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1. A fryar next to every female dear

First Line:
A fryar next to every female dear
Last Line:
A useful fryar and Hubert was his name
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18338

2. A man so sedulous sincere and kind

First Line:
A man so sedulous sincere and kind
Last Line:
For his own works shall praise him in the gate
DMI number:
9615

3. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
And nothing unrewarded went except desert
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17610

4. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
He left not faction but of that was left
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28732

5. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
That every man with him was God or devil
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36900

6. Add all to man that man's perfection makes

First Line:
Add all to man that man's perfection makes
Last Line:
Were you ah were you like him in your love
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Confident)
DMI number:
44557

7. A wig that's full

First Line:
A wig that's full
Last Line:
That hodgepodge for the ladies
Author:
Thomas Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
23799

8. Bluff as the winds that on the ocean roar

First Line:
Bluff as the winds that on the ocean roar
Last Line:
Or's sent in smoke to visit Captain Wade
DMI number:
7211

9. By nature formed of perfect shape

First Line:
By nature formed of perfect shape
Last Line:
Yes justly answers it
DMI number:
31944

10. But though the two legged brute we last observed

First Line:
But though the two legged brute we last observed
Last Line:
H' has drank to sleep and slept to drink again
DMI number:
10709

11. Celia that faithful servant you disown

First Line:
Celia that faithful servant you disown
Last Line:
Since dying I must be no more your slave
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4114

12. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:
Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:
A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:
3655

13. Doeg though without knowing how or why

First Line:
Doeg though without knowing how or why
Last Line:
And a month's harvest keeps him all the year
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28734

14. Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride

First Line:
Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
Last Line:
And patriots still or poets deck the line
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17790

15. Deep sunk in down till the gay morning's spent

First Line:
Deep sunk in down till the gay morning's spent
Last Line:
And reeling goes triumphantly to bed
DMI number:
35465

16. Freedom from vice is in her nature's part

First Line:
Freedom from vice is in her nature's part
Last Line:
But's witnessed and rewarded both at home
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9612

17. Fools they are the only nation

First Line:
Fools they are the only nation
Last Line:
Oh who would not be | he he he
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23621

18. From London your honours to Stratford I'm come

First Line:
From London your honours to Stratford I'm come
Last Line:
And be back in a moment a coming a coming a coming
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33773

19. Give me a charming girl Twangdillo cries

First Line:
Give me a charming girl Twangdillo cries
Last Line:
Except a scolding wife and cuckold's horns
DMI number:
5323

20. Grant me propitious powers this one request

First Line:
Grant me propitious powers this one request
Last Line:
But thrive be green and prosper all the year
DMI number:
6544

21. He deals in destiny's dark counsels

First Line:
He deals in destiny's dark counsels
Last Line:
They for discovery flock or curing
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
9793

22. Her well taught mind which makes her good and great

First Line:
Her well taught mind which makes her good and great
Last Line:
In duty strict in bounty unconfined
DMI number:
9609

23. His foppery without the help of sense

First Line:
His foppery without the help of sense
Last Line:
An eminent fool must be a man of parts
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5612

24. Humbly sheweth | That I went to warm myself in Lady Betty's chamber because I was cold

First Line:
Humbly sheweth | That I went to warm myself in Lady Betty's chamber because I was cold
Last Line:
Or the chaplain for tis his trade as in duty bound shall pray
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
5941

25. In Marlborough there remains not only

First Line:
In Marlborough there remains not only
Last Line:
Which kind heaven bestows
DMI number:
5044

26. In Essex lately lived a jolly squire

First Line:
In Essex lately lived a jolly squire
Last Line:
A faction waking that inclines to sleep
DMI number:
6266

27. In Paul's churchyard in London

First Line:
In Paul's churchyard in London
Last Line:
And sauced him with his own cord | Still doth he cry &c
DMI number:
8521

28. Long have I lived in court yet learned not all this while

First Line:
Long have I lived in court yet learned not all this while
Last Line:
A man that wanteth gold then gold that wants a man
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
49745

29. Liber thou joy of all thy friends

First Line:
Liber thou joy of all thy friends
Last Line:
Wisely doubles his short time
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6303

30. I rise about nine get to breakfast by ten

First Line:
I rise about nine get to breakfast by ten
Last Line:
Thus I tope all the night and I trifle all day
DMI number:
33846

31. Labeo a flattering cringer at the best

First Line:
Labeo a flattering cringer at the best
Last Line:
So Labeo is an atheist to mankind
DMI number:
12801

32. Next these a merry monk appears in place

First Line:
Next these a merry monk appears in place
Last Line:
His horse was sleek and as the berry brown
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18337

33. No sooner had the thirsty sun withdrawn

First Line:
No sooner had the thirsty sun withdrawn
Last Line:
Will without head ache give him leave to rise
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5407

34. No stop your noses readers all and some

First Line:
No stop your noses readers all and some
Last Line:
To talk like Doeg and to write like thee
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28735

35. Of him I cannot which is hardest tell

First Line:
Of him I cannot which is hardest tell
Last Line:
While they survive my happy saint will live
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute) & Nahum Tate (Absolute) & Katherine Philips (Absolute) & James Smith (Speculation)
DMI number:
9616

36. Of all the fools the present times produce

First Line:
Of all the fools the present times produce
Last Line:
A high-church footing for the low-church sake
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7970

37. Of vice the secret friend the foe professed

First Line:
Of vice the secret friend the foe professed
Last Line:
And Scotch addressers hail the best of kings
DMI number:
38565

38. Of these the false Achitophel was first

First Line:
Of these the false Achitophel was first
Last Line:
And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28639

39. Oh may I live to hail that glorious day

First Line:
Oh may I live to hail that glorious day
Last Line:
But every English head to the rightful monarch bow
DMI number:
12505

40. One Sunday at night as a country divine

First Line:
One Sunday at night as a country divine
Last Line:
I can preach twice a day and make nothing at all on it
DMI number:
38669

41. Phillis be gentler I advise

First Line:
Phillis be gentler I advise
Last Line:
And never know the joy
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4120

42. Scorned by the wise detested by the good

First Line:
Scorned by the wise detested by the good
Last Line:
For eminence in folly deemed a wit
DMI number:
30534

43. She is so prudent and yet so sincere

First Line:
She is so prudent and yet so sincere
Last Line:
Outdoes example in civility
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9613

44. Since my good friends though late are pleased at last

First Line:
Since my good friends though late are pleased at last
Last Line:
To find the secret to deserve your favour
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33741

45. Such Cato was of such exalted kind

First Line:
Such Cato was of such exalted kind
Last Line:
Free from all self desire or self design
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6475

46. Such perfect bliss fair Chloris we

First Line:
Such perfect bliss fair Chloris we
Last Line:
You were no match for me
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4121

47. The annual revolution of the sun

First Line:
The annual revolution of the sun
Last Line:
With winning words to've charmed the city governors
DMI number:
5867

48. That hoary head in these few lines is sung

First Line:
That hoary head in these few lines is sung
Last Line:
And do dear doctor do thy very worst
DMI number:
12613

49. The rays did in her countenance appear

First Line:
The rays did in her countenance appear
Last Line:
And paid her in variety of woe
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9614

50. The nobleman why he's a thing

First Line:
The nobleman why he's a thing
Last Line:
One speaks you great the other base
DMI number:
12503