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1. A female engine 'tis you'll say

First Line:
A female engine 'tis you'll say
Last Line:
First kindles then puts out love's fire
DMI number:
10677

2. 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

3. 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

4. A pit there is so wondrous deep

First Line:
A pit there is so wondrous deep
Last Line:
Betwixt the fair Belinda's thighs
DMI number:
10698

5. All flesh is frail poor Aldus knows

First Line:
All flesh is frail poor Aldus knows
Last Line:
And proved the doctor's maxim true
DMI number:
12738

6. All hail ye curls that ranged in reverend row

First Line:
All hail ye curls that ranged in reverend row
Last Line:
Beneath the liceat of an humble Bob
DMI number:
26592

7. Acon his right Leonilla her left eye

First Line:
Acon his right Leonilla her left eye
Last Line:
So shall she Venus be thou god of love
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12586

8. After long tumbling on my bed

First Line:
After long tumbling on my bed
Last Line:
Which none but Hymen must explore
DMI number:
16580

9. 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

10. At the two ends of her two sleeves we see

First Line:
At the two ends of her two sleeves we see
Last Line:
In plumpness like her round and fleshy arm
DMI number:
39949

11. Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise

First Line:
Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise
Last Line:
Such is his verse 'twill melt him into love
DMI number:
12009

12. Asasist me muse while I relate

First Line:
Asasist me muse while I relate
Last Line:
She'll never be worse one single hair
DMI number:
31835

13. Britons in me you may behold of late

First Line:
Britons in me you may behold of late
Last Line:
I'm without female's aid the product of a male
DMI number:
24033

14. Come prick up your ears and attend sirs a while

First Line:
Come prick up your ears and attend sirs a while
Last Line:
That most of their natives entirely subsist on
DMI number:
31769

15. Celia has got a mole so fair

First Line:
Celia has got a mole so fair
Last Line:
That in love's cause all men must fall
DMI number:
15536

16. Close your lids unhappy eyes

First Line:
Close your lids unhappy eyes
Last Line:
To kill none whom love hath fired
DMI number:
49667

17. Conon the nice observer of the skies

First Line:
Conon the nice observer of the skies
Last Line:
Were I no constellation but her hair
DMI number:
8591

18. Fain would I learn of thee thou murdering eye

First Line:
Fain would I learn of thee thou murdering eye
Last Line:
Kill me as often as thou wilt
DMI number:
49871

19. Fain would I learn of thee thou murth'ring eye

First Line:
Fain would I learn of thee thou murth'ring eye
Last Line:
Kill me as often as thou wilt
DMI number:
49833

20. Fain would I learn of thee thou murthering eye

First Line:
Fain would I learn of thee thou murthering eye
Last Line:
Kill me as often as thou wilt
DMI number:
49645

21. 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

22. Fair is thy face and that thou knowest too well

First Line:
Fair is thy face and that thou knowest too well
Last Line:
But leave that I may love thee still
DMI number:
49670

23. For once I dare to touch the sounding harp

First Line:
For once I dare to touch the sounding harp
Last Line:
The copious tears descending from his eye
DMI number:
31910

24. From her own native France as old Alison past

First Line:
From her own native France as old Alison past
Last Line:
Her lady's complexion and eyebrows at Calais
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12393

25. Go lovely flower in all thy pride

First Line:
Go lovely flower in all thy pride
Last Line:
In ecstacies must die
DMI number:
34741

26. Good Mr Gill I can tale nothing ill

First Line:
Good Mr Gill I can tale nothing ill
Last Line:
In a sorry old hay coloured bob
DMI number:
40654

27. Good Mr Moody my beard being cloudy

First Line:
Good Mr Moody my beard being cloudy
Last Line:
Whilst Whittle's my name
DMI number:
22381

28. Good people quit all earthly glory

First Line:
Good people quit all earthly glory
Last Line:
We can't enjoy or call our own
DMI number:
25078

29. Helen was just slipped into bed

First Line:
Helen was just slipped into bed
Last Line:
Alas no eyebrows for tomorrow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13511

30. Her eyebrow box one morning lost

First Line:
Her eyebrow box one morning lost
Last Line:
For what's an eye without a brow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13510

31. Her face her tongue her wit so fair so sweet so sharp

First Line:
Her face her tongue her wit so fair so sweet so sharp
Last Line:
Your face your tongue your wit to serve to love to fear
Author:
Sir Arthur Gorges (Absolute)
DMI number:
49729

32. Her face her tongue her wit so fair so sweet so sharpe

First Line:
Her face her tongue her wit so fair so sweet so sharpe
Last Line:
Your face your tongue your wit to serve to love to fear
Author:
Sir Arthur Gorges (Absolute)
DMI number:
49880

33. Her majesty sure was in a surprise

First Line:
Her majesty sure was in a surprise
Last Line:
And the mountebank Read was knighted
DMI number:
16786

34. Here lies an head that often ached

First Line:
Here lies an head that often ached
Last Line:
Where just men's perfect spirits move
DMI number:
20429

