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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 gloomy smile arose

First Line:
A gloomy smile arose
Last Line:
A more severe and sullen joy appeared
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20827

3. A gloomy smile

First Line:
A gloomy smile
Last Line:
That showed a sullen loathness to be kind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20828

4. A cavalier did in a highway theft

First Line:
A cavalier did in a highway theft
Last Line:
Lose one of his arms but his right hand was left
Author:
Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:
36600

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. A lump of senseless clay the leavings of a soul

First Line:
A lump of senseless clay the leavings of a soul
DMI number:
39369

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair

First Line:
Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair
DMI number:
39667

13. Alas poor Yorick I knew him well

First Line:
Alas poor Yorick I knew him well
Last Line:
Should patch a wall t' expell the winter's flaw
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20677

14. 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

15. Ane agit man twyce fourty zeirs

First Line:
Ane agit man twyce fourty zeirs
Last Line:
All this I hard an auld man raif | After the zule of mouth-thankless
Author:
Walter Kennedy (Absolute)
DMI number:
10864

16. 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

17. All these wrongs

First Line:
All these wrongs
Last Line:
Or bend one wrinkle on my face
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
18973

18. Although Jolly Tom great fame thou hast won

First Line:
Although Jolly Tom great fame thou hast won
Last Line:
We'll despise thee and swear 'tis mine A--- of a nose
DMI number:
19278

19. As gleams of sunshine soften storms to showers

First Line:
As gleams of sunshine soften storms to showers
Last Line:
In gentle whispers shall return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20824

20. As in our heraldry we deem

First Line:
As in our heraldry we deem
Last Line:
Such worth what bears her richer mind
Author:
Robert Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
14991

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Behold the promised land where pleasure flows

First Line:
Behold the promised land where pleasure flows
Last Line:
So blushed Adonis in the seat of bliss
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
41811

25. Besides another motive doth arise

First Line:
Besides another motive doth arise
Last Line:
But th' actions flow from the soul's influence
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
16711

26. But though the apprehensive power do pause

First Line:
But though the apprehensive power do pause
Last Line:
And trembling fear and vexing griefs annoy
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
17027

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Close your lids unhappy eyes

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

31. 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

32. Crowned with charms

First Line:
Crowned with charms
Last Line:
Around the work and gazed with vast delight
DMI number:
39542

33. Erect thy nose expand thy mouth

First Line:
Erect thy nose expand thy mouth
Last Line:
Proclaim the hour of the day
DMI number:
35175

34. Fate is in thy face

First Line:
Fate is in thy face
Last Line:
And threatens ere thou speakest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18796

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Fair British ladies whom the matchless charms

First Line:
Fair British ladies whom the matchless charms
Last Line:
With various bounty on the beauteous head
DMI number:
36461

39. 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

40. 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

41. Four teeth of late you had both black and shaking

First Line:
Four teeth of late you had both black and shaking
Last Line:
Now from the tooth-ache you live most secure
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49768

42. 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

43. For his chin

First Line:
For his chin
Last Line:
Just enough to speak him drawing towards a man
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
13667

44. For if of all the bodies parts the head

First Line:
For if of all the bodies parts the head
Last Line:
Baldness must needs be ugly vile and base
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
14987

45. 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

46. Give me your hand this hand is moist my lady

First Line:
Give me your hand this hand is moist my lady
Last Line:
But our new heraldry is hands not hearts
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14994

47. From these relations straight the people turn

First Line:
From these relations straight the people turn
Last Line:
And thus the youth his limbs and life regained
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11520

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. Heart Shun not sweet breast to see me all of fire

First Line:
Heart Shun not sweet breast to see me all of fire
Last Line:
Let one death kill us as one love doth warm us
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49616

53. 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

54. He parted frowning from me

First Line:
He parted frowning from me
Last Line:
Then makes him nothing
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
18974

