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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 cap and bells for him produce

First Line:
A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:
Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:
36076

3. A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

First Line:
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:
28990

4. A heat that glows in every line that's writ

First Line:
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
Last Line:
Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775

5. A knife dear girl cuts love they say

First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063

6. A story strange I will you tell

First Line:
A story strange I will you tell
Last Line:
Which pleased her husband wondrous well
DMI number:
43005

7. A thousand different shapes it bears

First Line:
A thousand different shapes it bears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6021

8. A monkey every day was chid

First Line:
A monkey every day was chid
Last Line:
Extinguishing through fear the blaze
DMI number:
33286

9. A scullion wench had wit at will

First Line:
A scullion wench had wit at will
Last Line:
Except tis in the skull
DMI number:
33962

10. A-- they say has wit for what

First Line:
A-- they say has wit for what
Last Line:
For writing no for writing not
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
12745

11. Accept a miracle instead of wit

First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13498

12. Accept my lord the tribute which I bring

First Line:
Accept my lord the tribute which I bring
Last Line:
And find not Timon but a Ch-nd-s there
DMI number:
19702

13. Advice that opposes a passion like thine

First Line:
Advice that opposes a passion like thine
Last Line:
And leave her to bow down to the calf
DMI number:
35949

14. Ah what avails how once appeared the fair

First Line:
Ah what avails how once appeared the fair
Last Line:
And thank their Gods that they were never whores
DMI number:
36064

15. A wight whose name was Tyndar

First Line:
A wight whose name was Tyndar
Last Line:
Have neither nose nor eye
DMI number:
43772

16. An epigram that's new sharp near and witty

First Line:
An epigram that's new sharp near and witty
Last Line:
Once common though still good they are neglected
DMI number:
43775

17. An ancient story ile tell you anon

First Line:
An ancient story ile tell you anon
Last Line:
Thou hast brought him a pardon from good king John
DMI number:
37422

18. As various arts do shine in various men

First Line:
As various arts do shine in various men
Last Line:
If there be such a man tis none but Swift
DMI number:
25376

19. As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall

First Line:
As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall
Last Line:
At least we're vanquished in a noble cause
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
37513

20. Arise ye glimmering stars of wit

First Line:
Arise ye glimmering stars of wit
Last Line:
For lo the sun of verse is set
DMI number:
25174

21. B-- though with scraps of others wit

First Line:
B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:
For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:
12731

22. B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest

First Line:
B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest
Last Line:
Thou never will't have thy reckoning paid again
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3630

23. Beauty alone's too impotent a charm

First Line:
Beauty alone's too impotent a charm
Last Line:
For elegance can only win the heart
DMI number:
10309

24. Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave

First Line:
Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave
Last Line:
The transport is eternal and divine
Author:
John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:
7560

25. Beauty thou vain imaginary good

First Line:
Beauty thou vain imaginary good
Last Line:
And one eternal spring of love goes round
DMI number:
8576

26. Beauty wit and good nature once naturally vowed

First Line:
Beauty wit and good nature once naturally vowed
Last Line:
Find a quiet and blessed habitation
DMI number:
33963

27. Beneath my humble roof no gold

First Line:
Beneath my humble roof no gold
Last Line:
And endless rest bestows
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25543

28. But above all things raillery decline

First Line:
But above all things raillery decline
Last Line:
Will all be wits and not the livery wear
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30544

29. But sir if these accounts are true

First Line:
But sir if these accounts are true
Last Line:
As madam do you choose a game at whisk
DMI number:
36943

30. Chloe has wit I need must own

First Line:
Chloe has wit I need must own
Last Line:
That always follows it
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11301

31. Chloe her thoughts has so expressed

First Line:
Chloe her thoughts has so expressed
Last Line:
But under Chloe's f--ck
DMI number:
35155

32. Come smooth off your liquor

First Line:
Come smooth off your liquor
Last Line:
Shall have all there is in his codpiece
DMI number:
43352

33. Celia's bright charms no more I'll choose

First Line:
Celia's bright charms no more I'll choose
Last Line:
And make it fashion to be wise
DMI number:
12876

34. Charmed with Belinda's voice and wit

First Line:
Charmed with Belinda's voice and wit
Last Line:
Some angel must express
DMI number:
10969

35. Come drink off your liquor

First Line:
Come drink off your liquor
Last Line:
Of the jolly quart pots and the glasses
DMI number:
44191

36. 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

37. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:
Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:
Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:
9446

