Blacklight

Search Constraints

Start Over
You searched for: Content type Poem Remove constraint Content type: Poem Poem Theme Dunces Remove constraint Poem Theme: Dunces Related People Not attributed Remove constraint Related People: Not attributed
| 421 - 439 of 439 | Next »
Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Gallery

Search Results

421. Why sleeps your learned defence still kept in store

First Line:
Why sleeps your learned defence still kept in store
Last Line:
All that believe or write or speak like me
DMI number:
13003

422. Wonder not friend that Tutchin bawls so loud

First Line:
Wonder not friend that Tutchin bawls so loud
Last Line:
That empty vessels give the greatest sound
DMI number:
5316

423. Word valiant wight thou great he shrew

First Line:
Word valiant wight thou great he shrew
Last Line:
Thou art no man's foe or friend
DMI number:
30574

424. Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

First Line:
Ye little wits that gleamed awhile
Last Line:
And must to earth return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2763

425. Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

First Line:
Ye little wits that gleamed awhile
Last Line:
And shall to earth return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
30621

426. Ye lords and commons men of wit

First Line:
Ye lords and commons men of wit
Last Line:
Quoth Sandys into waste paper
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1972

427. Ye paltry scribblers fie for shame

First Line:
Ye paltry scribblers fie for shame
Last Line:
Where mention's made of Prancer
DMI number:
37766

428. You ask me C---y who appears the brighter

First Line:
You ask me C---y who appears the brighter
Last Line:
Which shows the hero in the writer's arse
DMI number:
2077

429. You ask me C--ll--y who appears the brighter

First Line:
You ask me C--ll--y who appears the brighter
Last Line:
Which shows the hero is the writer's ass
DMI number:
2961

430. You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes

First Line:
You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes
Last Line:
The jest is lost unless he prints his face
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2771

431. You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

First Line:
You beat your pate and fancy wit will come
Last Line:
Knock as you please there's nobody at home
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13475

432. You bid me take my pen again tis true

First Line:
You bid me take my pen again tis true
Last Line:
You need not scribble knight you're sure to live
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3590

433. Ye scoundrel old bards and a brace of dull knaves

First Line:
Ye scoundrel old bards and a brace of dull knaves
Last Line:
Or to quit Tate and Brady for Hopkins and Sternhold
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
12259

434. You rhymes appropriate can make

First Line:
You rhymes appropriate can make
Last Line:
To have been the theme of your song
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5547

435. Your book our old knight errants fame revives

First Line:
Your book our old knight errants fame revives
Last Line:
But yours at least will build half Paul's churchyard
Author:
Thomas Sprat (Absolute)
DMI number:
4786

436. Your fighting ass is a bully

First Line:
Your fighting ass is a bully
Last Line:
He only fools himself
DMI number:
25202

437. Your scholars want the whip I shan't demur

First Line:
Your scholars want the whip I shan't demur
Last Line:
But then I'm sure friend Charles you want the spur
DMI number:
15971

438. You'ave seen tonight the true mercurial scene

First Line:
You'ave seen tonight the true mercurial scene
Last Line:
The only Roman audience now alive
DMI number:
100

439. Zoilus tired with conning over

First Line:
Zoilus tired with conning over
Last Line:
Religiously he kept his oath
DMI number:
13044