replaced upon dry ground
DMI number:
33325

4. A band of cupids the other day

First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Last Line:
Who's station's now the best
DMI number:
33964

5. A beauteous face fine shape engaging air

First Line:
A beauteous face fine shape engaging air
Last Line:
Your voice has finished what your eyes begun
DMI number:
42616

6. A constancy in love I'll prize

First Line:
A constancy in love I'll prize
Last Line:
He brings a thousand more
DMI number:
43227

7. A crimson blush her beauteous face overspread

First Line:
A crimson blush her beauteous face overspread
Last Line:
Or lillies damasked by the neighbouring rose
DMI number:
39306

8. A Grecian dame is thus complete

First Line:
A Grecian dame is thus complete
Last Line:
In love they find the deeper sport
DMI number:
10672

9. A juster present sure was never made

First Line:
A juster present sure was never made
Last Line:
They better write of love I better love
DMI number:
43625

10. A nymph of every charm possessed

First Line:
A nymph of every charm possessed
Last Line:
A more refulgent light
DMI number:
37870

11. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:
A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:
These underplotters countermine
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15363

12. A thoughtful druid on the green

First Line:
A thoughtful druid on the green
Last Line:
And darkness takes the place of day
DMI number:
24376

13. A thousand charms if Lesbia boast

First Line:
A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
Last Line:
Or cool this glowing heart of mine
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
21076

14. A maiden fair I dare not wed

First Line:
A maiden fair I dare not wed
Last Line:
Some faults remain among them all
DMI number:
43993

15. A shape alone let others prize

First Line:
A shape alone let others prize
Last Line:
And read them perfect there
Author:
Mark Akenside (Confident)
DMI number:
36938

16. A star indeed unrivalled in renown

First Line:
A star indeed unrivalled in renown
Last Line:
A D - ney's portrait with an angel's face
DMI number:
21734

17. A venerable aspect

First Line:
A venerable aspect
Last Line:
Of virtue truth well tried and wise experience
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19317

18. A Venus and Diana mixed in one

First Line:
A Venus and Diana mixed in one
Last Line:
Tis praise enough that none enough can praise her
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
17269

19. A lavish planet reigned when she was born

First Line:
A lavish planet reigned when she was born
Last Line:
And seems more heaven's than ours
DMI number:
14261

20. A look so sweet

First Line:
A look so sweet
Last Line:
As might disarm even death
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
19311

21. A lovely form so permanently fair

First Line:
A lovely form so permanently fair
Last Line:
By soft degrees decayed into a saint
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Confident)
DMI number:
23446

22. A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle

First Line:
A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle
Last Line:
Shall sing to Thomasia their queen
DMI number:
25015

23. A lowly swain loved a proud nymph in vain

First Line:
A lowly swain loved a proud nymph in vain
Last Line:
Some gentler nymph who'll not your love refuse
DMI number:
43562

24. Ah happy flower pride of all

First Line:
Ah happy flower pride of all
Last Line:
Forbids the approaches of the sun
DMI number:
43381

25. Ah happy mask that often lies

First Line:
Ah happy mask that often lies
Last Line:
And all the blissful scene display
DMI number:
6512

26. Ah heavens how she stinks her body's tainted

First Line:
Ah heavens how she stinks her body's tainted
Last Line:
Esteemed by none abhored by all mankind
DMI number:
26567

27. Ah how her picture charms the eager sight

First Line:
Ah how her picture charms the eager sight
Last Line:
When from his glorious bed the mounting sun comes on
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10562

28. Ah love ah beauty both how frail

First Line:
Ah love ah beauty both how frail
Last Line:
He her true human flesh and blood
DMI number:
19802

29. Ah my fair boy trust not thy hue too much

First Line:
Ah my fair boy trust not thy hue too much
Last Line:
All be they white yet shed they as they stand
DMI number:
44509

30. Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed

First Line:
Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed
Last Line:
And taste the earnest of eternity
DMI number:
44383

31. Accept these lines my brother and my friend

First Line:
Accept these lines my brother and my friend
Last Line:
And to each thought celestial requiems sing
DMI number:
35407

32. Alas more hours are spent in pleasure

First Line:
Alas more hours are spent in pleasure
Last Line:
So too much beauty makes a w--re
DMI number:
36824

33. Affable courteous witty and discreet

First Line:
Affable courteous witty and discreet
Last Line:
But proves a victim to her conquering eyes
DMI number:
10972

34. After each skilful touch and every grace

First Line:
After each skilful touch and every grace
Last Line:
Never his own picture more exactly drew
DMI number:
16740

35. After them Damon piping came

First Line:
After them Damon piping came
Last Line:
He's still the soul of the company
DMI number:
43676

36. Ah Amarillis far more beautiful

First Line:
Ah Amarillis far more beautiful
Last Line:
Shall speak and tell thee that love's martyr dies
DMI number:
22695