35. Here lies John Baker wrapped in mould

First Line:
Here lies John Baker wrapped in mould
Last Line:
That undid the barber and starved the lice
DMI number:
43777

36. Hogarth who copied nature's works

First Line:
Hogarth who copied nature's works
Last Line:
Perhaps I may be straightened
DMI number:
37905

37. How happy are these skins that licence have

First Line:
How happy are these skins that licence have
Last Line:
As those do clip your hands let him your waist
DMI number:
42637

38. In thickest woods I hunt with beagles ten

First Line:
In thickest woods I hunt with beagles ten
Last Line:
And what I take not only that keep I
DMI number:
41961

39. In a dark corner of the house

First Line:
In a dark corner of the house
Last Line:
She'll even weep out her eyes
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13500

40. In scripture sir tis said we must

First Line:
In scripture sir tis said we must
Last Line:
To say you've got no nose at all
DMI number:
20841

41. In sporting mood my Celia said

First Line:
In sporting mood my Celia said
Last Line:
Or ask the operator
DMI number:
12429

42. In wise men's sight I seem not strange

First Line:
In wise men's sight I seem not strange
Last Line:
In stories past may well be seen
DMI number:
29178

43. Joy to thee girl with half a nose

First Line:
Joy to thee girl with half a nose
Last Line:
Which can in thy behalf engage
DMI number:
8528

44. Musing one day on this and that

First Line:
Musing one day on this and that
Last Line:
Then prithee take it for thy pains
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
1509

45. Mopsa whipping her scarf on sails away to the park

First Line:
Mopsa whipping her scarf on sails away to the park
Last Line:
Since her face would strike dead if revealed in the light
DMI number:
16682

46. I saw a cloud begirt with ivy round

First Line:
I saw a cloud begirt with ivy round
Last Line:
I saw the man who saw this dreadful sight
DMI number:
36864

47. I take thy hand this hand

First Line:
I take thy hand this hand
Last Line:
That's bolted by the northern blast twice over
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14993

48. If by your beard your wisdom you would show

First Line:
If by your beard your wisdom you would show
Last Line:
Then goats have beards but Plato was beau
DMI number:
32977

49. If Argus with a hundred eyes not one

First Line:
If Argus with a hundred eyes not one
Last Line:
Could guard thinkest thou to keep thine who hast none
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
16703

50. If Argus with an hundred eyes not one

First Line:
If Argus with an hundred eyes not one
Last Line:
Could guard thinkest thou to keep thine who hast none
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
32423

51. Let it not move thy wonder that I place

First Line:
Let it not move thy wonder that I place
Last Line:
Disdains to wear the prize she loves to win
DMI number:
13497

52. Lucasia never blush to own

First Line:
Lucasia never blush to own
Last Line:
In that fair box of ivory
DMI number:
16233

53. None but the searcher of all hearts ever can

First Line:
None but the searcher of all hearts ever can
Last Line:
Disclose the secrets of the heart of man
DMI number:
7956

54. No argument could Celia move

First Line:
No argument could Celia move
Last Line:
Twas by her hand they died
DMI number:
15966

55. No arguments could Polly move

First Line:
No arguments could Polly move
Last Line:
Twas by her hand they died
DMI number:
24888

56. No more let Susan's eyes though black

First Line:
No more let Susan's eyes though black
Last Line:
Destined already to another's arms
DMI number:
10144

57. O tooth too cruel fierce and fell

First Line:
O tooth too cruel fierce and fell
Last Line:
Then let your former smiles return
DMI number:
11497

58. Of all the brave birds that ere I did see

First Line:
Of all the brave birds that ere I did see
Last Line:
Nutmegs and cloves and who gave thee that jolly red nose
DMI number:
44184

59. Of all the working tools in life

First Line:
Of all the working tools in life
Last Line:
The pleasing powerful tool of love
DMI number:
10676

60. Oft have I mused the cause to find

First Line:
Oft have I mused the cause to find
Last Line:
Than that where grow both shafts and fire
DMI number:
49652

61. Oh say what answer eyes alone can make

First Line:
Oh say what answer eyes alone can make
Last Line:
Eyes as well as tongues deceive
DMI number:
22761

62. Scylla is toothless yet when she was young

First Line:
Scylla is toothless yet when she was young
Last Line:
But that her tongue has worn her teeth away
DMI number:
17386

63. So many orators on heads declaim

First Line:
So many orators on heads declaim
Last Line:
Heads I dissect but not the heads of peers
DMI number:
31168

64. Thais her teeth are black and nought

First Line:
Thais her teeth are black and nought
Last Line:
The other wears her own
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident) & Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
12387

65. Sylvia the young the fair the gay

First Line:
Sylvia the young the fair the gay
Last Line:
That killing dimple owes
DMI number:
26768

66. That man who is not deemed a fool

First Line:
That man who is not deemed a fool
Last Line:
That governs over the wanton dame
DMI number:
10678

67. That no true wisdom ever can lie

First Line:
That no true wisdom ever can lie
Last Line:
Beauty can make Astraea blind
DMI number:
22041

