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1. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:: A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:: Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25782

2. A grumbler full of discontent

First Line:: A grumbler full of discontent
Last Line:: A thousand smarts with shadowy woes
DMI number:: 33356

3. A handsome youth be sure you'll have

First Line:: A handsome youth be sure you'll have
Last Line:: That will thee wed my pretty Nan
DMI number:: 8186

4. A new year's ode God save the king

First Line:: A new year's ode God save the king
Last Line:: Which often serves him for a screen
DMI number:: 24552

5. A swain who had from time to time

First Line:: A swain who had from time to time
Last Line:: By those that set him on
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7974

6. A thousand six and sixty year

First Line:: A thousand six and sixty year
Last Line:: And brought this land to bale
DMI number:: 43747

7. A merry prognostication

First Line:: A merry prognostication
Last Line:: And well for to do as they have hitherto done
DMI number:: 23590

8. A pensy ant right trig and clean

First Line:: A pensy ant right trig and clean
Last Line:: In air while you're a creeping thing
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15370

9. A ship trimmed out in all the state of war

First Line:: A ship trimmed out in all the state of war
Last Line:: For you or for your mad parade
DMI number:: 26791

10. A son of Galen learned indeed

First Line:: A son of Galen learned indeed
Last Line:: In spite of that poor Colin died
DMI number:: 24336

11. A rich mind in a state indifferent

First Line:: A rich mind in a state indifferent
Last Line:: Would prove the better fortune
Author:: John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14799

12. A tyrant's growth

First Line:: A tyrant's growth
Last Line:: For whom all fear he justly feareth all
DMI number:: 41400

13. A lottery like a magic spell

First Line:: A lottery like a magic spell
Last Line:: She gives the highest prizes
DMI number:: 31965

14. A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair

First Line:: A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair
Last Line:: For still I'll court her image in my soul
DMI number:: 18209

15. Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be

First Line:: Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be
Last Line:: Could so slight all vicissitudes of fate
DMI number:: 43443

16. Ah me what is this mortal life I cried

First Line:: Ah me what is this mortal life I cried
Last Line:: But he alone is great who's truly good
Author:: Hew Dalrymple (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32507

17. Alike to all I fortune do appear

First Line:: Alike to all I fortune do appear
Last Line:: I make the poor to hope the rich to fear
DMI number:: 7870

18. All are not ill plots that do sometimes fail

First Line:: All are not ill plots that do sometimes fail
Last Line:: Nor those false vows which oft times don't prevail
DMI number:: 41228

19. Ah what advice can I receive

First Line:: Ah what advice can I receive
Last Line:: Of cutting through a flame
DMI number:: 44048

20. Afflictions sent from heaven without a cause

First Line:: Afflictions sent from heaven without a cause
Last Line:: Make bold mankind enquire into its laws
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20454

21. Ah fortune wilt thou never smile

First Line:: Ah fortune wilt thou never smile
Last Line:: And give to joy its noblest power
DMI number:: 38016

22. A youth a pupil of the town

First Line:: A youth a pupil of the town
Last Line:: That all was ordered for the best
Author:: William Wilkie (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32312

23. All men that in affairs themselves employ

First Line:: All men that in affairs themselves employ
Last Line:: For pleasure each she brings displeasures ten
DMI number:: 14786

24. All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell

First Line:: All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell
Last Line:: And talk familiar with the feathered race
DMI number:: 22713

25. All other creatures keep in beaten ways

First Line:: All other creatures keep in beaten ways
Last Line:: A trifle serves to lose him or to gain
Author:: Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30400

26. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:: Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:: With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37361

27. Angels preserve my dearest father's life

First Line:: Angels preserve my dearest father's life
Last Line:: Till good men wish him dead or I offend him
DMI number:: 14290

28. Apollo silenced long ago

First Line:: Apollo silenced long ago
Last Line:: Should prove the curse of womankind
DMI number:: 21971

29. An unseen hand makes all our moves

First Line:: An unseen hand makes all our moves
Last Line:: Figures alas of speech for destiny plays us all
DMI number:: 39559

30. Among the rest by fortune overthrown

First Line:: Among the rest by fortune overthrown
Last Line:: Beware by me that spent so ill her days
Author:: Thomas Churchyard (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13142

31. All she says and does I weigh

First Line:: All she says and does I weigh
Last Line:: Heaven can never come too soon
DMI number:: 20690

32. And hitherto doth love on fortune tend

First Line:: And hitherto doth love on fortune tend
Last Line:: Directly seasons him his enemy
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14818

33. And Hudibras who scorned to stoop

First Line:: And Hudibras who scorned to stoop
Last Line:: Is most admired and wondered at
Author:: Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5550

34. Almighty power whose boundless sway

First Line:: Almighty power whose boundless sway
Last Line:: And let the Gaul once more our vengeance feel
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26130

35. And therefore wert thou bred to virtuous knowledge

First Line:: And therefore wert thou bred to virtuous knowledge
Last Line:: Shall bow and bless thy fate and say the gods are just
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18885