37. Ah Celia where are now the charms

First Line:
Ah Celia where are now the charms
Last Line:
Or she has not a heart like thine
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6679

38. Ah Celia Why so fiercely bent

First Line:
Ah Celia Why so fiercely bent
Last Line:
Behold it in my Heart
DMI number:
43211

39. Ah Chloris could I now but sit

First Line:
Ah Chloris could I now but sit
Last Line:
To make a beauty she
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
643

40. Ah Chloris that I now could sit

First Line:
Ah Chloris that I now could sit
Last Line:
What fortune they must see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
44001

41. Ah Cloris that I now could sit

First Line:
Ah Cloris that I now could sit
Last Line:
What fortune they must see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
42534

42. Ah cruel glass didst thou not see

First Line:
Ah cruel glass didst thou not see
Last Line:
Is no dishonoured victory
DMI number:
42295

43. Ah cruel hand that could such power employ

First Line:
Ah cruel hand that could such power employ
Last Line:
A blaze of glory and a flood of day
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7429

44. Ah cruel hand that could such power employ

First Line:
Ah cruel hand that could such power employ
Last Line:
A deluge of inimitable day
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
32347

45. A wight whose name was Tyndar

First Line:
A wight whose name was Tyndar
Last Line:
Have neither nose nor eye
DMI number:
43772

46. All hearts alike all faces cannot move

First Line:
All hearts alike all faces cannot move
Last Line:
No more than jet the trembling needle draw
DMI number:
14239

47. All human satisfaction springs

First Line:
All human satisfaction springs
Last Line:
That all is outside all is show
DMI number:
25020

48. All nature's work in F--k does appear

First Line:
All nature's work in F--k does appear
Last Line:
Seems unregarded by herself alone
DMI number:
10976

49. All own the young Sylv'a is fatally fair

First Line:
All own the young Sylv'a is fatally fair
Last Line:
By a Je ne say Je ne say quoy
DMI number:
44433

50. All pensive and sad and as grave as a cat

First Line:
All pensive and sad and as grave as a cat
Last Line:
That's once smit with the charms of Miss F-r
DMI number:
19880

51. And wilt thou Romeo still maintain

First Line:
And wilt thou Romeo still maintain
Last Line:
The pencil muse and lyre
DMI number:
32280

52. Apelles once took paint and pencil in hand

First Line:
Apelles once took paint and pencil in hand
Last Line:
That I ever should forget thus now I think on't tis Kitty
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10605

53. Apelles-like when nature did thee make

First Line:
Apelles-like when nature did thee make
Last Line:
I consecrate these lines in thankful duty
DMI number:
43724

54. Apollo hence thy aid I do refuse

First Line:
Apollo hence thy aid I do refuse
Last Line:
Till death's cold hand shall teach thee to submit
DMI number:
42217

55. Apollo's fabled aid I scorn

First Line:
Apollo's fabled aid I scorn
Last Line:
I now implore for mine
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
37506

56. Ancient Phyllis has young graces

First Line:
Ancient Phyllis has young graces
Last Line:
Where's the wonder now
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
12227

57. Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace

First Line:
Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace
Last Line:
Whilst she is but the cypher of the ring
DMI number:
12374

58. Amoret the milky way

First Line:
Amoret the milky way
Last Line:
And powerful too as either god
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
23597

59. An amorous little swain

First Line:
An amorous little swain
Last Line:
Alas he loved alas he loved a cruel fair chorus
DMI number:
43576

60. All several beauties colours airs and grace

First Line:
All several beauties colours airs and grace
Last Line:
Young and yet wise the wonder of her kind
DMI number:
42216

61. All the materials are the same

First Line:
All the materials are the same
Last Line:
Then would be thought both chaste and fair
DMI number:
43886

62. All things move forward with a prosperous breeze

First Line:
All things move forward with a prosperous breeze
Last Line:
The conquering beauty or the conquering sword
DMI number:
42688

63. And do like to the twins of cupid's mother

First Line:
And do like to the twins of cupid's mother
Last Line:
Still kiss because in love with one another
DMI number:
6871

64. And gave his rolling eyes a sparkling grace

First Line:
And gave his rolling eyes a sparkling grace
Last Line:
And breathed a youthful vigour on his face
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37089

65. All you beauties and attractions

First Line:
All you beauties and attractions
Last Line:
I for ever bid adieu
DMI number:
43610

66. All you that women love

First Line:
All you that women love
Last Line:
Their skins are made of felt
DMI number:
43302

67. As lamps burn silent with unconscious light

First Line:
As lamps burn silent with unconscious light
Last Line:
And she who means no mischief does it all
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24817

68. As the sweet sweat of roses in a still

First Line:
As the sweet sweat of roses in a still
Last Line:
She and comparisons are odious
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9169

