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1. A curse attends those children who despise

First Line:
A curse attends those children who despise
Last Line:
Who all appearances of evil shun
DMI number:
24982

2. A common theme a flattering muse may fire

First Line:
A common theme a flattering muse may fire
Last Line:
Till then my little saint adieu adieu
DMI number:
28986

3. A jolly brave toper who could not forbear

First Line:
A jolly brave toper who could not forbear
Last Line:
No sooner are tapped but they give up the ghost
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
181

4. A knot of packthread strongly spun

First Line:
A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:
His son should wish him still alive
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
231

5. A mother who vast pleasure finds

First Line:
A mother who vast pleasure finds
Last Line:
And tell of Addison and Pope
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
30509

6. A northern pair we waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
23390

7. A northern pair we'll waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we'll waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
32315

8. A pair was wedded once in haste

First Line:
A pair was wedded once in haste
Last Line:
And garlic fertilized her womb
DMI number:
17911

9. A man had three apples gave one to his mother

First Line:
A man had three apples gave one to his mother
Last Line:
They each had an apple and one for himself
DMI number:
36873

10. A matron one day giving wholesome advice

First Line:
A matron one day giving wholesome advice
Last Line:
I've resolved to have one tis no matter for t'other
DMI number:
11082

11. A miller of late had by his wife Kate

First Line:
A miller of late had by his wife Kate
Last Line:
For thirty good shillings in hand
DMI number:
37565

12. A monkey once of sober life

First Line:
A monkey once of sober life
Last Line:
His sentence on his conscious head
DMI number:
35946

13. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

14. A virtuous daughter thus consoled

First Line:
A virtuous daughter thus consoled
Last Line:
Who're forced to draw a double chain
DMI number:
8143

15. A loving and as tender wife

First Line:
A loving and as tender wife
Last Line:
A guest with Christ eternally
DMI number:
29873

16. All flesh are but as morning grass

First Line:
All flesh are but as morning grass
Last Line:
That as soon born this child waxed old
DMI number:
29512

17. Accept dear miss these fine essays

First Line:
Accept dear miss these fine essays
Last Line:
And lead to eternal joys
DMI number:
36340

18. Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid

First Line:
Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid
Last Line:
Beyond the glimmering spark of our meridian sun
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27360

19. Acon and Leonilla Acon's mother

First Line:
Acon and Leonilla Acon's mother
Last Line:
Then she'll have two good eyes and thou'lt have none
DMI number:
3003

20. Acon and Leonilla each one eye

First Line:
Acon and Leonilla each one eye
Last Line:
Then thou like Cupid she'll like Venus shine
DMI number:
3002

21. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

22. After a short but sharp affliction here

First Line:
After a short but sharp affliction here
Last Line:
So live and die that you may rest with me
DMI number:
9731

23. After our royal king

First Line:
After our royal king
Last Line:
As you shall plainly read
DMI number:
36972

24. Again in safety is returned

First Line:
Again in safety is returned
Last Line:
In never ending lays
DMI number:
26495

25. Again loved prince the muse devotes her lyre

First Line:
Again loved prince the muse devotes her lyre
Last Line:
Renewed reflected in a son like thee
DMI number:
28826

26. Again the living tints employ

First Line:
Again the living tints employ
Last Line:
From the boy his sister take
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31435

27. A wise old wasp with pains and care

First Line:
A wise old wasp with pains and care
Last Line:
Upon their backs and killed them all
DMI number:
24981

28. A wolf and lamb one sultry day

First Line:
A wolf and lamb one sultry day
Last Line:
And to the bones the tyrant picked him
DMI number:
33033

29. An half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother

First Line:
An half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother
Last Line:
The queen of beauty thou the god of love
DMI number:
11828

30. An infant's fate may make a parent sad

First Line:
An infant's fate may make a parent sad
Last Line:
Reader repent since thou hast lived so long
DMI number:
34291

31. An old song made by an aged old pate

First Line:
An old song made by an aged old pate
Last Line:
Which makes that good housekeeping is now grown so cold | Among the young courtiers of the king | Or the king's young courtiers
DMI number:
37464

32. And is the lovely shadow fled

First Line:
And is the lovely shadow fled
Last Line:
To give a child to god
DMI number:
180

33. As two small children were at play

First Line:
As two small children were at play
Last Line:
Consult your faithful friend the looking glass
DMI number:
1913

34. Appelles heard with grief to parents known

First Line:
Appelles heard with grief to parents known
Last Line:
The painter's art or father's piety
DMI number:
16645

35. As infant larks their tender pinions spread

First Line:
As infant larks their tender pinions spread
Last Line:
Papa may even go act his plays himself
DMI number:
17693

