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1. A famous assembly was summoned of late

First Line:
A famous assembly was summoned of late
Last Line:
But vowed that till then he never heard of his name
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12304

2. A formidable figure black as night

First Line:
A formidable figure black as night
Last Line:
Exceeding fierce but destitute of sight
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5617

3. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931

4. A goose in the oven no sir tis a slander

First Line:
A goose in the oven no sir tis a slander
Last Line:
As fools will be peeping who thrust your head there
DMI number:
30591

5. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
And find us paper while you make us Shite
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6312

6. A certain free familiar spark

First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539

7. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3730

8. A harlequin p-v-st cognomine prancer

First Line:
A harlequin p-v-st cognomine prancer
Last Line:
For who knows so much as our head of the c-ge
DMI number:
37743

9. A humorous fellow in a tavern late

First Line:
A humorous fellow in a tavern late
Last Line:
When I began this brawl I had no brains
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
16101

10. A justice walking over the frozen Thames

First Line:
A justice walking over the frozen Thames
Last Line:
I prithee help me over on thy back
DMI number:
13071

11. A monument of dullness to erect

First Line:
A monument of dullness to erect
Last Line:
To pare excrescencies from Bl-----re's wit
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:
3734

12. A mastiff's teeth are justly held in vogue

First Line:
A mastiff's teeth are justly held in vogue
Last Line:
Too rough to polish and too blunt to bite
DMI number:
15973

13. A pert young daw tricked up with various plumes

First Line:
A pert young daw tricked up with various plumes
Last Line:
To us thy impudence alone is new
DMI number:
3022

14. A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried

First Line:
A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried
Last Line:
My papers may but thou canst never be spoiled
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3579

15. A welshman from his hills come down

First Line:
A welshman from his hills come down
Last Line:
Though sprinkled but by P----- makes M------ flow
DMI number:
4419

16. A late epistle having chose

First Line:
A late epistle having chose
Last Line:
For every booby that can write
DMI number:
19786

17. 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

18. Accept a miracle instead of wit

First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
33960

19. Accept great sir on your triumphant day

First Line:
Accept great sir on your triumphant day
Last Line:
Than ever when full the reprobate before
DMI number:
12976

20. Accept o Cibber the adventurous lay

First Line:
Accept o Cibber the adventurous lay
Last Line:
Give the poet then some ale | Ale
Author:
Stephen Duck (Speculation)
DMI number:
1863