69. As through the woods Panthea strayed

First Line:
As through the woods Panthea strayed
Last Line:
Unerring to the fair one's heart
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11361

70. As walking forth to view the plain

First Line:
As walking forth to view the plain
Last Line:
And grant me Katharine Ogie
DMI number:
24068

71. As wandering wretches who devoid of sight

First Line:
As wandering wretches who devoid of sight
Last Line:
And taught me what was pleasure what was pain
DMI number:
12872

72. As plays the sun upon the glassy stream

First Line:
As plays the sun upon the glassy stream
Last Line:
So seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13673

73. As fair as winter stars or summer setting suns

First Line:
As fair as winter stars or summer setting suns
DMI number:
39545

74. Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more

First Line:
Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more
Last Line:
Least when you swear again you strike me blind
DMI number:
43407

75. As Bathian Venus the other day

First Line:
As Bathian Venus the other day
Last Line:
Had still worn Betty Dalston's face
Author:
Henry Fielding (Absolute)
DMI number:
27770

76. As by a river side I passed

First Line:
As by a river side I passed
Last Line:
Rifled her virgin store
DMI number:
42669

77. Art here is useless nature decks her face

First Line:
Art here is useless nature decks her face
Last Line:
All things conspire to give your fame its due
DMI number:
44387

78. Art thou then absent oh thou dear

First Line:
Art thou then absent oh thou dear
Last Line:
To be pursued by such a charming sprite
DMI number:
43531

79. As an ant of his talents superiorly vain

First Line:
As an ant of his talents superiorly vain
Last Line:
May soar above those that oppressed him tomorrow
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
33296

80. As at Troy

First Line:
As at Troy
Last Line:
More than the loss of life or victory
DMI number:
14253

81. As in the fair wide-spreading plain

First Line:
As in the fair wide-spreading plain
Last Line:
These stars shall rule the world below
DMI number:
18830

82. As in those nations where they yet adore

First Line:
As in those nations where they yet adore
Last Line:
Beauty a raging plague if never kind
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6286

83. At all the places of resort

First Line:
At all the places of resort
Last Line:
And turn her lover's joy to pain
DMI number:
10892

84. At beauty's bar as I did stand

First Line:
At beauty's bar as I did stand
Last Line:
At her command when she doth call
Author:
George Gascoigne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13158

85. At length fair Venus to famed Priaulx yield

First Line:
At length fair Venus to famed Priaulx yield
Last Line:
But this hurls real thunder at his boys
DMI number:
6435

86. At length in Selima I find

First Line:
At length in Selima I find
Last Line:
In Barber's paint or Damon's lays
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21949

87. At once the sun and Carlisle took their way

First Line:
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
Last Line:
Their virtue he their beauty she bestowed
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12380

88. As when a conqueror does in triumph come

First Line:
As when a conqueror does in triumph come
Last Line:
And own a soul as great as you are fair
DMI number:
43686

89. As when a monarch does in triumph come

First Line:
As when a monarch does in triumph come
Last Line:
As great if that can be as you are fair
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
6179

90. As when our eyes fixed on some royal seat

First Line:
As when our eyes fixed on some royal seat
Last Line:
To make thee queen of rivers as before
DMI number:
8045

91. Awake my fair the morning springs

First Line:
Awake my fair the morning springs
Last Line:
And beauties of the soul
Author:
James Barclay (Absolute)
DMI number:
32582

92. Attend ye fair while I impart

First Line:
Attend ye fair while I impart
Last Line:
Would you be fair be good
DMI number:
35202

93. Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise

First Line:
Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise
Last Line:
Such is his verse 'twill melt him into love
DMI number:
12009

94. Attend ye virgins that in heaven have birth

First Line:
Attend ye virgins that in heaven have birth
Last Line:
And if she asks who sent you say twas I
DMI number:
24344

95. Auspicious health appeared on zephyr's wing

First Line:
Auspicious health appeared on zephyr's wing
Last Line:
Find ease in chains or anguish in a crown
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29846

96. As with a friend on Sunday last

First Line:
As with a friend on Sunday last
Last Line:
And then my wonder ceased
DMI number:
26776

97. Ask me no longer whither stray

First Line:
Ask me no longer whither stray
Last Line:
Fixed become as in their sphere
DMI number:
11214

98. Ask me no more whether do stray

First Line:
Ask me no more whether do stray
Last Line:
And in thy fragrant bosom dies
DMI number:
44110

99. Ask not sweet innocence what grace

First Line:
Ask not sweet innocence what grace
Last Line:
And praised the beauty she bestowed
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35210

100. Aspasia Laura lovely pair

First Line:
Aspasia Laura lovely pair
Last Line:
Whom pomp and vanity surround
DMI number:
31597