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1. A curse upon the faithless maid

First Line:
A curse upon the faithless maid
Last Line:
To deal with greater liberty her heart
DMI number:
44407

2. A drab of state a cloth of silver flirt

First Line:
A drab of state a cloth of silver flirt
Last Line:
Break ice in one place it will crack in more
DMI number:
41575

3. A face that should content me wonderous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wonderous well
Last Line:
And knit again with knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8819

4. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

5. A female bard far from her native land

First Line:
A female bard far from her native land
Last Line:
Complete their triumph give em your applause
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33927

6. A female culprit at your bar appears

First Line:
A female culprit at your bar appears
Last Line:
And sink the impression deep into the soul
DMI number:
37498

7. A fifth reason is when she labours to shine

First Line:
A fifth reason is when she labours to shine
Last Line:
Then we might have them new every month in the year
DMI number:
25093

8. A finished form charms to allure the eye

First Line:
A finished form charms to allure the eye
Last Line:
Chaste without pride a wife devoid of art
DMI number:
21736

9. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

10. A friend proposed to me a wife

First Line:
A friend proposed to me a wife
Last Line:
Their husbands know from other men
DMI number:
36730

11. A ballet a ballet let every poet

First Line:
A ballet a ballet let every poet
Last Line:
The devil will fetch you all one of these days | Oh women &c
DMI number:
42491

12. A beau as in old tale it's written

First Line:
A beau as in old tale it's written
Last Line:
A madam now and puss no more
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11861

13. A beauteous face fine shape engaging air

First Line:
A beauteous face fine shape engaging air
Last Line:
Your voice has finished what your eyes begun
DMI number:
42616

14. A beauty comes a heroine in her air

First Line:
A beauty comes a heroine in her air
Last Line:
And fill her veins with Charles's amorous blood
DMI number:
31333

15. A brighter beauty shines not in this isle

First Line:
A brighter beauty shines not in this isle
Last Line:
Diana leaves behind each goddess of the sky
DMI number:
963

16. A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child

First Line:
A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child
Last Line:
Blessed with two babes the third brought her to this
DMI number:
34149

17. A cap like a bat

First Line:
A cap like a bat
Last Line:
And roast all the loves and the graces
Author:
Christopher Anstey (Absolute)
DMI number:
36907

18. A certain maid too prudishly inclined

First Line:
A certain maid too prudishly inclined
Last Line:
And then lead apes in hell
DMI number:
33503

19. A chambermaid was got with child

First Line:
A chambermaid was got with child
Last Line:
For his dear sake that got it
DMI number:
42403

20. A country farmer saint or sinner

First Line:
A country farmer saint or sinner
Last Line:
The farmer's foibles handed down
DMI number:
22574