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1. A fox a fox up gallants to the field

First Line:
A fox a fox up gallants to the field
Last Line:
May echo forth the hunting of the fox
DMI number:
42926

2. A ballet a ballet let every poet

First Line:
A ballet a ballet let every poet
Last Line:
The devil will fetch you all one of these days | Oh women &c
DMI number:
42491

3. A negro I though born in northern climes

First Line:
A negro I though born in northern climes
Last Line:
And then in iron cage like Bajazet I die
DMI number:
15266

4. A negro I though sprung from northern climes

First Line:
A negro I though sprung from northern climes
Last Line:
And in an iron cage like Bajazet I die
DMI number:
26701

5. A story should to please at least seem true

First Line:
A story should to please at least seem true
Last Line:
In vain the forced half smile to keep alive
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30895

6. A strange amphibious creature I

First Line:
A strange amphibious creature I
Last Line:
Had as little wit as you
DMI number:
15166

7. A tablet stood of that abstersive tree

First Line:
A tablet stood of that abstersive tree
Last Line:
Nor rudely skips over bishops heads like knights
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4697

8. A pox of this fooling and plotting of late

First Line:
A pox of this fooling and plotting of late
Last Line:
This is the profession that never will alter
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
13259

9. A singing bard wore once a dangerous sword

First Line:
A singing bard wore once a dangerous sword
Last Line:
By placing in Toledo's room a fiddle stick
DMI number:
7466

10. A small beer butler and a knight

First Line:
A small beer butler and a knight
Last Line:
No not to be Sir Oliver
DMI number:
18002

11. A richer jewel than the gems that shine

First Line:
A richer jewel than the gems that shine
Last Line:
And earn from Miller's hand the laurelled prize
DMI number:
35549

12. A sage philosopher called Ned

First Line:
A sage philosopher called Ned
Last Line:
And each diversion has its season
DMI number:
19777

13. A turbulent monster as ever was created

First Line:
A turbulent monster as ever was created
Last Line:
He at last saved his bacon and broke all his chains
DMI number:
5051

14. A very pretty fancy and brave gallante show

First Line:
A very pretty fancy and brave gallante show
Last Line:
So prodigious entertainment vil never be dis tousand year
DMI number:
23779

15. A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast

First Line:
A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast
Last Line:
But tired with the relation I'll give over
DMI number:
43070

16. A week before all hands do brandish

First Line:
A week before all hands do brandish
Last Line:
The wit abounding at Batheaston
DMI number:
35490

17. All gloomy thoughts and pining care

First Line:
All gloomy thoughts and pining care
Last Line:
In sacred harmony combine
DMI number:
21069

18. All hail bright beams that usher in the morn

First Line:
All hail bright beams that usher in the morn
Last Line:
For ever loving and for ever loved
DMI number:
15429

19. All hail to the days that merit more praise

First Line:
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Last Line:
And wholly concert with mirth and with sport | To drive the cold winter away | To drive &c
DMI number:
11233

20. Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy

First Line:
Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy
Last Line:
And swiftly fly to thy Sulpitia's arms
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
10007

21. Al maner mynstralcye

First Line:
Al maner mynstralcye
Last Line:
Lowde shall mys and doucettes
DMI number:
38473

22. Ah dear Clarinda we are undone

First Line:
Ah dear Clarinda we are undone
Last Line:
Say was I much to blame
DMI number:
33581

23. All in the late great winter snow

First Line:
All in the late great winter snow
Last Line:
A captive for his dinner
DMI number:
3078

24. All people languages and nations

First Line:
All people languages and nations
Last Line:
That made my lord the happiest of peers
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33269

25. Among the wonders of our times this night

First Line:
Among the wonders of our times this night
Last Line:
And yours are all the blanks and theirs the prizes
Author:
William Taverner (Speculation)
DMI number:
8329

26. An almanac came forth of late

First Line:
An almanac came forth of late
Last Line:
Yet there's another name belongs to me
DMI number:
15274

27. And how and how hast thou cried quittance

First Line:
And how and how hast thou cried quittance
Last Line:
Good morrow that's the time of the day
Author:
James Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:
42492

28. All you that would

First Line:
All you that would
Last Line:
I can't at Ballyspelling
Author:
Thomas Sheridan (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Confident)
DMI number:
1787

29. Although I am of little worth

First Line:
Although I am of little worth
Last Line:
Which oath your father can't well take from you
DMI number:
15307

30. Amidst the pleasures that attend

First Line:
Amidst the pleasures that attend
Last Line:
Who am your servant and your friend
DMI number:
33842

31. As late at W------ it fell out

First Line:
As late at W------ it fell out
Last Line:
Who loves a fool or trusts a bear
DMI number:
19478

32. As long as Moco's happy tree shall grow

First Line:
As long as Moco's happy tree shall grow
Last Line:
So long her honour name and praise shall last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
15572

33. As mortals languish when the rays of light

First Line:
As mortals languish when the rays of light
Last Line:
With angels whom in charms she equalled here
DMI number:
22063

34. As the fund of our pleasure let each pay his shot

First Line:
As the fund of our pleasure let each pay his shot
Last Line:
To make any guilty by drinking good wine
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Confident)
DMI number:
3977

35. As the vexed tyrant when for blood designed

First Line:
As the vexed tyrant when for blood designed
Last Line:
And where you placed 'em there they rooted stand
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5819

36. As we went wandering all the night

First Line:
As we went wandering all the night
Last Line:
And we liked our humour &c
DMI number:
44140

37. As Celia with her catcher played

First Line:
As Celia with her catcher played
Last Line:
With two than you can do with one
DMI number:
17917

38. As christmas gambols are our theme

First Line:
As christmas gambols are our theme
Last Line:
The master of the gambol
DMI number:
35618

39. As in that web Amynta tries

First Line:
As in that web Amynta tries
Last Line:
Whilst ice and winter's in her heart
DMI number:
5089

40. At Christmas men do always ivy get

First Line:
At Christmas men do always ivy get
Last Line:
Because they mean then Bacchus-like to feed
DMI number:
43718

41. At eight in the morn from my pillow I rear

First Line:
At eight in the morn from my pillow I rear
Last Line:
I'll even send for Waltz your great musical calf
DMI number:
18817

42. At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head

First Line:
At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head
Last Line:
Did seem to me by much the wiser creature
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2177

43. At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head

First Line:
At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head
Last Line:
Of reason void are so of foppery
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
6594

44. At last the grateful muse presumes to send

First Line:
At last the grateful muse presumes to send
Last Line:
As could not come from any but from you
DMI number:
6570

45. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:
At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:
Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:
12624

46. At the great theatrical booth called Lee and Harper's

First Line:
At the great theatrical booth called Lee and Harper's
Last Line:
At one or the other end will find a vent
DMI number:
3073

47. At Tunbridge Wells the like sure never was known

First Line:
At Tunbridge Wells the like sure never was known
Last Line:
Round the sweet rose but shun the insipid beet
DMI number:
15343

48. At Winchester was a wedding

First Line:
At Winchester was a wedding
Last Line:
That so did return again
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
2605

49. Attend brother Bucks and I'll tell you a story

First Line:
Attend brother Bucks and I'll tell you a story
Last Line:
Sing Bucks were so blessed they'd to heaven no more
DMI number:
32208

50. Attend to my song all ye gay and ye great

First Line:
Attend to my song all ye gay and ye great
Last Line:
Midst thankless Bathonians eighty thousand a year
DMI number:
31658