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1. A franklin was the sergeant's chief delight

First Line:
A franklin was the sergeant's chief delight
Last Line:
Renowned for courtesy by all beloved
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18342

2. A friend to all whom virtue may commend

First Line:
A friend to all whom virtue may commend
Last Line:
And God's sole work would always be to bless
DMI number:
20477

3. 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

4. A gauger never can be called a fool

First Line:
A gauger never can be called a fool
Last Line:
And sink beneath the tyranny of knaves
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28058

5. A beauty comes a heroine in her air

First Line:
A beauty comes a heroine in her air
Last Line:
And fill her veins with Charles's amorous blood
DMI number:
31333

6. A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight

First Line:
A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight
Last Line:
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18340

7. A knight there was whose early youth had shown

First Line:
A knight there was whose early youth had shown
Last Line:
To thank the saint that brought him safely home
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18333

8. A new born world the gardener's task began

First Line:
A new born world the gardener's task began
Last Line:
We will praise thee by our philosophic toil
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28175

9. A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear

First Line:
A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear
Last Line:
Therefore he sung so cheerful and so loud
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18353

10. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
And his new work as in Creation blessed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25487

11. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
He needs no foil but shines by his own proper light
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4504

12. A steward of the temple next must come

First Line:
A steward of the temple next must come
Last Line:
Some to undo but most to be undone
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18350

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. A man without one feeling for his kind

First Line:
A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:
Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:
31050

18. A merry wife of Bath comes next in place

First Line:
A merry wife of Bath comes next in place
Last Line:
For she had practiced long that old new dance
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18347

19. A ploughman followed who had still at hand

First Line:
A ploughman followed who had still at hand
Last Line:
A steward and myself were all the crew
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18348

20. A sergeant of the law discreet precise

First Line:
A sergeant of the law discreet precise
Last Line:
With a striped silken sash about his waist
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18341

21. A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed

First Line:
A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed
Last Line:
Nor put his dear in such another fright
DMI number:
12474

22. A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast

First Line:
A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast
Last Line:
But tired with the relation I'll give over
DMI number:
43070

23. A well timed pr--cy has title gained

First Line:
A well timed pr--cy has title gained
Last Line:
A faithful clue to Rosamonda's bower
DMI number:
31336

24. 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

25. Affected wisdom has a woman made

First Line:
Affected wisdom has a woman made
Last Line:
Though marble is the thing that's next her heart
DMI number:
31334

26. A wife as Pallas fair without design

First Line:
A wife as Pallas fair without design
Last Line:
Though more inviting than the cyprian queen
DMI number:
31338

27. 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

28. An haberdasher next a portly wight

First Line:
An haberdasher next a portly wight
Last Line:
For wealth gives power of face and pride of mind
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18343

29. An inner room receives the humorous souls

First Line:
An inner room receives the humorous souls
Last Line:
To promise future health for present fees
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5482

30. An age in her embraces passed

First Line:
An age in her embraces passed
Last Line:
And make us blessed at last
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4116

31. An endless war of words let Manlius wage

First Line:
An endless war of words let Manlius wage
Last Line:
Deaf to the thunder rolling over his head
DMI number:
10961

32. As various arts do shine in various men

First Line:
As various arts do shine in various men
Last Line:
If there be such a man tis none but Swift
DMI number:
25376

33. As some brave admiral in former war

First Line:
As some brave admiral in former war
Last Line:
And being good for nothing else be wise
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4136

34. At Hackney or at Chelsea bred

First Line:
At Hackney or at Chelsea bred
Last Line:
The world applauds the brave submit
DMI number:
19541

35. Avarice we say is such a vice we never

First Line:
Avarice we say is such a vice we never
Last Line:
And grudged the charge in tape that he was at
DMI number:
6039

36. Behold the wonder of her sex and time

First Line:
Behold the wonder of her sex and time
Last Line:
The force of nature could no further go
DMI number:
31337

37. 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

38. By nature formed of perfect shape

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

39. Buz | So represented have I seen

First Line:
Buz | So represented have I seen
Last Line:
Whatever the enchanting Spirit muttered | Mum
DMI number:
7278

40. 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

41. Brighter than Phoebus in his fierce career

First Line:
Brighter than Phoebus in his fierce career
Last Line:
Blesses all nature and is nature's night
DMI number:
31339

42. Celia a rural nymph but wondrous fair

First Line:
Celia a rural nymph but wondrous fair
Last Line:
And chatters still by rote like any beau
DMI number:
36501

43. 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

44. Clarinda's charms without the aid of art

First Line:
Clarinda's charms without the aid of art
Last Line:
Fond of the light till by its flame they die
DMI number:
36395

45. 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

46. Enough to glory and his country given

First Line:
Enough to glory and his country given
Last Line:
And bids the purling stream its winding course pursue
DMI number:
22942

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. Examine nature's work around

First Line:
Examine nature's work around
Last Line:
For all the world is but a ball
DMI number:
22110