36. At length thy soul has reached the land of peace

First Line:
At length thy soul has reached the land of peace
Last Line:
By the dear father lay the unworthy son
DMI number:
34173

37. At the close of the day

First Line:
At the close of the day
Last Line:
And trifled no more with the rest
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
9277

38. Avaro lived a private life

First Line:
Avaro lived a private life
Last Line:
The fruit of such frugality
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24428

39. Avaro lived a private life

First Line:
Avaro lived a private life
Last Line:
Who live contented with their doxies
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22795

40. Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe

First Line:
Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe
Last Line:
They'le use us than they care nae how | Balow my babe &c
DMI number:
37342

41. Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe

First Line:
Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe
Last Line:
They'le use us than they care not how | Balow my babe &c
DMI number:
37825

42. Balow my boy lie still and sleep

First Line:
Balow my boy lie still and sleep
Last Line:
A hapless fate a bastard's name | Balow my boy &c
DMI number:
1238

43. Be good with spirit and with parts be just

First Line:
Be good with spirit and with parts be just
Last Line:
Where virtuous men enjoy themselves with God
DMI number:
30599

44. Before the altar the devoted maid

First Line:
Before the altar the devoted maid
Last Line:
I bear the double load of guilt and grief
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5008

45. 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

46. Blessings on heaven's high king his word divine

First Line:
Blessings on heaven's high king his word divine
Last Line:
Nor Brunswick ever but with time and Britain end
DMI number:
28836

47. Believe me Rose however this Con may please

First Line:
Believe me Rose however this Con may please
Last Line:
But you fond boy may prove a phaeton
DMI number:
11396

48. Born at the first to bring another forth

First Line:
Born at the first to bring another forth
Last Line:
Dying herself renews it in her seed
DMI number:
29312

49. Beneath this rugged monument

First Line:
Beneath this rugged monument
Last Line:
Then say these sweets let sweetness have
DMI number:
34391

50. Beneath this steane lies our dear child

First Line:
Beneath this steane lies our dear child
Last Line:
But him can never go back again to we
DMI number:
24145

51. Beneath this stone a humble maiden lies

First Line:
Beneath this stone a humble maiden lies
Last Line:
A father's all a mother's hopes lie here
DMI number:
34362

52. Beneath this stone here generous Griston lies

First Line:
Beneath this stone here generous Griston lies
Last Line:
Think with thyself that thou thyself must die
DMI number:
29774

53. Can it be possible O say my father

First Line:
Can it be possible O say my father
Last Line:
Who wants the courage to assert his own
Author:
John Hoole (Absolute)
DMI number:
40537

54. Child Waters in his stable stood

First Line:
Child Waters in his stable stood
Last Line:
Shall be upon one day
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37064

55. Children are snatched away sometimes

First Line:
Children are snatched away sometimes
Last Line:
Twas resignation crowned the rest
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11563

56. Dear farewell a little while

First Line:
Dear farewell a little while
Last Line:
Vainly mourns for them that play
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27433

57. Dear good master Gill

First Line:
Dear good master Gill
Last Line:
As the dean doctor duke or the squire
DMI number:
36902

58. Dear infant babe thou lovely smiling boy

First Line:
Dear infant babe thou lovely smiling boy
Last Line:
And lead me to the God who made thee mine
DMI number:
36270

59. Conversing with your sprightly boys

First Line:
Conversing with your sprightly boys
Last Line:
But never give a blockhead sense
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30510

60. Conceive a fault by me conceived

First Line:
Conceive a fault by me conceived
Last Line:
To clothe and give a name
DMI number:
29975

61. Dark december was the month

First Line:
Dark december was the month
Last Line:
Alike beseem us all
DMI number:
37856

62. Dear to the wise and good dispraised by none

First Line:
Dear to the wise and good dispraised by none
Last Line:
Felt all a father's anguish wept and died
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
13026

63. Dear object of my love whose powerful charms

First Line:
Dear object of my love whose powerful charms
Last Line:
Lurks the false traitorous undermining foe
Author:
John Ellis (Absolute)
DMI number:
24446

64. Detested deed what rites shall purge the land

First Line:
Detested deed what rites shall purge the land
Last Line:
A fierceness more than savage nature knows
DMI number:
32256

65. Did you never see the cozened daw

First Line:
Did you never see the cozened daw
Last Line:
If pleasing and have colour for our own
DMI number:
3892

66. Dig a grave and dig it deep

First Line:
Dig a grave and dig it deep
Last Line:
View my sorrow painted there
DMI number:
19795

67. Dimply damsel sweetly smiling

First Line:
Dimply damsel sweetly smiling
Last Line:
Tender and averse from killing
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
2128

68. Dire was the hour when to the unlicensed bed

First Line:
Dire was the hour when to the unlicensed bed
Last Line:
But trust no more the false betraying man
DMI number:
38363

69. Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320

70. Doting Silenus in decline of life

First Line:
Doting Silenus in decline of life
Last Line:
And old Silenus glory in a son
DMI number:
12671

71. Duty and part of reason

First Line:
Duty and part of reason
Last Line:
Still there my dear Peggy excels
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
1311

72. Deep in a grove by cypress shaded

First Line:
Deep in a grove by cypress shaded
Last Line:
He thought heaven only should control
Author:
John Gilbert Cooper (Absolute)
DMI number:
31057

73. Dreaming Sophists learned fools

First Line:
Dreaming Sophists learned fools
Last Line:
Did but glitter and expire
DMI number:
19416

74. Fanny with Tom went out one day

First Line:
Fanny with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
It's certain proof the world's turned round
DMI number:
12118

75. Fathers and mothers train your children's youth

First Line:
Fathers and mothers train your children's youth
Last Line:
And give your sons a Tyburn education
DMI number:
30813

76. Exclaiming loud against her fate

First Line:
Exclaiming loud against her fate
Last Line:
May be as kind tomorrow
DMI number:
11054

77. Fine madam Would-be wherefore should you fear

First Line:
Fine madam Would-be wherefore should you fear
Last Line:
Of the not born yet buried here's the tomb
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
12588

78. First wheat and barley shall be sown

First Line:
First wheat and barley shall be sown
Last Line:
And I'll for rhyme write under | ---Amen
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5523

79. Fair half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother

First Line:
Fair half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother
Last Line:
The queen of beauty thou the god of love
DMI number:
12585

80. Fair pattern of our youth how you improve

First Line:
Fair pattern of our youth how you improve
Last Line:
A portion these far greater than a throne
DMI number:
12963

81. Freeman and Wild two hot young gallants

First Line:
Freeman and Wild two hot young gallants
Last Line:
Ay ay Ned but I won't be shammed
DMI number:
6582

82. For shame be gone maids young and stale

First Line:
For shame be gone maids young and stale
Last Line:
And from our Myrrha takes its name
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10531

83. Gay Florimel of generous birth

First Line:
Gay Florimel of generous birth
Last Line:
To cheat me of my heaven
DMI number:
24562

84. Gaze on fond mother lose thyself in thought

First Line:
Gaze on fond mother lose thyself in thought
Last Line:
There let us gaze and wonder and adore
DMI number:
26221

85. From the third morning dawned the orient light

First Line:
From the third morning dawned the orient light
Last Line:
With hearts exulting homeward bend their way
Author:
Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:
27290

86. From the verse inspiring groves

First Line:
From the verse inspiring groves
Last Line:
Of Britain and of man
DMI number:
28901

87. From these calm bowers and far sequestered cells

First Line:
From these calm bowers and far sequestered cells
Last Line:
While every Briton is your well loved son
DMI number:
28649

88. Go fair example of untainted youth

First Line:
Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:
Tis all a father all a friend can give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
185

89. Great Jove as ancient poets tell us

First Line:
Great Jove as ancient poets tell us
Last Line:
The fragrant flower or noxious weed
DMI number:
37158

90. Hail Euterpe nymph divine

First Line:
Hail Euterpe nymph divine
Last Line:
Over his people's heart to reign
DMI number:
28804

91. Hail lovely babe to thee at length is given

First Line:
Hail lovely babe to thee at length is given
Last Line:
And be thy nobler parts companion after death
DMI number:
32571

92. Hail royal babe on whose auspicious birth

First Line:
Hail royal babe on whose auspicious birth
Last Line:
With purple clusters graced
DMI number:
28659

93. Hail the parents trembling late

First Line:
Hail the parents trembling late
Last Line:
Not so dutiful as he
DMI number:
135

94. Hail to thy parents wishes born

First Line:
Hail to thy parents wishes born
Last Line:
And higher place above
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
224

95. Good parents must endeavour all they can

First Line:
Good parents must endeavour all they can
Last Line:
To mend the youth it's better late than never
DMI number:
24973

96. Hector this heard returned without delay

First Line:
Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:
No father's aid no mother's tender care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12902

97. Health and prosperity and long life to

First Line:
Health and prosperity and long life to
Last Line:
Here to be merry gossips at another christening
DMI number:
26565

98. Hear me my child for you my thoughts employ

First Line:
Hear me my child for you my thoughts employ
Last Line:
Mark they're my dying words and sure they'll be obeyed
DMI number:
2074

99. Have I then no tears for thee my father

First Line:
Have I then no tears for thee my father
Last Line:
Be nobly wretched but her father happy
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29831

100. Have you not heard these many years ago

First Line:
Have you not heard these many years ago
Last Line:
For to mourn for to mourn till her dying day
DMI number:
37742