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1. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

2. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had never ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse of popery pox o' popery plague o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
42334

3. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

4. 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

5. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

6. As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands

First Line:
As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands
Last Line:
Let Caesar live and Carthage be subdued
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4730

7. Brave britons attend to the song I have penned

First Line:
Brave britons attend to the song I have penned
Last Line:
Pray heaven it prove not the last
DMI number:
7357

8. Chaste pious prudent C------ the second

First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3653

9. Come keen iambics with your badgers' feet

First Line:
Come keen iambics with your badgers' feet
Last Line:
Drops into Stix and turns a Soland goose
Author:
John Cleveland (Absolute)
DMI number:
4729

10. Come brother devils with full bowls

First Line:
Come brother devils with full bowls
Last Line:
Nothing to cool their tongues may here remain
DMI number:
42974

11. Gentle river gentle river

First Line:
Gentle river gentle river
Last Line:
And without a groan expired
DMI number:
36922

12. From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown

First Line:
From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown
Last Line:
From the king of France and from the French king
DMI number:
4885

13. Great God of hosts attending the complaints

First Line:
Great God of hosts attending the complaints
Last Line:
For triumphs oft - but oftener for a beating
DMI number:
18078

14. Hail mighty monarch by whose aid

First Line:
Hail mighty monarch by whose aid
Last Line:
I other business have
DMI number:
43011

15. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And with his impious blood Lutetia's plains manure
DMI number:
4930

16. Happy the people where no priest gives rules

First Line:
Happy the people where no priest gives rules
Last Line:
If these warmed snakes at home abuse our native right
DMI number:
4591

17. Here's a health to the great Eugene

First Line:
Here's a health to the great Eugene
Last Line:
And own great George our king
DMI number:
12141

18. Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied

First Line:
Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied
Last Line:
Is gone a pilgrimage to hell below
DMI number:
43057

19. In what torn ship soever I embark

First Line:
In what torn ship soever I embark
Last Line:
An everlasting night
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9275

20. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

21. Lewis of France hath been the Protestant scourge

First Line:
Lewis of France hath been the Protestant scourge
Last Line:
Your own shall off to do the city right
DMI number:
42313

22. I think I shall never despair

First Line:
I think I shall never despair
Last Line:
Till justice is tacked with a halter | To the 130 and 4
Author:
John Tutchin (Speculation)
DMI number:
5900

23. I went from England into France

First Line:
I went from England into France
Last Line:
Who men thought did the same
Author:
Thomas Goodwyn (Absolute) & Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:
4463

24. If to redeem an almost ruined state

First Line:
If to redeem an almost ruined state
Last Line:
As this with us your last and greatest did
DMI number:
42865

25. Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw

First Line:
Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw
Last Line:
Know we defy thy malice imps and thee
DMI number:
6428

26. O heavens we now have signs below

First Line:
O heavens we now have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
4860

27. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3631

28. Oh heavens we have signs below

First Line:
Oh heavens we have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
42307

29. Our history reckons some kings of great fame

First Line:
Our history reckons some kings of great fame
Last Line:
For matter of getting the pope will dispense | Ninny Mack Nero Jemmy Transub &c
DMI number:
42384

30. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:
Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:
But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
3665

31. Since there are some that with me see the state

First Line:
Since there are some that with me see the state
Last Line:
If Leg or Armstrong shall be absolute
DMI number:
3656

32. Since Nassau bravely freed us

First Line:
Since Nassau bravely freed us
Last Line:
Amen so let it be
DMI number:
12013

33. Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost

First Line:
Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost
Last Line:
And make us while we pity him forget our loyalty
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4444

34. Spain's rod Rome's ruin Netherlands relief

First Line:
Spain's rod Rome's ruin Netherlands relief
Last Line:
Religion's nurse and faith's defender
DMI number:
25273

35. The hawks were once at mortal jars

First Line:
The hawks were once at mortal jars
Last Line:
Both to thy wealth and ease
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4391

36. The gathering clouds with aspect dark

First Line:
The gathering clouds with aspect dark
Last Line:
When vengeance strikes his foes
DMI number:
36718

37. There was a monarch whose imperial sway

First Line:
There was a monarch whose imperial sway
Last Line:
Who trusts a devil or a crafty priest
DMI number:
4421

38. Though the old hag of Rome

First Line:
Though the old hag of Rome
Last Line:
And charge the dog home in the rear sir
DMI number:
42382

39. Tis a sport to our prince

First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | May gay flower-de-luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
42340

40. Tis a sport to our prince

First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | My gay flower de luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
4934

41. Unhappy age and we in it

First Line:
Unhappy age and we in it
Last Line:
To Jesuits the state
DMI number:
42326

42. When great Nassau is dead and gone

First Line:
When great Nassau is dead and gone
Last Line:
The strangest Queendom ever was
Author:
Henry Mordaunt (Speculation)
DMI number:
5889

43. When England whom for ages past with pride

First Line:
When England whom for ages past with pride
Last Line:
And in your subjects' hearts your empire place
DMI number:
42863

44. When Lewis the great

First Line:
When Lewis the great
Last Line:
For he'll stop not a mile short of Paris
DMI number:
8107

45. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:
When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
DMI number:
43706

46. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:
When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:
With equal gratitude and treachery
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42301

47. Wherever thy navy spreads her canvas wings

First Line:
Wherever thy navy spreads her canvas wings
Last Line:
Dares trust such power with so much piety
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
37198

48. Where to address in this degenerate age

First Line:
Where to address in this degenerate age
Last Line:
And I shall surely reap the harvest of my toil
DMI number:
3526

49. Will's wafted to Holland on some state intrigue

First Line:
Will's wafted to Holland on some state intrigue
Last Line:
She is a Lord Justice as well as the nine
DMI number:
5888

50. Ye sons of October

First Line:
Ye sons of October
Last Line:
And you're p-st upon by all the nation
DMI number:
7677