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1. A certain free familiar spark

First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539

2. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

3. A man that is drunk is void of all care

First Line:
A man that is drunk is void of all care
Last Line:
My bottle should warm me and fill me with fire | Tol deral &c
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
286

4. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

5. A lofty brazen tower once was built

First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864

6. Ah Posthumus with rapid haste

First Line:
Ah Posthumus with rapid haste
Last Line:
Which even the taste of priests would please
DMI number:
31205

7. All gloomy thoughts and pining care

First Line:
All gloomy thoughts and pining care
Last Line:
In sacred harmony combine
DMI number:
21069

8. Alas dear Pettius for a few months past

First Line:
Alas dear Pettius for a few months past
Last Line:
Nothing but a third tempting she can break the chain
DMI number:
5841

9. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

10. Alas my Lydia do you think

First Line:
Alas my Lydia do you think
Last Line:
He reigned with liberty
DMI number:
40082

11. After a serious and judicious choice

First Line:
After a serious and judicious choice
Last Line:
Method and eloquence will never fail
DMI number:
10495

12. Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly

First Line:
Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly
Last Line:
Shall flow and make the drunken pavement shine
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
917

13. An even mind in every state

First Line:
An even mind in every state
Last Line:
To bear the eternal banishment of fate
DMI number:
40448

14. An honest mind to virtue's precepts true

First Line:
An honest mind to virtue's precepts true
Last Line:
Thy tongue's too feeble for a task so great
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
926

15. Aloft her tender neck she bears

First Line:
Aloft her tender neck she bears
Last Line:
With female down and flowing hair
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
15458

16. As Mar his round one morning took

First Line:
As Mar his round one morning took
Last Line:
Shalt burn thy clan and curse poor Jock
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
9314

17. As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

First Line:
As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears
Last Line:
Their prudence will an easy triumph gain
DMI number:
41851

18. As Paris ploughed the watery plain

First Line:
As Paris ploughed the watery plain
Last Line:
And then thy flames of love shall end in flames of fire
DMI number:
893

19. As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way

First Line:
As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way
Last Line:
And Ilium whelmed beneath a flood of fire
DMI number:
16966

20. As breezes from the southern main

First Line:
As breezes from the southern main
Last Line:
And hie again for sea tomorrow
DMI number:
172

21. As I was walking in the mall of late

First Line:
As I was walking in the mall of late
Last Line:
Was prisoner made I set at liberty
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12253

22. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:
At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:
Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:
12624

23. Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh

First Line:
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
Last Line:
Between their banks 'tis such a one is fit for me
DMI number:
42067

24. Asteria why will you consume

First Line:
Asteria why will you consume
Last Line:
Worthy his matchless truth and love
DMI number:
23833

25. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

26. Be calm my Delius and serene

First Line:
Be calm my Delius and serene
Last Line:
Never never more
DMI number:
904

27. Between what you collect and what you set

First Line:
Between what you collect and what you set
Last Line:
The promise of a golden harvest yields
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25766

28. Blessed be those powers above those deities

First Line:
Blessed be those powers above those deities
Last Line:
And give him thousand kisses for his welcome home
DMI number:
42071

29. Blessed is the man whose virtuous care

First Line:
Blessed is the man whose virtuous care
Last Line:
And spite of all the world is truly great
DMI number:
6545

30. Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent

First Line:
Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent
Last Line:
I'll soar above the breath of vulgar praise
Author:
Philip Horneck (Confident)
DMI number:
881

31. Boy take away my gown I hate those shows

First Line:
Boy take away my gown I hate those shows
Last Line:
About with it while a catch we sing
DMI number:
42073

32. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

33. Behold the snow in pompous pride

First Line:
Behold the snow in pompous pride
Last Line:
When where and how to meet again
DMI number:
10023

34. Behold yon mountain's hoary height

First Line:
Behold yon mountain's hoary height
Last Line:
These these are joys the gods for youth ordain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
890

35. Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way

First Line:
Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way
Last Line:
Ere we can toast is gone
DMI number:
10058

36. Can he that flies his country find

First Line:
Can he that flies his country find
Last Line:
More swift than roes or stormy wind
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
24404

37. Bright Venus Covent Garden's queen

First Line:
Bright Venus Covent Garden's queen
Last Line:
Is but a power to tease
DMI number:
33084

38. Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays

First Line:
Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays
Last Line:
Not fearing censure if you deign to praise
DMI number:
38436

39. Cnidian goddess Paphian queen

First Line:
Cnidian goddess Paphian queen
Last Line:
And last of all friend Mercury
DMI number:
19133

40. Come companions come away

First Line:
Come companions come away
Last Line:
But in those of Egypt's queen
DMI number:
10020

41. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

42. Dear friend on noisy storms of state

First Line:
Dear friend on noisy storms of state
Last Line:
Nor cared for what old women said
DMI number:
17746

43. Conquered with soft and pleasing charms

First Line:
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
Last Line:
Shall lie like us despised
DMI number:
884

44. D- of rural scenes a lover grown

First Line:
D- of rural scenes a lover grown
Last Line:
Don't spare thy satire prithee be severe
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23420

45. Dear Jack of ancient race the son

First Line:
Dear Jack of ancient race the son
Last Line:
And mongst the muses write my name
DMI number:
12887

46. Dear Jenny to confess my mind

First Line:
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
Last Line:
As love and I desire
DMI number:
33104

47. Dear Molly why so oft in tears

First Line:
Dear Molly why so oft in tears
Last Line:
Discharge the Jordan at him
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
869

48. Descended of an ancient line

First Line:
Descended of an ancient line
Last Line:
And see the storm ashore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
935

49. Eternally from clouds the rain

First Line:
Eternally from clouds the rain
Last Line:
And Caesar's prowess own
DMI number:
31200

50. Did we but once Barine see

First Line:
Did we but once Barine see
Last Line:
And makes her jealous on the wedding night
DMI number:
3847

51. Didst never observe good friend of mine

First Line:
Didst never observe good friend of mine
Last Line:
Alone she'd maul you hip and thigh | Believe me
DMI number:
6200

52. Dire Hannibal the Roman dread

First Line:
Dire Hannibal the Roman dread
Last Line:
Or snatches first the fragrant bliss
DMI number:
915

53. Elegies were at first designed for grief

First Line:
Elegies were at first designed for grief
Last Line:
Is undecided by the men of skill
DMI number:
10405

54. Enough my friend for tis in vain

First Line:
Enough my friend for tis in vain
Last Line:
And make this world a jacks for me
DMI number:
10229

55. Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast

First Line:
Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast
Last Line:
And safely land him on the shore of peace
DMI number:
26716

56. Don't blush dear sir your flame to own

First Line:
Don't blush dear sir your flame to own
Last Line:
While Fielding or a Shirley lives
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
2832

57. Dispose of our satiric strains

First Line:
Dispose of our satiric strains
Last Line:
Our muses rage no more
DMI number:
10049

58. Do not most fragrant earl disclaim

First Line:
Do not most fragrant earl disclaim
Last Line:
Am turned of five and forty
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
5448

59. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

60. Fit for the girls in Venus' cause

First Line:
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
Last Line:
Once tap proud Chloe with up-lifted wand
DMI number:
25606

61. Fair Cyprian goddess queen of love

First Line:
Fair Cyprian goddess queen of love
Last Line:
What ghastly shapes of death can fright
DMI number:
12547

62. Fair daughter blessed beyond thy mother's charms

First Line:
Fair daughter blessed beyond thy mother's charms
Last Line:
Thou too be changed and make my vows thy own
DMI number:
220

63. Friend Will never think it to thy shame

First Line:
Friend Will never think it to thy shame
Last Line:
Am turned of forty four
DMI number:
1536

64. Friends let the hardy youth be trained in war

First Line:
Friends let the hardy youth be trained in war
Last Line:
And seldom fails to overtake the villain's flight
DMI number:
923

65. For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow

First Line:
For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow
Last Line:
Let fools and madmen scramble for the rest
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33129

66. For quiet friend the sailor prays

First Line:
For quiet friend the sailor prays
Last Line:
That hates a knave and loathes a fool
DMI number:
36318

67. For quiet Yorke the sailor cries

First Line:
For quiet Yorke the sailor cries
Last Line:
I mean that aren't freeholders
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
20407

68. For gentle ease and downy sleep

First Line:
For gentle ease and downy sleep
Last Line:
Has kindly raised above the crowd
Author:
Edward Cobden (Absolute)
DMI number:
16321

