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1. A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet

First Line:
A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet
Last Line:
Now judge her genius is she bawd or belle
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17934

2. A grecian bard two thousand years ago

First Line:
A grecian bard two thousand years ago
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's nature was their nature too
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31747

3. A tale

First Line:
A tale
Last Line:
Signifying nothing
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10449

4. A poor player

First Line:
A poor player
Last Line:
And then is heard no more
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10448

5. A pox who'd be a poet in our days

First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878

6. A very pretty bill as I'm alive

First Line:
A very pretty bill as I'm alive
Last Line:
A shop with virtue is the height of bliss
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
33727

7. A long lost orphan we present tonight

First Line:
A long lost orphan we present tonight
Last Line:
A tribute due alone to Shakespeare's urn
DMI number:
22035

8. Apollo concerned to see the transgressions

First Line:
Apollo concerned to see the transgressions
Last Line:
And left them together by the ears for the bays
DMI number:
3671

9. As the soul stripped of mortal clay

First Line:
As the soul stripped of mortal clay
Last Line:
At once to purest gold
DMI number:
17185

10. As once assembled in the Elysian plains

First Line:
As once assembled in the Elysian plains
Last Line:
And while they aid partake their Barry's fame
DMI number:
40640

11. As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm

First Line:
As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
Last Line:
While men of wit find one another here
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute) & Sir Francis Fane (Absolute)
DMI number:
4144

12. As some grave matron bred on rural downs

First Line:
As some grave matron bred on rural downs
Last Line:
As you perhaps of Mira's idle lays
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23754

13. As some there are who may not know the story

First Line:
As some there are who may not know the story
Last Line:
And he no more complained she wanted life
DMI number:
36011

14. At fate's approach see Oroonoko moan

First Line:
At fate's approach see Oroonoko moan
Last Line:
To be so wept who would not wish to bleed
DMI number:
36656

15. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

16. As when great kings with petty princes join

First Line:
As when great kings with petty princes join
Last Line:
Overcome by too much lustre burn no more
DMI number:
8227

17. As when the vestal hearth went out no fire

First Line:
As when the vestal hearth went out no fire
Last Line:
Poets and kings are not born every day
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
3983

18. Before this court I Peter Puff appear

First Line:
Before this court I Peter Puff appear
Last Line:
Then set us up and knock the poet down
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33947

19. Beneath this stone

First Line:
Beneath this stone
Last Line:
Cracked loudly stunk and died
DMI number:
20834

20. Beside the main design composed with art

First Line:
Beside the main design composed with art
Last Line:
But change hereafter what appears amiss
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
31566

21. By custom's sanction long have prologues stood

First Line:
By custom's sanction long have prologues stood
Last Line:
And vest in you our title to applause
DMI number:
35286

22. But to write plays why tis a bold pretence

First Line:
But to write plays why tis a bold pretence
Last Line:
To judgement breeding wit and eloquence
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10450

23. Britons once more in annual joy we meet

First Line:
Britons once more in annual joy we meet
Last Line:
The ambiguous laurel and the double name
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
27191

24. Britons once more in annual joy we meet

First Line:
Britons once more in annual joy we meet
Last Line:
The ambiguous laurel and the doubtful name
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
19763

25. Castalian springs in heavenly numbers flow

First Line:
Castalian springs in heavenly numbers flow
Last Line:
The land I first explored shall bear your name
Author:
James Sterling (Confident)
DMI number:
11841

26. Chloe by your command in verse I write

First Line:
Chloe by your command in verse I write
Last Line:
But you are tired and so am I farewel
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4133

27. Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne

First Line:
Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne
Last Line:
And pistol proof put down these mighty men
Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
37948

28. Dear Friend | When those we love are in distress

First Line:
Dear Friend | When those we love are in distress
Last Line:
And 'tis the thoughtful traitor that offends his king
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
4438

29. Custom which bids the thief from cart harangue

First Line:
Custom which bids the thief from cart harangue
Last Line:
By his despair declares himself no poet
Author:
William Wycherley (Absolute)
DMI number:
35895

30. Confusion how they've farcified my play

First Line:
Confusion how they've farcified my play
Last Line:
Pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch
DMI number:
39920

31. Conquest and freedom are at length our own

First Line:
Conquest and freedom are at length our own
Last Line:
Revives old English honour and an empire saves
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
37868

32. Critics your favour is our author's right

First Line:
Critics your favour is our author's right
Last Line:
Become old Britons and admire old Ben
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37867

33. Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown

First Line:
Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown
Last Line:
And wit that at a quibble never fails
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
8705

34. Envy and faction rule the grumbling age

First Line:
Envy and faction rule the grumbling age
Last Line:
Tie up strict judgment and let fancy loose
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3769

35. Disheveled still like Asia's bleeding queen

First Line:
Disheveled still like Asia's bleeding queen
Last Line:
And pity greet her with a sister's love
Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
37949

36. E---'s finished meaner plays give place

First Line:
E---'s finished meaner plays give place
Last Line:
Late to the snuff shop later to the bum
DMI number:
32482

37. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sins
DMI number:
42324

38. Father of poets though thine own great day

First Line:
Father of poets though thine own great day
Last Line:
Jonson and poetry which now are gone
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
3984

39. First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts

First Line:
First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts
Last Line:
This oft alone has given success to plays
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10454

40. First then soliloquies had need be few

First Line:
First then soliloquies had need be few
Last Line:
As when Bellario confesses all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10437

41. Farewell the genius of the British stage

First Line:
Farewell the genius of the British stage
Last Line:
And clothed with glory you ascend the opening skies
DMI number:
10083

42. From Fletcher's great original today

First Line:
From Fletcher's great original today
Last Line:
And when he knows the worst on it let him marry
Author:
Nathaniel Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38009

43. From the deep vaulted den of endless night

First Line:
From the deep vaulted den of endless night
Last Line:
Souls damned to night must never see the day
DMI number:
4437

44. He whose attempt is shown this night to please

First Line:
He whose attempt is shown this night to please
Last Line:
And the least word he speaks is blood and wounds
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35824

45. High stomached Hector dines upon one stake

First Line:
High stomached Hector dines upon one stake
Last Line:
And being happy always is not being great
DMI number:
40079

46. Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done

First Line:
Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done
Last Line:
Fit subjects for our author's ridicule
Author:
Samuel Foote (Speculation)
DMI number:
38101

47. How hard the fate is of the scribbling drudge

First Line:
How hard the fate is of the scribbling drudge
Last Line:
He hopes to rout the mighty host of fools
Author:
Sir Carr Scrope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35826

48. Hush let me search before I speak aloud

First Line:
Hush let me search before I speak aloud
Last Line:
Greece was to him what Dublin is to me
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
31245

49. Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun

First Line:
Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun
Last Line:
Far as the fame of poetry and Ben
Author:
Lucius Cary (Confident)
DMI number:
3981

50. In classic times as learned authors say

First Line:
In classic times as learned authors say
Last Line:
And on his shrine we'll hang his votive wreath
Author:
Richard Cumberland (Confident)
DMI number:
38112