68. Stay start not at that skeleton

First Line:
Stay start not at that skeleton
Last Line:
Welcome and enter into rest
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
23427

69. The hand of Adam mowed the smart toupee

First Line:
The hand of Adam mowed the smart toupee
Last Line:
Peerless himself with peerless perriwig
DMI number:
26731

70. The golden hair that D--y wears

First Line:
The golden hair that D--y wears
Last Line:
For I know where she bought it
DMI number:
33973

71. The golden hair that Galla wears

First Line:
The golden hair that Galla wears
Last Line:
For I know where she bought it
Author:
Sir John Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
12279

72. The candle quite eclipsed by Celia's eyes

First Line:
The candle quite eclipsed by Celia's eyes
Last Line:
And on that dear that beauteous bosom die
DMI number:
25574

73. The fair whom many lovers court

First Line:
The fair whom many lovers court
Last Line:
Whose influence should rule the air
DMI number:
17914

74. The magic power that stirs up love

First Line:
The magic power that stirs up love
Last Line:
It can the spirit raise and lay
DMI number:
10673

75. The instrument of instruments the hand

First Line:
The instrument of instruments the hand
Last Line:
The minister of wrath and friendship's sign
DMI number:
14995

76. The seeing light and colours doth descry

First Line:
The seeing light and colours doth descry
Last Line:
Through these five windows doth the soul behold
DMI number:
41911

77. The wrinkled Flavia patches wears

First Line:
The wrinkled Flavia patches wears
Last Line:
But shine like heaven without a cloud
DMI number:
34867

78. These rivers through our island fairly glide

First Line:
These rivers through our island fairly glide
Last Line:
As the ocean is increased our bodies live
DMI number:
42002

79. This healing spring to Mansfield lends

First Line:
This healing spring to Mansfield lends
Last Line:
To vipers deadly poisons yield
DMI number:
36020

80. This preacher silent yet severe

First Line:
This preacher silent yet severe
Last Line:
A joyful victor over the grave
DMI number:
22988

81. Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare

First Line:
Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare
Last Line:
Faith I could spare thee all my dear
DMI number:
3381

82. Thy hair and beard are of a different dye

First Line:
Thy hair and beard are of a different dye
Last Line:
Shouldst thou be honest thou art a devilish cheat
DMI number:
30526

83. Three merry lads met at the Rose

First Line:
Three merry lads met at the Rose
Last Line:
A nose of wax our statutes are | Invention now is barren grown | The matter's out the nose is blown
DMI number:
42513

84. Tom's nose is long and stands upright

First Line:
Tom's nose is long and stands upright
Last Line:
This surely gains a female heart
DMI number:
15537

85. Unhappy eyes the causer of my pain

First Line:
Unhappy eyes the causer of my pain
Last Line:
The vulture still doth gnaw
DMI number:
49860

86. Unhappy eyes the causers of my pain

First Line:
Unhappy eyes the causers of my pain
Last Line:
The vulture still doth gnaw
DMI number:
49661

87. Two bakers thin

First Line:
Two bakers thin
Last Line:
That flesh and blood will not bear it
DMI number:
36812

88. Welcome blessed hand whose white out vies

First Line:
Welcome blessed hand whose white out vies
Last Line:
The sacred power to bid me live or die
DMI number:
43819

89. What part of man may that part be

First Line:
What part of man may that part be
Last Line:
Each marriage is made up or crossed
DMI number:
41958

90. What can that avail

First Line:
What can that avail
Last Line:
But she answered with her eyes
DMI number:
22760

91. Were men so dull they could not see

First Line:
Were men so dull they could not see
Last Line:
Show 'tis a painted sepulchre
Author:
Edmund Waller (Confident)
DMI number:
12386

92. What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras

First Line:
What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras
Last Line:
She dropped the eye and broke it
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12418

93. When Gammar Gurton first I knew

First Line:
When Gammar Gurton first I knew
Last Line:
And the other two a second
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
25798

94. When mother Douglas first I knew

First Line:
When mother Douglas first I knew
Last Line:
And I'll secure your gums
DMI number:
32353

95. When nature's pencil drew this piece

First Line:
When nature's pencil drew this piece
Last Line:
Such wealth what bears her richer mind
DMI number:
17353

96. Whence comes it that in Clara's face

First Line:
Whence comes it that in Clara's face
Last Line:
Is gone to paint her husband's nose
DMI number:
13078

97. Whilst maudlin whigs bewailed their Cato's fate

First Line:
Whilst maudlin whigs bewailed their Cato's fate
Last Line:
For that road leads directly to the heart
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
11782

98. Whilst on this subject you afford I write

First Line:
Whilst on this subject you afford I write
Last Line:
The poem's happier than the poet made
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
25685

99. Whilst Sylvia dressed in Sunday clothes

First Line:
Whilst Sylvia dressed in Sunday clothes
Last Line:
A silly wasp mistook her nest
DMI number:
16086

100. With various art the tortured curls to place

First Line:
With various art the tortured curls to place
Last Line:
Unmoved and faithful to the artist's hand
DMI number:
30563