36. And though the fortune of some age consents

First Line:: And though the fortune of some age consents
Last Line:: Make even that weakness sometimes well succeed
DMI number:: 41214

37. Amidst the various rubs of fate

First Line:: Amidst the various rubs of fate
Last Line:: Love must have lost and I had truly won
DMI number:: 5360

38. As it is proved by scholars of great fame

First Line:: As it is proved by scholars of great fame
Last Line:: His fortune can be only told by you
Author:: David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37492

39. As the eternal and omniscient mind

First Line:: As the eternal and omniscient mind
Last Line:: And from the ruin raise a fairer frame
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30908

40. As the unthought on accident is guilty

First Line:: As the unthought on accident is guilty
Last Line:: Of every wind that blows
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13282

41. As one condemned and ready to become

First Line:: As one condemned and ready to become
Last Line:: Like Tantalus midst plenty thus to starve
Author:: Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5139

42. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

First Line:: As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
Last Line:: Ireland will never again know cause of public grief or fear
DMI number:: 43182

43. As from some level country's sheltered ground

First Line:: As from some level country's sheltered ground
Last Line:: And crown the paths of piety with peace
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30911

44. As I am now so you must be

First Line:: As I am now so you must be
Last Line:: Prepare in time to follow me
DMI number:: 34218

45. As Cupid in his cradle lay

First Line:: As Cupid in his cradle lay
Last Line:: With frozen looks his kingdom shall destroy
DMI number:: 41788

46. As a kind mother with indulgent eye

First Line:: As a kind mother with indulgent eye
Last Line:: Seems to deny but in denying grants
Author:: Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23279

47. As a pine

First Line:: As a pine
Last Line:: And bear like thunder through their loudest tempests
Author:: John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14777

48. As amorous Corydon was laid

First Line:: As amorous Corydon was laid
Last Line:: But now a Criminal
DMI number:: 43472

49. As Ariana young and fair

First Line:: As Ariana young and fair
Last Line:: Let Strephon's only fate suffice
Author:: Charles Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3770

50. As swift as time put round the glass

First Line:: As swift as time put round the glass
Last Line:: For to be merry's to be wise
DMI number:: 20740

51. At length the winter's surly blasts are over

First Line:: At length the winter's surly blasts are over
Last Line:: But spring and joy unchanged for ever reign
Author:: Richard Jago (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27519

52. Awake ye dead the trumpet calls

First Line:: Awake ye dead the trumpet calls
Last Line:: Ascends and mocks the universal wreck
DMI number:: 43250

53. As when we see the early rising sun

First Line:: As when we see the early rising sun
Last Line:: To make his midday great and glorious
Author:: Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14796

54. Auspicious pair what words shall I employ

First Line:: Auspicious pair what words shall I employ
Last Line:: Eternal greenness in a riper age
DMI number:: 42816

55. As with affection fond a mother views

First Line:: As with affection fond a mother views
Last Line:: Refusal is consent and all our wish she grants
DMI number:: 38084

56. Aspiring souls to great attempts inclined

First Line:: Aspiring souls to great attempts inclined
Last Line:: In tunes compelled they of their fate complain
Author:: Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7699

57. Assist me O Jehovah to proclaim

First Line:: Assist me O Jehovah to proclaim
Last Line:: For ever to reflect on heaven for ever lost
DMI number:: 10107

58. Ay me what perils do environ

First Line:: Ay me what perils do environ
Last Line:: Than in events of war dame fortune
DMI number:: 39619

59. Base world begone thy false delusive joys

First Line:: Base world begone thy false delusive joys
Last Line:: In beatific trance where saints enjoy their god
Author:: James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35987

60. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:: Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:: So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:: 19587

61. Be calm my Delius and serene

First Line:: Be calm my Delius and serene
Last Line:: Never never more
DMI number:: 904

62. Be calm my friend and resolute

First Line:: Be calm my friend and resolute
Last Line:: But are for ever ever exiled hence
DMI number:: 7168

63. Be careful to avoid both courts and camps

First Line:: Be careful to avoid both courts and camps
Last Line:: To throw her away on fools and knaves
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18547

64. Be cautious madam how you thus provoke

First Line:: Be cautious madam how you thus provoke
Last Line:: The fate may be your own another day
Author:: Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8012

65. Be cheerful fight it well and all the rest

First Line:: Be cheerful fight it well and all the rest
Last Line:: My virtue fame and honour are my own
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18937

66. Be juster heaven such virtue punished thus

First Line:: Be juster heaven such virtue punished thus
Last Line:: Which man is forced to draw
DMI number:: 39566

67. Be juster heavens such virtue punished thus

First Line:: Be juster heavens such virtue punished thus
Last Line:: Which man is forced to draw
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18876

68. Be not too coy he is thy own

First Line:: Be not too coy he is thy own
Last Line:: And his inconstancy repent
DMI number:: 8187