69. For Glycera's radiant face I burn

First Line:
For Glycera's radiant face I burn
Last Line:
She looks and charms and cheats the gazer's sight
DMI number:
22096

70. Forbear my dear Stephen with a fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Stephen with a fruitless desire
Last Line:
And taste not expect what hereafter will bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
25551

71. Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire
Last Line:
And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
18831

72. Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom

First Line:
Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom
Last Line:
Or being now old couldst but be young again
DMI number:
42142

73. From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed

First Line:
From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed
Last Line:
While Br----n sinks without our least regard
DMI number:
20851

74. Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain

First Line:
Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain
Last Line:
Then who so blessed as thee and I
DMI number:
10077

75. God whose revenge for boasts the crew

First Line:
God whose revenge for boasts the crew
Last Line:
Did feasts reduce
Author:
Barten Holyday (Speculation)
DMI number:
42135

76. Hail gentle cask whose venerable head

First Line:
Hail gentle cask whose venerable head
Last Line:
Your beams shall yield to none but his who brings the day
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3829

77. Grieve not dear Albius that some younger charms

First Line:
Grieve not dear Albius that some younger charms
Last Line:
In spite of beauty keeps poor me her slave
DMI number:
11756

78. Guardian of the British Isle

First Line:
Guardian of the British Isle
Last Line:
This is all we ask of heaven
DMI number:
19915

79. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
44688

80. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
954

81. Happy's the man and highly blessed

First Line:
Happy's the man and highly blessed
Last Line:
And as in labour sweat
DMI number:
7865

82. Haste my Mecenas haste away

First Line:
Haste my Mecenas haste away
Last Line:
Nor think on all I leave behind
DMI number:
15474

83. He is grown old he is abhorred

First Line:
He is grown old he is abhorred
Last Line:
The world's contempt not worth its hate
DMI number:
18272

84. He on whose birth the lyric queen

First Line:
He on whose birth the lyric queen
Last Line:
O Goddess is thy gift alone
Author:
Francis Atterbury (Absolute)
DMI number:
15913

85. He who would great in science grow

First Line:
He who would great in science grow
Last Line:
Leaving both common souls and common clay
Author:
Walter Titley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3186

86. He that in verse would to the world declare

First Line:
He that in verse would to the world declare
Last Line:
New life to him that was a-dying just before
DMI number:
42087

87. Hence slavish fear thy Stygian wings display

First Line:
Hence slavish fear thy Stygian wings display
Last Line:
And guarded by the gods of love and poetry
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
898

88. Hence ye prophane I hate ye all

First Line:
Hence ye prophane I hate ye all
Last Line:
Much will be wanting still and much will be amiss
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24459

89. How liked ye wealthy Nasidenus' feast

First Line:
How liked ye wealthy Nasidenus' feast
Last Line:
Than if a witch had shook her kercher over
Author:
Joseph Washington (Speculation)
DMI number:
42187

90. How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie

First Line:
How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie
Last Line:
And Europe is redeemed and William reigns
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
8377

91. How happy in his low degree

First Line:
How happy in his low degree
Last Line:
And put it out again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
945

92. How shall the senate how the people's care

First Line:
How shall the senate how the people's care
Last Line:
While thirst of blood no more his savage vengeance charms
DMI number:
25631

93. How rich is he who free from care

First Line:
How rich is he who free from care
Last Line:
The miser put it out again
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
12098

94. In times of yore an honest country mouse

First Line:
In times of yore an honest country mouse
Last Line:
My slender pulse and bless the calm retreat
DMI number:
22088

95. Illustrious Townshend born of noble blood

First Line:
Illustrious Townshend born of noble blood
Last Line:
And shroud my head above the starry sphere
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1393

96. In health and peace my friend to live

First Line:
In health and peace my friend to live
Last Line:
I scorn the crowd and am at peace
DMI number:
18832

97. 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

98. Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed

First Line:
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
Last Line:
End with a stink at last and vanish into night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
943

99. Look up my friend look up and see

First Line:
Look up my friend look up and see
Last Line:
She hates nae war than blate-face
DMI number:
36141

100. Licinius if you would obtain

First Line:
Licinius if you would obtain
Last Line:
Too fondly court the prosperous gale
DMI number:
22100