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1. A politician Proteus-like must alter

First Line:
A politician Proteus-like must alter
Last Line:
Must be a parasite to fawn and lie
Author:
John Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
17217

2. A stag applied to mighty Jove

First Line:
A stag applied to mighty Jove
Last Line:
But his repentance came too late
DMI number:
24976

3. A vale there was refreshed by trickling streams

First Line:
A vale there was refreshed by trickling streams
Last Line:
That heavenly virtue which you love shall last
DMI number:
28169

4. Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe

First Line:
Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe
Last Line:
And braves the indignant flood and thunders over the field
Author:
Robert Bedingfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
22526

5. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

6. Anes Jove by ae great act of grace

First Line:
Anes Jove by ae great act of grace
Last Line:
And ilka fool himself admired
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15364

7. An honest and resolved man

First Line:
An honest and resolved man
Last Line:
And with small voice matters so great
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42100

8. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

9. Auspicious month whatever name thou hearest

First Line:
Auspicious month whatever name thou hearest
Last Line:
Meridian of the year
DMI number:
28823

10. Breathe with soft melody ye Dorian flutes

First Line:
Breathe with soft melody ye Dorian flutes
Last Line:
Thy country's father and the muse's friend
DMI number:
28621

11. By heaven I beg you Lydia say

First Line:
By heaven I beg you Lydia say
Last Line:
And sinks in sloth and love's inglorious flame
DMI number:
25388

12. Come worthy greek Ulysses come

First Line:
Come worthy greek Ulysses come
Last Line:
T' undo or be undone
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
13223

13. Come worthy Greeke Ulysses come

First Line:
Come worthy Greeke Ulysses come
Last Line:
T' undoo or be undone
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
37294

14. Damon whom all the world but I believed

First Line:
Damon whom all the world but I believed
Last Line:
Shook off the beast and proved a God at last
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25001

15. Democritus dear droll revisit earth

First Line:
Democritus dear droll revisit earth
Last Line:
Hurt can I laugh and honest need I cry
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13509

16. Ere Saturn's sons were yet disgraced

First Line:
Ere Saturn's sons were yet disgraced
Last Line:
Wit innocence and harmony
Author:
William Melmoth (Absolute)
DMI number:
32504

17. Enquire of Amathus whose wealthy ground

First Line:
Enquire of Amathus whose wealthy ground
Last Line:
A small transition changes them to stone
Author:
John Ozell (Confident)
DMI number:
11892

18. From noise and business for a while retired

First Line:
From noise and business for a while retired
Last Line:
And let them thank thee with a heart like mine
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36554

19. 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

20. Hirry hary hobbilschow

First Line:
Hirry hary hobbilschow
Last Line:
Skink first to me the kan
Author:
William Dunbar (Speculation)
DMI number:
10906

21. In ancient times as story tells

First Line:
In ancient times as story tells
Last Line:
So the next parson stubbed and burnt it
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
1951

22. In a fair island in the southern main

First Line:
In a fair island in the southern main
Last Line:
Would prove no doubt as perjured as before
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident)
DMI number:
21718

23. Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed

First Line:
Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed
Last Line:
And both the lovers glow with mutual fire
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12026

24. I pity the aspiring cheel

First Line:
I pity the aspiring cheel
Last Line:
That a mankind's ae Sisyphus
DMI number:
25157

25. If friends you would but now this place accost

First Line:
If friends you would but now this place accost
Last Line:
Your virtues as its fruits are bright and fair
DMI number:
43433

26. Let ill presages guide the ill

First Line:
Let ill presages guide the ill
Last Line:
Europe from thee
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42126

27. Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains

First Line:
Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains
Last Line:
To tell the important secret both combined
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11903

28. Not so mild Thales nor Chrysippus thought

First Line:
Not so mild Thales nor Chrysippus thought
Last Line:
Exalted Socrates
Author:
Thomas Creech (Confident)
DMI number:
33695

29. Now had the son of Jove mature attained

First Line:
Now had the son of Jove mature attained
Last Line:
Crowned with eternal youth among the gods a god
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22522

30. Over yonder eastern hill the twilight throws

First Line:
Over yonder eastern hill the twilight throws
Last Line:
And all profaner audience far remove
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
27801

31. Say shall the brave like common mortals die

First Line:
Say shall the brave like common mortals die
Last Line:
Which from the virgins bathing took the name
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
25315

