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1.
A gold watch found on cinder whore
First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931
2.
A manly wit a child's simplicity
First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
16357
3.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
29633
4.
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
First Line:
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:
At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7403
5.
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
First Line:
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:
If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26108
6.
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
First Line:
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
Last Line:
Is there no hope alas then bring the jowl
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29803
7.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
First Line:
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Last Line:
New distant scenes of endless science rise
DMI number:
30190
8.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843
9.
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
10.
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
First Line:
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:
A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34575
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.
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9690
13.
Ah Serenissa from our arms
First Line:
Ah Serenissa from our arms
Last Line:
You are not now invincible
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8241
14.
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
First Line:
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
Last Line:
Whom once a lobster killed and now a log
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2762
15.
Ah fleeting spirit wandering fire
First Line:
Ah fleeting spirit wandering fire
Last Line:
And wit and humour are no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
152
16.
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028
17.
Along their face
First Line:
Along their face
Last Line:
And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12898
18.
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
First Line:
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8258
19.
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
First Line:
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
Last Line:
And close confined in their own palace sleep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1357
20.
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
First Line:
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
Last Line:
But Serenissa must becalm the breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8238
21.
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
First Line:
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
Last Line:
They'll serve no man alive
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3204
22.
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
First Line:
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
Last Line:
Twill suit no man alive
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24698
23.
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
First Line:
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
Last Line:
Grow gentle tractable and tame as geese
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1358
24.
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
32850
25.
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
11312
26.
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
First Line:
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:
Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336
27.
At length my friend while time with still career
First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060
28.
At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over
First Line:
At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over
Last Line:
Forgot of every friend and every slave
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8280
29.
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
First Line:
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
Last Line:
Let him that takes it wear it as his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1971
30.
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
First Line:
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12321
31.
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
First Line:
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26668
32.
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
And such are men and gods compared to Jove
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34087
33.
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
My footstool earth my canopy the skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30521
34.
Bear me some God oh quickly bear me hence
First Line:
Bear me some God oh quickly bear me hence
Last Line:
And the free soul looks down to pity kings
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30892
35.
Before my view appeared a structure fair
First Line:
Before my view appeared a structure fair
Last Line:
And this and that unmixed no mortal ever shall find
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30567
36.
Behold ambitious of the British bays
First Line:
Behold ambitious of the British bays
Last Line:
For Duck can thresh you know as well as write
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2956
37.
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8384
38.
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
First Line:
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
Last Line:
The walls the woods and long canals reply
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
11780
39.
Burnet and Ducket friends in spite
First Line:
Burnet and Ducket friends in spite
Last Line:
For both heads are but tails
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2772
40.
But all our praises why should lords engross
First Line:
But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
The wretch who living saved a candle's end
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31858
41.
But over the twilight groves and dusky caves
First Line:
But over the twilight groves and dusky caves
Last Line:
And breathes a browner horror on the woods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30402
42.
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
First Line:
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
Last Line:
An easy entrance in ignoble minds
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30887
43.
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
First Line:
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
Last Line:
Or wanders heaven directed to the poor
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
19535
44.
But where each science lifts its modern type
First Line:
But where each science lifts its modern type
Last Line:
In Toland's Tindal's and in Woolston's days
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2995
45.
Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe
First Line:
Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe
Last Line:
Give all thou canst and let me dream the rest
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1377
46.
Close to her husband Frances joined once more
First Line:
Close to her husband Frances joined once more
Last Line:
Will raise three bodies from this dust alone
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2914
47.
Close to the best known author Umbra sits
First Line:
Close to the best known author Umbra sits
Last Line:
Know sense like charity begins at home
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1973
48.
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
First Line:
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
Last Line:
And pities Procris while her lover dies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7402
49.
Delightful favourite of the tuneful nine
First Line:
Delightful favourite of the tuneful nine
Last Line:
The Stygian wave had covered all the godlike boy
Author:
Edward Cobden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3205
50.
Descend ye nine descend and sing
First Line:
Descend ye nine descend and sing
Last Line:
Hers lift the soul to heaven
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7393
51.
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
52.
Envy will merit as its shade persue
First Line:
Envy will merit as its shade persue
Last Line:
Reflect new glories and augment the day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1369
53.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue
First Line:
Envy will merit as its shade pursue
Last Line:
The opposing body's grossness not its own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29808
54.
Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend
First Line:
Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend
Last Line:
The murderous critic has avenged thy murder
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3047
55.
Disarmed with so genteel an air
First Line:
Disarmed with so genteel an air
Last Line:
By admonitions taught
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
8250
56.
Discord dire sister of the slaughtering power
First Line:
Discord dire sister of the slaughtering power
Last Line:
The groan still deepens and the combat burns
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28979
57.
Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
First Line:
Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
Last Line:
And patriots still or poets deck the line
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17790
58.
Dulness the safe opiate of the mind
First Line:
Dulness the safe opiate of the mind
Last Line:
Unfeared unhated undisturbed it lives
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28998
59.
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
60.
Far in a wild unknown to public view
First Line:
Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:
And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
12340
61.
Father of all in every age
First Line:
Father of all in every age
Last Line:
All nature's incense rise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
21298
62.
Fair charmer cease nor add your tuneful breath
First Line:
Fair charmer cease nor add your tuneful breath
Last Line:
This vocal wood had drawn the poet too
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8239
63.
Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen
First Line:
Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen
Last Line:
He sent him war or plague or famine sore
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30442
64.
Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved
First Line:
Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24504
65.
For never was it given to mortal man
First Line:
For never was it given to mortal man
Last Line:
And call your maids to witness how he lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1359
66.
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
67.
Generous gay and gallant nation
First Line:
Generous gay and gallant nation
Last Line:
Happy soil adieu adieu
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
15387
68.
Go tuneful bird forbear to soar
First Line:
Go tuneful bird forbear to soar
Last Line:
While wretched lovers sing in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8245
69.
Go wondrous mount where science guides
First Line:
Go wondrous mount where science guides
Last Line:
Then drop into thyself and be a fool
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35214
70.
Go fair example of untainted youth
First Line:
Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:
'Tis also a father all a friend can give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2932
71.
Go fair example of untainted youth
First Line:
Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:
Tis all a father all a friend can give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
185
72.
Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
First Line:
Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
Last Line:
And choirs of virgins celebrate thy praise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13061
73.
Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
First Line:
Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
Last Line:
Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
13373
74.
Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
First Line:
Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
Last Line:
Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Joseph Addison (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
1970
75.
Grasp the whole world of reason life and sense
First Line:
Grasp the whole world of reason life and sense
Last Line:
And height of bliss but height of charity
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28954
76.
Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
First Line:
Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
Last Line:
And make one glorious and immortal Thames
Author:
Francis Knapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
12242
77.
Hail sacred spring whose fruitful stream
First Line:
Hail sacred spring whose fruitful stream
Last Line:
Till mischief learned to mix with wine
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8246
78.
Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
First Line:
Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
Last Line:
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1374
79.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
First Line:
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:
And now a bubble burst and now a world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27021
80.
Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace
First Line:
Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace
Last Line:
Or curtain lectures made a restless night
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1360
81.
Hector this heard returned without delay
First Line:
Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:
No father's aid no mother's tender care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12902
82.
Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise
First Line:
Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise
Last Line:
And the world's victor stood subdued by sound
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30485
83.
Happy the man whose wish and care
First Line:
Happy the man whose wish and care
Last Line:
Tell where I lie
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17617
84.
Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good
First Line:
Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good
Last Line:
Who thinks all made for one not one for all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29842
85.
He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue
First Line:
He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue
Last Line:
And in tumultuous raptures died away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1370
86.
He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
First Line:
He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
Last Line:
To him reveal my joys and open all my skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8279
87.
Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
First Line:
Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
Last Line:
Who honour worth and prize thy valour most
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12917
88.
Here noble Surrey felt the sacred rage
First Line:
Here noble Surrey felt the sacred rage
Last Line:
Then filled the groves as heavenly Mira now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8689
89.
Here rests a woman good without pretence
First Line:
Here rests a woman good without pretence
Last Line:
The saint sustained it but the woman died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
170
90.
Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
First Line:
Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
Last Line:
The rest god knows perhaps the devil
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13473
91.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose
First Line:
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose
Last Line:
Look on her face and you will forget them all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1371
92.
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
First Line:
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
Last Line:
And now she's in the other she thinks it but queer
Author:
John Gay (Speculation) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13476
93.
How finished with illustrious toil appears
First Line:
How finished with illustrious toil appears
Last Line:
And soft Belinda's blush forever glow
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22476
94.
Horses my friend and asses men may try
First Line:
Horses my friend and asses men may try
Last Line:
And all the woman glares in open day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1356
95.
How lovely sorrow seems how bright
First Line:
How lovely sorrow seems how bright
Last Line:
Those eyes should set the world on flame
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8244
96.
His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee
First Line:
His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee
Last Line:
Want with a full or with an empty purse
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
16362
97.
How happy he who free from care
First Line:
How happy he who free from care
Last Line:
Steal from the world and not a stone | Tell where I lie
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8253
98.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
First Line:
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
Last Line:
And melts in visions of eternal day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1380
99.
Here then we rest the universal cause
First Line:
Here then we rest the universal cause
Last Line:
And bade self love and social be the same
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26669
100.
Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind
First Line:
Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind
Last Line:
The last true Briton lies beneath this stone
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17791
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