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1. A conscience pure withouten spot

First Line:
A conscience pure withouten spot
Last Line:
A brazen wall full well may be
DMI number:
49175

2. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

3. A sovereign salve there is for each disease

First Line:
A sovereign salve there is for each disease
Last Line:
For to delay each ill desire
DMI number:
49169

4. A treaty's on foot look about English boys

First Line:
A treaty's on foot look about English boys
Last Line:
As half a loaf's better than no bread at all | Over over &c
DMI number:
13276

5. Ah wretched man whom neither fate can please

First Line:
Ah wretched man whom neither fate can please
Last Line:
The universal Monarch Man is only poor
DMI number:
43646

6. Alas to this we come why why is life

First Line:
Alas to this we come why why is life
Last Line:
Alas so long their art so short their day
DMI number:
16657

7. An everlasting bondage doth he choose

First Line:
An everlasting bondage doth he choose
Last Line:
That all alone to lust obeys
DMI number:
49170

8. All you beauties and attractions

First Line:
All you beauties and attractions
Last Line:
I for ever bid adieu
DMI number:
43610

9. As musing on his bed the speecher lay

First Line:
As musing on his bed the speecher lay
Last Line:
And leave thee to the lash of lost integrity
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19530

10. As soon as on the banks of Rhine

First Line:
As soon as on the banks of Rhine
Last Line:
Are better far than one
DMI number:
18064

11. Avaunt ye critics too severe

First Line:
Avaunt ye critics too severe
Last Line:
When he approves who dares dispraise
DMI number:
22802

12. Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach

First Line:
Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach
Last Line:
And stole from Shakespeare's self our easy hearts
DMI number:
8391

13. Be steadfast to thine own

First Line:
Be steadfast to thine own
Last Line:
Always the unknown snare
DMI number:
49134

14. Before this judge all judges shall appear

First Line:
Before this judge all judges shall appear
Last Line:
But even the conscience shall itself indite
DMI number:
41902

15. Blessed is the man yea doubly blessed is he

First Line:
Blessed is the man yea doubly blessed is he
Last Line:
To rot the scorn of earth and curse of heaven
DMI number:
13781

16. Believe me friends whatever you do

First Line:
Believe me friends whatever you do
Last Line:
No wise man will accept it
DMI number:
18319

17. Can the deep statesman skilled in great design

First Line:
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Last Line:
The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
33128

18. Car-men turn poets now why may not I

First Line:
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
Last Line:
With far more fame thanks to your scribbling lies
DMI number:
43110

19. But I suppose the same good will

First Line:
But I suppose the same good will
Last Line:
And worthy got to be retained
DMI number:
49177

20. Briton if thou wouldst sure destruction shun

First Line:
Briton if thou wouldst sure destruction shun
Last Line:
Fatal to all who dare approach to nigh
DMI number:
23167

21. Cease cease that vain and useless scorn

First Line:
Cease cease that vain and useless scorn
Last Line:
Since in a humour not to die
DMI number:
43603

22. Chastity a virtue rare

First Line:
Chastity a virtue rare
Last Line:
Are seen to have a hiding place
DMI number:
49173

23. Chloe has wit I need must own

First Line:
Chloe has wit I need must own
Last Line:
That always follows it
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11301

24. Chloris it is not in your power

First Line:
Chloris it is not in your power
Last Line:
But change your lover for a friend
Author:
Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
43841

25. Close wrapped in P-----'s smock his senses are

First Line:
Close wrapped in P-----'s smock his senses are
Last Line:
Secure your nation and yourself from harms
DMI number:
42308

26. Could you at last a commonwealth obtain

First Line:
Could you at last a commonwealth obtain
Last Line:
Reclined you on your rightful monarch's breast
DMI number:
8074

27. Did you my charming Sylvia live

First Line:
Did you my charming Sylvia live
Last Line:
But oh to enjoy thee must make us grow divine
DMI number:
42742

28. False flattering men who make it your chief pride

First Line:
False flattering men who make it your chief pride
Last Line:
That now you scoff at and dare glory in
DMI number:
42760

29. Evadne I must tell you so

First Line:
Evadne I must tell you so
Last Line:
To wait eternally
DMI number:
43574

30. First let the lion dread the bleating sheep

First Line:
First let the lion dread the bleating sheep
Last Line:
When Gloriana's eyebrow is the bow
DMI number:
43624

31. Faction is ripe

First Line:
Faction is ripe
Last Line:
Fails to perform what he had begun | Hanover &c
DMI number:
13316

32. 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

33. Forsake dear nymph this awkward dress

First Line:
Forsake dear nymph this awkward dress
Last Line:
To your fond votaries
DMI number:
12151

34. For once dear Molly lay aside

First Line:
For once dear Molly lay aside
Last Line:
And be as false as you
DMI number:
11094

35. Forbear my outside friend to shake my hand

First Line:
Forbear my outside friend to shake my hand
Last Line:
And fresh affronts deserve a smarter stroke
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7992

36. For shame ye doting fools for shame be wise

First Line:
For shame ye doting fools for shame be wise
Last Line:
Had not your sovereign stopped the intended doom
DMI number:
8101

37. Floria whilst your tuneful sound

First Line:
Floria whilst your tuneful sound
Last Line:
Because by force you are chaste
DMI number:
44426

38. Give me thine heart my much loved son

First Line:
Give me thine heart my much loved son
Last Line:
Nor ever drink till wine inflame
DMI number:
33144

39. Gellius is lean and why not such a son

First Line:
Gellius is lean and why not such a son
Last Line:
Which shows you why the skeleton is such
DMI number:
8540

40. God prosper long this free born isle

First Line:
God prosper long this free born isle
Last Line:
Be it a war or peace
DMI number:
13265

41. God wot my friend our life full soon decays

First Line:
God wot my friend our life full soon decays
Last Line:
And death untamed will grant no man grace
DMI number:
49179

42. Great persecutors of the land

First Line:
Great persecutors of the land
Last Line:
The rope that you hold in your hand
DMI number:
42579

43. Great Charles who full of mercy mightst command

First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy mightst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
8990

44. Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command

First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3634

45. Have angels sinned and shall not men beware

First Line:
Have angels sinned and shall not men beware
Last Line:
His joys are joys of conquest not of peace
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33142

46. Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted

First Line:
Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted
Last Line:
And have no hope of heaven but his word
DMI number:
44337

47. I count this conquest great

First Line:
I count this conquest great
Last Line:
And vanquish wanton will
DMI number:
49171

48. I have reason to fly thee and not to sit down by thee

First Line:
I have reason to fly thee and not to sit down by thee
Last Line:
And that man hath no worth that won't sometime be mellow
DMI number:
43104

49. In anger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In anger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love but all thy wealth
DMI number:
41924

50. In danger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In danger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love thee but for thy wealth
DMI number:
43796