32. Rarest of virgins in whose breast and eyes

First Line:
Rarest of virgins in whose breast and eyes
Last Line:
You prove at once our torture and delight
DMI number:
42242

33. Say what's nobility ye gilded train

First Line:
Say what's nobility ye gilded train
Last Line:
And soaring mounts the mortal to the skies
Author:
Paul Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
30040

34. Scarce had the man this famous story told

First Line:
Scarce had the man this famous story told
Last Line:
Comes tumbling to the sea and Marsya is its name
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11519

35. Richt as the stern of day began to schyne

First Line:
Richt as the stern of day began to schyne
Last Line:
Weil aucht thou be affeirit of the licht
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10921

36. Should impious sons in future times

First Line:
Should impious sons in future times
Last Line:
Rejoicing by herself to lie
DMI number:
25638

37. See Proteus every shape and form put on

First Line:
See Proteus every shape and form put on
Last Line:
How like a devil would he stripped appear
DMI number:
19445

38. So proud she shined in her princely state

First Line:
So proud she shined in her princely state
Last Line:
And proud Lucifera men did her call
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
17311

39. The galleys now by Pythecusa pass

First Line:
The galleys now by Pythecusa pass
Last Line:
Though lost the language yet the noise remains
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11958

40. The man whose life by virtue's model framed

First Line:
The man whose life by virtue's model framed
Last Line:
And snatched the pleasing vision from my eyes
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
9299

41. Theseus requests the god to tell his woes

First Line:
Theseus requests the god to tell his woes
Last Line:
And verdant reeds in garlands bind his head
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11709

42. This done the god flew up on high and passed

First Line:
This done the god flew up on high and passed
Last Line:
Are in the sedentary figure seen
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11284

43. Thou the vile minister of those who long

First Line:
Thou the vile minister of those who long
Last Line:
My lord Ulysses was &c
DMI number:
39948

44. Thus Diomedes Venulus withdraws

First Line:
Thus Diomedes Venulus withdraws
Last Line:
The shrub the coarseness of the clown retains
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12018

45. Tired with the business of the day

First Line:
Tired with the business of the day
Last Line:
At once to lose so good a dream and smock
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3554

46. What strange adventure what now unlook't for arrival

First Line:
What strange adventure what now unlook't for arrival
Last Line:
Dead lies his carcass but fame shall live to the world's end
DMI number:
49902

47. What strange adventure' what now unlookt for arrival

First Line:
What strange adventure' what now unlookt for arrival
Last Line:
Dead lies his carcass but fame shall live to the world's end
DMI number:
49701

48. When Celia bathed how did I trembling gaze

First Line:
When Celia bathed how did I trembling gaze
Last Line:
I take the jewel and she keep the case
DMI number:
12179

49. When first this infant world its form put on

First Line:
When first this infant world its form put on
Last Line:
And beauty's sacred form remains unknown
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17764

50. When Jove of old the ethereal scepter swayed

First Line:
When Jove of old the ethereal scepter swayed
Last Line:
But yield their title to the modern beau
DMI number:
10566

51. When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

First Line:
When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge
Last Line:
He shall show them how Justice is practiced in heaven
DMI number:
24610

52. When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

First Line:
When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge
Last Line:
To show men how justice is practiced in heaven
DMI number:
13084

53. Whenever the brave the generous and the just

First Line:
Whenever the brave the generous and the just
Last Line:
The warmest feelings to each British heart
Author:
Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
38454

54. When you this title read I know you'll ask

First Line:
When you this title read I know you'll ask
Last Line:
If you would wiser be these vices scorn
DMI number:
41859

55. When wise Ulysses from his native coast

First Line:
When wise Ulysses from his native coast
Last Line:
Owned his returning lord looked up and died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
15568

56. Whilst brave Aeneas with a generous care

First Line:
Whilst brave Aeneas with a generous care
Last Line:
As recompense the dangers of deserted Troy
DMI number:
11724

57. Whom can I first accuse whose fault account I the greatest

First Line:
Whom can I first accuse whose fault account I the greatest
Last Line:
Lest hap my rudeness disgrace thy glory by praising
DMI number:
49702

58. Yes honour Valincour to all is dear

First Line:
Yes honour Valincour to all is dear
Last Line:
True honour is my friend is God alone
DMI number:
8900