38. Cook Laurel would have the devil his guest

First Line:
Cook Laurel would have the devil his guest
Last Line:
From whence it is called The devil's arse in the peak | with a hey down down a down down
DMI number:
44028

39. Corinna's wit is like her eyes

First Line:
Corinna's wit is like her eyes
Last Line:
To make the ravished world admire
DMI number:
34275

40. Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know

First Line:
Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know
Last Line:
But for deceitful colours painted there
DMI number:
25889

41. Daphnis because I am your debtor

First Line:
Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:
I rest your very humble servant
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41818

42. Dear M--rr--t come not quite so near

First Line:
Dear M--rr--t come not quite so near
Last Line:
A miser of thy words
DMI number:
22523

43. Dear sir when I received your letter

First Line:
Dear sir when I received your letter
Last Line:
And write you rhyme when they play pools | At Mr T--s
DMI number:
35345

44. Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain

First Line:
Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain
Last Line:
And think there is some worth in my dull rhymes
DMI number:
43204

45. Did Celia's person and her mind agree

First Line:
Did Celia's person and her mind agree
Last Line:
Enriched the image and defaced the mind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
12758

46. Disclose your grievances to me

First Line:
Disclose your grievances to me
Last Line:
And take advice without a fee
DMI number:
36857

47. 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

48. Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song

First Line:
Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song
Last Line:
The muses and the virtues tune thy mind
Author:
Richard Savage (Confident)
DMI number:
13091

49. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

50. Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks

First Line:
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks
Last Line:
Bursts out resistless with a thundering tide
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30882

51. Drink on my friend I'll warrant it

First Line:
Drink on my friend I'll warrant it
Last Line:
Never fear its drowning when you drink
DMI number:
5267

52. Faithful for months full many a shower

First Line:
Faithful for months full many a shower
Last Line:
A better never graced their blocks
DMI number:
36080

53. Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires

First Line:
Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires
Last Line:
And opens all the virtues into bloom
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30963

54. Fat Jack when he lately an opera writ

First Line:
Fat Jack when he lately an opera writ
Last Line:
And in lieu of Mac-Heath only tuck up Mac-Gay
DMI number:
17075

55. Fair dames if puppets may presume to sue

First Line:
Fair dames if puppets may presume to sue
Last Line:
That though his humble friends we never eat
DMI number:
33438

56. For God's sake tell me what bold confidence

First Line:
For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
Last Line:
And by strange luck may make a shift to live
DMI number:
43394

57. Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray

First Line:
Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray
Last Line:
And die of nothing but a rage to live
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30966

58. From the Elysian Fields I sing

First Line:
From the Elysian Fields I sing
Last Line:
Then every grace will shine in you
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18305

59. Give me a wit whose fancy's not confined

First Line:
Give me a wit whose fancy's not confined
Last Line:
Always in their dear mistress's company
Author:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23813

60. From whence usurping man thy boasted claim

First Line:
From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
Last Line:
In choicer gifts but wit to use them well
DMI number:
43036

61. Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit

First Line:
Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit
Last Line:
And shall have pleasure when the sordid wretch has none
DMI number:
39423

62. Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition

First Line:
Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
Last Line:
The luxury of hearing you
DMI number:
33456

63. Great wits do not live many days

First Line:
Great wits do not live many days
Last Line:
But thou o laureate live for ever
DMI number:
24800

64. Good taste however exalted or depressed

First Line:
Good taste however exalted or depressed
Last Line:
The well bred nymph and upstarts haughty queen
DMI number:
28164

65. Had Aesop been living what mortal so able

First Line:
Had Aesop been living what mortal so able
Last Line:
Those who murdered the fowl will be choaked with the feathers
DMI number:
36071

66. Hail sacred friend this comes to let thee know

First Line:
Hail sacred friend this comes to let thee know
Last Line:
Ah cease thy wonders give me moisture too
DMI number:
43385

67. Good people all a sad mishap

First Line:
Good people all a sad mishap
Last Line:
My muse in flames again
DMI number:
35595

68. He's blest who lives from all dependance free

First Line:
He's blest who lives from all dependance free
Last Line:
For sure he never shall disappointed be
DMI number:
36868

69. Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife

First Line:
Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife
Last Line:
While thy vile heroes to their pardons run
Author:
John Somers (Confident)
DMI number:
5498

70. Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead

First Line:
Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead
Last Line:
She left her garment and to heaven aspired
DMI number:
3528

