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1. A fatal error tis in men of wealth

First Line:
A fatal error tis in men of wealth
Last Line:
To feed so high as will destroy their health
DMI number:
23381

2. A horse in science deeply skilled

First Line:
A horse in science deeply skilled
Last Line:
Listen alone to nature's voice
DMI number:
31192

3. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:
A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:
These underplotters countermine
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15363

4. Accustom early in your youth

First Line:
Accustom early in your youth
Last Line:
A thousand perish by repletion
DMI number:
23377

5. Advice Cosmelia by the wise is loved

First Line:
Advice Cosmelia by the wise is loved
Last Line:
The precept this the bright example you
DMI number:
12737

6. 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

7. Alas a fault confessed were half amended

First Line:
Alas a fault confessed were half amended
Last Line:
Where no receivers are would be no thieves
DMI number:
32151

8. As you are young if you'll be also wise

First Line:
As you are young if you'll be also wise
Last Line:
Or ungenteel to say I fear a god
Author:
Anne Killigrew (Speculation)
DMI number:
23728

9. Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before

First Line:
Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before
Last Line:
And those you may end when you please to be kind
Author:
Philip Dormer Stanhope (Absolute)
DMI number:
19574

10. Asses milk half a pint take at six or before

First Line:
Asses milk half a pint take at six or before
Last Line:
And those you may end when you please to be kind
Author:
Philip Dormer Stanhope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24468

11. Be good with spirit and with parts be just

First Line:
Be good with spirit and with parts be just
Last Line:
Where virtuous men enjoy themselves with God
DMI number:
30599

12. Be merry free and kind

First Line:
Be merry free and kind
Last Line:
Be sure make stout resistance
DMI number:
25137

13. Be prudent ladies marry while you may

First Line:
Be prudent ladies marry while you may
Last Line:
Which was of late adored in every place
DMI number:
43515

14. Beneath a court's luxuriant skies

First Line:
Beneath a court's luxuriant skies
Last Line:
Millers will evermore abound
DMI number:
33464

15. Brothers in servitude attend my theme

First Line:
Brothers in servitude attend my theme
Last Line:
Rules to our words our actions and our lives
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
30082

16. But if diseases thou hast none

First Line:
But if diseases thou hast none
Last Line:
And make thy body ten times worse
DMI number:
43731

17. Bring me a man with animating strokes

First Line:
Bring me a man with animating strokes
Last Line:
These worst of times and time itself survive
DMI number:
43061

18. Britons awake your country's cause

First Line:
Britons awake your country's cause
Last Line:
And choose right honest Knightley
DMI number:
24451

19. Cleon if you would have me true

First Line:
Cleon if you would have me true
Last Line:
Is never safe nor easy on her throne
DMI number:
43224

20. Dear child these words which briefly I declare

First Line:
Dear child these words which briefly I declare
Last Line:
Where sin and sorrow shall for ever cease
DMI number:
30362

21. Dear Gem I'll help you to a hint

First Line:
Dear Gem I'll help you to a hint
Last Line:
She'll die who Dame Griffiths of a cancer
DMI number:
29821

22. Courtier if thou needs would wive

First Line:
Courtier if thou needs would wive
Last Line:
Gain her servants and thee honour
DMI number:
44241

23. Dear Mrs Anne I'm certain you'll find true

First Line:
Dear Mrs Anne I'm certain you'll find true
Last Line:
Pluto himself will let you understand
DMI number:
43516

24. Dear Peggy since the single state

First Line:
Dear Peggy since the single state
Last Line:
And blushing throw the pen aside
DMI number:
25334

25. Despair despair no more

First Line:
Despair despair no more
Last Line:
And Darie with a bribe
DMI number:
44438

26. Deep in a grove by cypress shaded

First Line:
Deep in a grove by cypress shaded
Last Line:
He thought heaven only should control
Author:
John Gilbert Cooper (Absolute)
DMI number:
31057

27. Doctor tis false I'll never believe

First Line:
Doctor tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
23867

28. Few men their friends to such excess adore

First Line:
Few men their friends to such excess adore
Last Line:
The skin is nearest though the shirt be near
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30396

29. For temperance will health preserve

First Line:
For temperance will health preserve
Last Line:
From abstinence and exercise
DMI number:
24983

30. Fly Lysidus this hated place

First Line:
Fly Lysidus this hated place
Last Line:
When all lovers fires are gone and past
DMI number:
43608

31. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:
From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:
And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:
43008

32. Gay youth observe with constant care

First Line:
Gay youth observe with constant care
Last Line:
And work thy dissolution
DMI number:
36720

33. From thy confessor lawyer and physician

First Line:
From thy confessor lawyer and physician
Last Line:
Hide not thy case or state on no condition
DMI number:
41952

34. Gather your rose buds while you may

First Line:
Gather your rose buds while you may
Last Line:
You may for ever tarry
DMI number:
43004

35. He that a happy life would lead

First Line:
He that a happy life would lead
Last Line:
And laugh at the world and its folly
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
43139

36. He that would purchase and would gladly know

First Line:
He that would purchase and would gladly know
Last Line:
To ponder these few rules for his advice
DMI number:
42000

37. He that intends to take a wife

First Line:
He that intends to take a wife
Last Line:
Confess no trouble like unto a wife
DMI number:
43141

38. He that performs not what he ought but doth the same neglect

First Line:
He that performs not what he ought but doth the same neglect
Last Line:
For one wise man with hoary hairs three dozen fools I know
Author:
Samuel Rowlands (Absolute)
DMI number:
23385

39. How comes it doctor you are grown a jest

First Line:
How comes it doctor you are grown a jest
Last Line:
For those that pay you will be always right
DMI number:
21064

40. Horace advises well deposit

First Line:
Horace advises well deposit
Last Line:
And to Parnassus we ascend
DMI number:
37546

41. In softest chosen words reprove your friend

First Line:
In softest chosen words reprove your friend
Last Line:
For too reprove a friend in the yielding hour
DMI number:
24670

42. In friendly part a well meant gift receive

First Line:
In friendly part a well meant gift receive
Last Line:
Who never saw Dover cliffs or Calais' sand
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16176

43. Lo precious rules are here made common

First Line:
Lo precious rules are here made common
Last Line:
To make a sweet harmonious end
DMI number:
42499

44. Let truth and virtue be their earliest teachers

First Line:
Let truth and virtue be their earliest teachers
Last Line:
That scorches freezes racks and kills the beggar
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30092

45. Love is a bauble

First Line:
Love is a bauble
Last Line:
They hang him and so let him go
DMI number:
44033

46. I take you at your word and urge no more

First Line:
I take you at your word and urge no more
Last Line:
Be bold to speak but do not over-do
DMI number:
44359

47. Idly Jack you waste your treasure

First Line:
Idly Jack you waste your treasure
Last Line:
Cheer the kind the cross revile
DMI number:
17927

48. If thou a fresh-man art and thorough bent

First Line:
If thou a fresh-man art and thorough bent
Last Line:
Peruse the book for that will teach thee more
DMI number:
43816

49. If in these lawns and woods thus formed

First Line:
If in these lawns and woods thus formed
Last Line:
When thus we quit the field
DMI number:
23249

50. If in this town an unflushed puny be

First Line:
If in this town an unflushed puny be
Last Line:
Out rivalled by the duller brawny groom
DMI number:
42900