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1. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840

2. A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat

First Line:
A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat
Last Line:
May be found fifty prostitutes every day
DMI number:
36846

3. Alas that ever this day we did see

First Line:
Alas that ever this day we did see
Last Line:
That ever he forced king Edward to die
DMI number:
37013

4. 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

5. Amelia beauteous princess deign to view

First Line:
Amelia beauteous princess deign to view
Last Line:
The task to abler poets I resign
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18289

6. Awake my muse awake and speak

First Line:
Awake my muse awake and speak
Last Line:
To make the tories fine
DMI number:
37146

7. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:
Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:
They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:
42999

8. Brother tars now arise

First Line:
Brother tars now arise
Last Line:
For Keppel the king and the nation
DMI number:
36084

9. Come on ye scribbling rebels of the age

First Line:
Come on ye scribbling rebels of the age
Last Line:
Thy rogueship made St Dick at Tyburn Tree
DMI number:
44315

10. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823

11. Come children come and learn your father's trade

First Line:
Come children come and learn your father's trade
Last Line:
And with their money drink and drab and whore
DMI number:
43022

12. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:
Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:
A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:
3655

13. From infallible Rome once more I am come

First Line:
From infallible Rome once more I am come
Last Line:
Nor take his ballad in dudgeon
DMI number:
42977

14. God bless the king preserve the state

First Line:
God bless the king preserve the state
Last Line:
That God may double all your store
DMI number:
36528

15. Hail happy William thou art truly great

First Line:
Hail happy William thou art truly great
Last Line:
Those that oppose his reign must damn their souls
DMI number:
4962

16. Hark how sweet the merry bells ring

First Line:
Hark how sweet the merry bells ring
Last Line:
In measure still for measure
DMI number:
32033

17. Here lie the bones of Dr Friend

First Line:
Here lie the bones of Dr Friend
Last Line:
His reputation cracked and then he died
DMI number:
35094

18. Here lie the relics of a martyred knight

First Line:
Here lie the relics of a martyred knight
Last Line:
So to cut H---d's head from England's shoulders
Author:
Henry Hall (Confident)
DMI number:
4564

19. Here lieth the worthy warrior

First Line:
Here lieth the worthy warrior
Last Line:
Whom all the world did hate
DMI number:
34031

20. How blessed the court how lost the fair

First Line:
How blessed the court how lost the fair
Last Line:
Where Ganymede takes place of Venus
DMI number:
35067

21. How blest and double blest is he

First Line:
How blest and double blest is he
Last Line:
Let honest poor get all they can
DMI number:
36871

22. How vain are guards when guilty fear

First Line:
How vain are guards when guilty fear
Last Line:
Still waits upon the guilty head
DMI number:
31357

23. I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig

First Line:
I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig
Last Line:
I submit to the will of an infinite god
DMI number:
15338

24. In Oxford bards there are most sad ones

First Line:
In Oxford bards there are most sad ones
Last Line:
And stamping damns the revolution
DMI number:
12010

25. Is this the man that's now the object made

First Line:
Is this the man that's now the object made
Last Line:
'Gainst him the prey they greedily devour
DMI number:
8095

26. In vain was ministerial breath

First Line:
In vain was ministerial breath
Last Line:
And Queensberry in Polly
DMI number:
35068

27. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

28. Mortality would be too frail to hear

First Line:
Mortality would be too frail to hear
Last Line:
Fame shall below his parted breath supply
DMI number:
3662

29. I once a pack of fox hounds knew

First Line:
I once a pack of fox hounds knew
Last Line:
No longer hounds but Newfoundlanders
DMI number:
36073

30. Nor high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig

First Line:
Nor high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig
Last Line:
I'm a friend to my country yet true to my king
DMI number:
19356

31. Not gentler virtues glowed in Cambray's breast

First Line:
Not gentler virtues glowed in Cambray's breast
Last Line:
But vice prevails and impious men bear sway
DMI number:
31309

32. No more I'll hear no more be gone and leave me

First Line:
No more I'll hear no more be gone and leave me
Last Line:
Is that just dealing nature Belvidera
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
40524

33. O bard whenever you rhyme again

First Line:
O bard whenever you rhyme again
Last Line:
She'll founder in the gale
DMI number:
35972

34. O force of poignant satire known before

First Line:
O force of poignant satire known before
Last Line:
And sacrifice to thieves their native land
DMI number:
32034

35. Of statemen's wiles I scorn to sing

First Line:
Of statemen's wiles I scorn to sing
Last Line:
And makes Omi Viceroy
DMI number:
35983

36. Once on a time in sunshine weather

First Line:
Once on a time in sunshine weather
Last Line:
Beloved by all who truth revere
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16912

37. Proud and partial man alone

First Line:
Proud and partial man alone
Last Line:
Think they know most in their own eyes
DMI number:
14098

38. Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king

First Line:
Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king
Last Line:
And thou be happy in thy people's love
DMI number:
35980

39. Says Lockit to Peachum you've nothing to fear

First Line:
Says Lockit to Peachum you've nothing to fear
Last Line:
Let me finger the pelf they may all kiss my ---'
DMI number:
36050

40. Since popery of late is so much in debate

First Line:
Since popery of late is so much in debate
Last Line:
And so there's an end of a story
Author:
Walter Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
42976

41. Stop mortal frail collect your thought

First Line:
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
Last Line:
Of comrades follies on our back
DMI number:
35353

42. Some doubt in part the story of this plot

First Line:
Some doubt in part the story of this plot
Last Line:
When bribes shall cease and virtue be restored
DMI number:
24547

43. Strange and unnatural let's stay and see

First Line:
Strange and unnatural let's stay and see
Last Line:
And all thy damned forefathers were from Martell down to Pen
DMI number:
42375

44. Statesman made up of littleness and fear

First Line:
Statesman made up of littleness and fear
Last Line:
Railed scorned and cursed at by the crowds he starved
DMI number:
36077

45. The court was met the prisoner brought

First Line:
The court was met the prisoner brought
Last Line:
And only virtue's friends be yours
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
22581

46. The midnight orgies you reveal

First Line:
The midnight orgies you reveal
Last Line:
They neither sing or fiddle
DMI number:
35958

47. The Inquisitor General resigning his place

First Line:
The Inquisitor General resigning his place
Last Line:
Concuring with that of the Court and the K--g
DMI number:
27157

48. To Wyndham tune no venal lyre

First Line:
To Wyndham tune no venal lyre
Last Line:
To rapture wake the string
DMI number:
36083

49. To you my lord these lines I humbly send

First Line:
To you my lord these lines I humbly send
Last Line:
And our dependence with success abound
DMI number:
11008

50. Two names in Great Britain all Whigs do approve

First Line:
Two names in Great Britain all Whigs do approve
Last Line:
As he's perfectly handsome and much of a beau
DMI number:
35336