55. He stared and rolled his haggard eyes around

First Line:
He stared and rolled his haggard eyes around
DMI number:
39538

56. He wears a great round beard like a glover's

First Line:
He wears a great round beard like a glover's
Last Line:
Paring knife
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13663

57. Henceforth I never more will hunger

First Line:
Henceforth I never more will hunger
Last Line:
That we all may say God a mercy horse
DMI number:
42405

58. 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

59. Her eyes | Though they are mute they plead nay more commant

First Line:
Her eyes | Though they are mute they plead nay more commant
Last Line:
But courtship from the male
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18795

60. 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

61. 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

62. Her hair was rolled in many a curious fret

First Line:
Her hair was rolled in many a curious fret
Last Line:
And were or tied or loath to fly away
Author:
William Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14990

63. Her hand | In whose comparison all whites are ink

First Line:
Her hand | In whose comparison all whites are ink
Last Line:
Hard as the palm of ploughman
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14992

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. His beard is directly brick colour

First Line:
His beard is directly brick colour
Last Line:
Of a chestnut he kisses with the driest lip
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
13666

68. His golden hair did on his shoulders shine

First Line:
His golden hair did on his shoulders shine
Last Line:
Like locks of sun beams curled with art divine
DMI number:
39666

69. His hyacinthine locks

First Line:
His hyacinthine locks
Last Line:
As the vine curls her tendrils
DMI number:
39665

70. His mounting heart bounces against my hand

First Line:
His mounting heart bounces against my hand
Last Line:
As if it would thrust off his manly soul
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19046

71. His tawny beard was the equal grace

First Line:
His tawny beard was the equal grace
Last Line:
The nether orange mixed with gray
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
25231

72. Hogarth who copied nature's works

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

73. 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

74. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

First Line:
Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain
Last Line:
And without danger can review his spouse
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11896

75. In Aesop's time an honest wretch we find

First Line:
In Aesop's time an honest wretch we find
Last Line:
And said he wanted sense as well as hair
DMI number:
21534

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. In sporting mood my Celia said

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

80. In moving verse the tuneful bards of old

First Line:
In moving verse the tuneful bards of old
Last Line:
Rather than matchless modesty offend
DMI number:
20705

81. 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

82. 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

83. In vain fair maid in vain you would

First Line:
In vain fair maid in vain you would
Last Line:
Between two little hills of snow
DMI number:
19392

84. 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

85. My eyes won't lose the sight of thee

First Line:
My eyes won't lose the sight of thee
Last Line:
But languish after thine and ache with gazing
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18789

86. My heavy heart the prophetess of woe

First Line:
My heavy heart the prophetess of woe
Last Line:
Forbodes some ill at hand
DMI number:
19043

87. My labouring heart that swells with indignation

First Line:
My labouring heart that swells with indignation
Last Line:
And never beat again
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19044

88. My locks the plenteous harvest of my head

First Line:
My locks the plenteous harvest of my head
Last Line:
As with a shady grove my shoulders crown
DMI number:
39668

89. 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

90. I'm sure my Celia that you'd smile

First Line:
I'm sure my Celia that you'd smile
Last Line:
To guide a brighter world
DMI number:
18146

91. 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

92. 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

93. I'll feed my famished eyes

First Line:
I'll feed my famished eyes
Last Line:
Insatiable and longing still for more
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20783

94. I meant to have offered it | Your ladyship on the perfecting the patent

First Line:
I meant to have offered it | Your ladyship on the perfecting the patent
Last Line:
Pure and so free from taint
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
17336

95. I muse not that your dog turds oft doth eat

First Line:
I muse not that your dog turds oft doth eat
Last Line:
To a tongue that licks your lips a turd's sweet meat
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49770

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. If since I first those conquering eyes beheld

First Line:
If since I first those conquering eyes beheld
Last Line:
Which is I think all curses summed in one
Author:
Sir Samuel Tuke (Absolute)
DMI number:
18793

100. 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