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1. A chapel of the riding house is made

First Line:
A chapel of the riding house is made
Last Line:
The laymen bridled and the clergy ride
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
13076

2. A trifling song you shall hear

First Line:
A trifling song you shall hear
Last Line:
And his song is a trifle to boot
Author:
George Farquhar (Confident)
DMI number:
9702

3. A trifling song you shall hear

First Line:
A trifling song you shall hear
Last Line:
And the song is a trifle to boot
Author:
George Farquhar (Confident)
DMI number:
452

4. As a poor stranger wrecked upon the coast

First Line:
As a poor stranger wrecked upon the coast
Last Line:
Precepts examples and my masters kind
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
39040

5. As stubborn atheists who disdain to pray

First Line:
As stubborn atheists who disdain to pray
Last Line:
But each man's mistress be the poet's muse
Author:
Joseph Haynes (Confident)
DMI number:
38979

6. Come fair one be kind

First Line:
Come fair one be kind
Last Line:
Though after I drink water gruel
Author:
George Farquhar (Confident)
DMI number:
2565

7. Courage the highest gift that scorns to bend

First Line:
Courage the highest gift that scorns to bend
Last Line:
As falshoods draw their sordid birth from fear
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
17726

8. I come not here your poet's fate to see

First Line:
I come not here your poet's fate to see
Last Line:
They'll have such comings in another way
Author:
Joseph Haynes (Confident)
DMI number:
39038

9. In ancient times when Helen's fatal charms

First Line:
In ancient times when Helen's fatal charms
Last Line:
That view so many Helens every night
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
38984

10. Like hungry guests a sitting audience looks

First Line:
Like hungry guests a sitting audience looks
Last Line:
You're welcome all now fall to where you like
Author:
Peter Anthony Motteux (Confident)
DMI number:
38982

11. My heart is wax your eyes are fire

First Line:
My heart is wax your eyes are fire
Last Line:
And make my self well by tomorrow
DMI number:
8663

12. Most gracious heaven upon the earth looked down

First Line:
Most gracious heaven upon the earth looked down
Last Line:
Whilst she's our saint above and he our king below
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
17647

13. If to our play your judgment can't be kind

First Line:
If to our play your judgment can't be kind
Last Line:
Since yours is greater than Athenian praise
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
38120

14. Madam by making such a pother

First Line:
Madam by making such a pother
Last Line:
For I'm as merciful as stout
DMI number:
8664

15. Nature's chief gift unequally are carved

First Line:
Nature's chief gift unequally are carved
Last Line:
But all enjoy the common ill a woman
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
2908

16. Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

First Line:
Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved
Last Line:
But all enjoy that common ill a woman
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
34022

17. Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

First Line:
Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved
Last Line:
But all enjoy the common ill a woman
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
12379

18. Now depart each his respective way

First Line:
Now depart each his respective way
Last Line:
Flatter us here and damn us when you're gone
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
39039

19. Now all the world's taken up with state affairs

First Line:
Now all the world's taken up with state affairs
Last Line:
Bravely to break the tie twixt Spain and France
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
38978

20. Our poet opened with a loud and warlike blast

First Line:
Our poet opened with a loud and warlike blast
Last Line:
Becasue it is the first I ever made
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
39041

21. Our authors have in most their late essays

First Line:
Our authors have in most their late essays
Last Line:
St James's beaus and Covent Garden rakes
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
38981

22. Poets will think nothing so checks their fury

First Line:
Poets will think nothing so checks their fury
Last Line:
Hear it read try judge and speak as you find
Author:
George Farquhar (Speculation)
DMI number:
38980

23. So poor Leander viewed the Sestian shore

First Line:
So poor Leander viewed the Sestian shore
Last Line:
Whilst you the first and storms the last deny
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
5779

24. Thus Damon knocked at Celia's door

First Line:
Thus Damon knocked at Celia's door
Last Line:
But if you are you may
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
2543

25. Tis a cold frosty night

First Line:
Tis a cold frosty night
Last Line:
And I poor I must perish with cold
DMI number:
8662

26. Ventre bleu vere is dis dam poet vere

First Line:
Ventre bleu vere is dis dam poet vere
Last Line:
Sal all come here and damn him upon his tird day
Author:
George Farquhar (Speculation)
DMI number:
38340

27. When her soft melting white and yielding waste

First Line:
When her soft melting white and yielding waste
Last Line:
While in soft broken sighs we catched each other's soul
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
18771

28. When strife disturbs or sloth corrupts an age

First Line:
When strife disturbs or sloth corrupts an age
Last Line:
For fools are made for jests to men of sense
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
38452

29. With drums and trumpets in this warring age

First Line:
With drums and trumpets in this warring age
Last Line:
Let us hold out the third and if we may the sixth
Author:
Peter Anthony Motteux (Confident)
DMI number:
38983