69. Be thou then only a deluding phantom

First Line:: Be thou then only a deluding phantom
Last Line:: And rule that giddy superstitious crowd
Author:: Sir William Davenant (Speculation) & Thomas Carew (Speculation)
DMI number:: 14805

70. Be wise today tis madness to defer

First Line:: Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:: Soon close where passed the shaft no trace is found
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37477

71. Be witness for me all ye powers divine

First Line:: Be witness for me all ye powers divine
Last Line:: And the stars wink young Ammon shall go on
Author:: Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18607

72. Behold amidst the dewy morn

First Line:: Behold amidst the dewy morn
Last Line:: Deserve the palm by doing well
DMI number:: 26834

73. Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns

First Line:: Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns
Last Line:: Charles to the covenent Philip to the field
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22410

74. Behold proud Babylon with trembling fear

First Line:: Behold proud Babylon with trembling fear
Last Line:: Shall fill each house and wolves in every street shall howl
DMI number:: 43391

75. 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

76. Blessed babe who stranger to all worldly strife

First Line:: Blessed babe who stranger to all worldly strife
Last Line:: Soon see its follies and dares scorn its joys
DMI number:: 36198

77. Blind fortune if thou want a guide

First Line:: Blind fortune if thou want a guide
Last Line:: Nor fortunes called but providence
DMI number:: 42989

78. Brave Teucer as the poets tell us

First Line:: Brave Teucer as the poets tell us
Last Line:: We'll leave the drowsy land and plough the main tomorrow
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7119

79. Behold these high and mighty men

First Line:: Behold these high and mighty men
Last Line:: Deservedly
DMI number:: 49184

80. Blush not dear Ned that thou wert tost

First Line:: Blush not dear Ned that thou wert tost
Last Line:: At once they drop and down they sink
DMI number:: 23078

81. Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way

First Line:: Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way
Last Line:: Ere we can toast is gone
DMI number:: 10058

82. Beneath an oak a rustic clown

First Line:: Beneath an oak a rustic clown
Last Line:: How wouldst thou have saved thy head
DMI number:: 33702

83. Besides as Homer's gods gainst armies stand

First Line:: Besides as Homer's gods gainst armies stand
Last Line:: And will is free and can no force abide
Author:: Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16537

84. Caesar like Hercules in Spain

First Line:: Caesar like Hercules in Spain
Last Line:: Nor could I then such treatment bear
DMI number:: 25593

85. But why alas do mortal men in vain

First Line:: But why alas do mortal men in vain
Last Line:: For far the greater part of men are blind
DMI number:: 39569

86. By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed

First Line:: By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
Last Line:: And on an open stage unburied lye
DMI number:: 42600

87. But Aesculapius was a foreign power

First Line:: But Aesculapius was a foreign power
Last Line:: And shot behind it a long trail of light
Author:: Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:: 12046

88. But as extremes are short of ill and good

First Line:: But as extremes are short of ill and good
Last Line:: Took a malicious pleasure to destroy | Tancred who fondly loved &c
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37725

89. But daughters sons alas thy weakness scan

First Line:: But daughters sons alas thy weakness scan
Last Line:: The rest from virtue and the care of heaven
DMI number:: 37703

90. But fortune ever changing dame

First Line:: But fortune ever changing dame
Last Line:: And honest poverty's undowered charms
Author:: Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37700

91. But Hudibras who scorned to stoop

First Line:: But Hudibras who scorned to stoop
Last Line:: Advance me to a greater height
DMI number:: 39609

92. But if great George must mount our throne

First Line:: But if great George must mount our throne
Last Line:: If treason gives us George and peace
DMI number:: 18193

93. But is there heaven for I begin to doubt

First Line:: But is there heaven for I begin to doubt
Last Line:: And with a slumbering nod assents to murder
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20474

94. But oh this late conspiracy so dire

First Line:: But oh this late conspiracy so dire
Last Line:: Glory to God peace health unto the king
DMI number:: 43121

95. But orderly to end where I begun

First Line:: But orderly to end where I begun
Last Line:: Our thoughts are ours their ends none of our own
DMI number:: 41585

96. But see exhaling from the Atlantic surge

First Line:: But see exhaling from the Atlantic surge
Last Line:: If punishment or mercy dealt the blow
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30901

97. But thou secure of soul unbent with woes

First Line:: But thou secure of soul unbent with woes
Last Line:: The fates without my power shall be without my care
DMI number:: 39606

98. But wherefore all this pother about fame

First Line:: But wherefore all this pother about fame
Last Line:: The author's friend most humble servant and | Buckingham
Author:: George Villiers (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4789

99. Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid

First Line:: Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid
Last Line:: Nor sink till life's lamp fades away
DMI number:: 23237

100. Bright source of bliss whose cheering rays inspire

First Line:: Bright source of bliss whose cheering rays inspire
Last Line:: Or meet unmoved the harsh decrees of fate
DMI number:: 36230

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