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1. A doting old fool had a mind for to wed

First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083

2. As nature H----y's clay was blending

First Line:
As nature H----y's clay was blending
Last Line:
A pin dropped in and turned the scale
DMI number:
17992

3. Artist that underneath my table

First Line:
Artist that underneath my table
Last Line:
Ends both the spider and the poet
Author:
Edward Littleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
10577

4. Bright Cythia's power divinely great

First Line:
Bright Cythia's power divinely great
Last Line:
And I shall die with pleasure
DMI number:
712

5. Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light

First Line:
Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light
Last Line:
For Curio dresses nothing but himself
DMI number:
16782

6. Cries Celia to a reverend dean

First Line:
Cries Celia to a reverend dean
Last Line:
They cannot find a priest
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
19289

7. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
Last Line:
Bath is the touchstone of a woman's sense
DMI number:
12673

8. For forty odd though Lais pass

First Line:
For forty odd though Lais pass
Last Line:
How scorching was her noon
DMI number:
239

9. Fly ye north winds and let Roscommon know

First Line:
Fly ye north winds and let Roscommon know
Last Line:
The motto shows where you expect relief
DMI number:
19382

10. Hail father whose creating call

First Line:
Hail father whose creating call
Last Line:
And spirit comprehend
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22941

11. Gripe-all a cunning cit a niggard elf

First Line:
Gripe-all a cunning cit a niggard elf
Last Line:
As he does all things she'll deny us nought
DMI number:
16680

12. 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

13. How mean your boast ye sons of earth

First Line:
How mean your boast ye sons of earth
Last Line:
Are owned the kindred of the skies
DMI number:
226

14. Little girl in swadling clothes

First Line:
Little girl in swadling clothes
Last Line:
Give the poet half a crown
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
1818

15. Life the dear precarious boon

First Line:
Life the dear precarious boon
Last Line:
Awful period who can tell
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22984

16. Mothers through too much pride or love

First Line:
Mothers through too much pride or love
Last Line:
Yet little have to give them
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
23080

17. I wonder what these nice distinctions mean

First Line:
I wonder what these nice distinctions mean
Last Line:
They're of the truest church that live the best
DMI number:
7481

18. Love's no irregular desire

First Line:
Love's no irregular desire
Last Line:
Tis what I know but can't express
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
23059

19. Nature is rising from the dead

First Line:
Nature is rising from the dead
Last Line:
Ah Chloe when my charming fair
Author:
John Winstanley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13023

20. O lord when I the heavens survey

First Line:
O lord when I the heavens survey
Last Line:
In extasy and praise
DMI number:
23072

21. Oh how I tremble for thy virgin heart

First Line:
Oh how I tremble for thy virgin heart
Last Line:
His household guardian and commodious wife
DMI number:
11722

22. Oh dread Jehovah thy all piercing eyes

First Line:
Oh dread Jehovah thy all piercing eyes
Last Line:
That guides my feet to thy own heaven and thee
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
15404

23. Once on the way as fable tells

First Line:
Once on the way as fable tells
Last Line:
Again shall never find me
DMI number:
23003

24. Richard of the green grown old and very poor

First Line:
Richard of the green grown old and very poor
Last Line:
Those that have something they must something lose
DMI number:
17149

25. Sage formal apes endeavor all they can

First Line:
Sage formal apes endeavor all they can
Last Line:
These mimic apes and we but mimic these
DMI number:
17058

26. Reader if thou canst read at all thou'lt find

First Line:
Reader if thou canst read at all thou'lt find
Last Line:
That for her species sake thus greatly fell
DMI number:
17582

27. So the long absent winter sun

First Line:
So the long absent winter sun
Last Line:
We had a paradise that's lost
DMI number:
6641

28. Some liken man to brittle glass

First Line:
Some liken man to brittle glass
Last Line:
And neither can recover
DMI number:
234

29. The dangler is of neither sex

First Line:
The dangler is of neither sex
Last Line:
Yield you and he'll cry out a rape
DMI number:
1801

30. The night was still the air serene

First Line:
The night was still the air serene
Last Line:
Because not wealthy dies
DMI number:
22996

31. This preacher silent yet severe

First Line:
This preacher silent yet severe
Last Line:
A joyful victor over the grave
DMI number:
22988

32. To my dear wife

First Line:
To my dear wife
Last Line:
And so I think to leave it
DMI number:
12298

33. To heal the wound the bee had made

First Line:
To heal the wound the bee had made
Last Line:
The sting went through my heart
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
23068

34. Tom ever jovial ever gay

First Line:
Tom ever jovial ever gay
Last Line:
And I could cry for him
DMI number:
15817

35. When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown

First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown
Last Line:
The canvas painted is and so are you
DMI number:
15825

36. When poets of old had a mind to rehearse

First Line:
When poets of old had a mind to rehearse
Last Line:
As you're sweeter than these so you're fairer than those
DMI number:
11068

37. When the heart aches with anguish pines with grief

First Line:
When the heart aches with anguish pines with grief
Last Line:
And dread the prospect of succeeding woe
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
22496

38. Why do you thus your friend deceive

First Line:
Why do you thus your friend deceive
Last Line:
Prithee good sir for once deny
DMI number:
17770

39. Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more

First Line:
Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more
Last Line:
Of thousands who Belinda's darts receive
DMI number:
12755