71. Hard is the fortune that your sex attends

First Line:
Hard is the fortune that your sex attends
Last Line:
When most you tyrannize you're most abused
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30968

72. Have you seen the raging stormy main

First Line:
Have you seen the raging stormy main
Last Line:
If you have seen all this then kiss mine -
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5427

73. Hence satire's power tis her corrective part

First Line:
Hence satire's power tis her corrective part
Last Line:
And slaves and sycophants surround in vain
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30878

74. Her wit and beauty for a court was made

First Line:
Her wit and beauty for a court was made
Last Line:
But truth and goodness fit her for a shade
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
19453

75. Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire

First Line:
Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire
Last Line:
A theme too lofty for a Pindar's mind
DMI number:
10070

76. Here lies a proof that wit can never be

First Line:
Here lies a proof that wit can never be
Last Line:
Defence enough against mortality
DMI number:
24178

77. Here lies lord Chesterfield the wit

First Line:
Here lies lord Chesterfield the wit
Last Line:
But of a great man not a bit
DMI number:
33573

78. Here lies my wife here let her lie

First Line:
Here lies my wife here let her lie
Last Line:
Now she's at rest and so am I
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
35095

79. How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit

First Line:
How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit
Last Line:
He sold what he spoke and he bought what he writ
DMI number:
12732

80. How fond are men of rule and place

First Line:
How fond are men of rule and place
Last Line:
In hopes to be supreme in wit
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30188

81. Here take this W--- spread it up and down

First Line:
Here take this W--- spread it up and down
Last Line:
With horns instead of bays the hero crowned
DMI number:
4442

82. Here wit and beauty join and who can say

First Line:
Here wit and beauty join and who can say
Last Line:
Since as they pity move they both should love
DMI number:
6065

83. How rare the piece where heaven and nature join

First Line:
How rare the piece where heaven and nature join
Last Line:
Preserve ennoble and adorn the whole
Author:
Mehetabel Wright [née Wesley] (Absolute)
DMI number:
29613

84. How rash is the vow which thy poet hath made

First Line:
How rash is the vow which thy poet hath made
Last Line:
And out did the muses and graces together
DMI number:
35661

85. I am at liberty yet never come out of prison

First Line:
I am at liberty yet never come out of prison
Last Line:
Yet in the middle of Paris still am to be found
DMI number:
44703

86. I have observed when I was young

First Line:
I have observed when I was young
Last Line:
To take returns again
DMI number:
36875

87. Immortal Swift thy mind compared may be

First Line:
Immortal Swift thy mind compared may be
Last Line:
Cast a perfume upon thy monument
DMI number:
17295

88. Imperial Caesar's sacred head

First Line:
Imperial Caesar's sacred head
Last Line:
And hides his crump with bays
DMI number:
19450

89. In beauty or wit

First Line:
In beauty or wit
Last Line:
Who tasting have robbed the whole tree
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
10603

90. In days of old some drest the Dead

First Line:
In days of old some drest the Dead
Last Line:
He'd never been hanged upon a tree
DMI number:
36821

91. In meaner wits that proverb chance may hold

First Line:
In meaner wits that proverb chance may hold
Last Line:
That they who soon are ripe are seldom old
DMI number:
41647

92. In Phoebus wit as Ovid said

First Line:
In Phoebus wit as Ovid said
Last Line:
She pays you as a tree
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8399

93. In vain was ministerial breath

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

94. In vain will songs of old from hence declare

First Line:
In vain will songs of old from hence declare
Last Line:
For words could never have reached to paint one single grace
DMI number:
16570

95. Involved in night I lie like a golden mine

First Line:
Involved in night I lie like a golden mine
Last Line:
Unless I help you scarce will find me out
DMI number:
15242

96. In vain alas for who by wit is moved

First Line:
In vain alas for who by wit is moved
Last Line:
Mankind take most with that fantastic sex
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10411

97. Let the knight on beauty lour

First Line:
Let the knight on beauty lour
Last Line:
Why ah why should you be there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
35070

98. Life's a jest and all things show it

First Line:
Life's a jest and all things show it
Last Line:
I thought so once but now I know it
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
36721

99. My lord your filly's hardly broke

First Line:
My lord your filly's hardly broke
Last Line:
And scald you with the kettle
DMI number:
35960

100. My colour is white

First Line:
My colour is white
Last Line:
Reveal then the name of a friend
DMI number:
22554