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1. A decent mien an elegance of dress

First Line:
A decent mien an elegance of dress
Last Line:
These virtues are all thine and thou art he
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
16987

2. A muse devoted to celestial things

First Line:
A muse devoted to celestial things
Last Line:
With undecaying bloom in Prior's lines
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25146

3. Apollo hence thy aid I do refuse

First Line:
Apollo hence thy aid I do refuse
Last Line:
Till death's cold hand shall teach thee to submit
DMI number:
42217

4. All several beauties colours airs and grace

First Line:
All several beauties colours airs and grace
Last Line:
Young and yet wise the wonder of her kind
DMI number:
42216

5. As Bathian Venus the other day

First Line:
As Bathian Venus the other day
Last Line:
Had still worn Betty Dalston's face
Author:
Henry Fielding (Absolute)
DMI number:
27770

6. At once the sun and Carlisle took their way

First Line:
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
Last Line:
Their virtue he their beauty she bestowed
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12380

7. Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem

First Line:
Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem
Last Line:
Conceited living is a thing as rare
DMI number:
43191

8. Behold in this thou mirror of thy kind

First Line:
Behold in this thou mirror of thy kind
Last Line:
And all's perfection that is hid below
DMI number:
42689

9. Bright beauty on whose every part does rest

First Line:
Bright beauty on whose every part does rest
Last Line:
And then you'll be the world's chief wonder styled
DMI number:
42778

10. Bold as Prometheus thou hast stolen a fire

First Line:
Bold as Prometheus thou hast stolen a fire
Last Line:
And see an art like thine his death atone
DMI number:
17500

11. Carterwrighta Carteree

First Line:
Carterwrighta Carteree
Last Line:
Praise her charms and show their wit
DMI number:
19549

12. Come sit we under yonder tree

First Line:
Come sit we under yonder tree
Last Line:
A kiss or two and so we'll end
DMI number:
43304

13. Chloe's charms are so refined

First Line:
Chloe's charms are so refined
Last Line:
Yet methinks is every where
DMI number:
33575

14. Dear I have suffered much tis true

First Line:
Dear I have suffered much tis true
Last Line:
Of the rich empire of your love
DMI number:
43399

15. Cut the name of the man who his mistress denied

First Line:
Cut the name of the man who his mistress denied
Last Line:
When his friends want his aid or desert is in need
Author:
Esther Van Homrigh (Confident)
DMI number:
15672

16. Cupid and Venus jointly strove

First Line:
Cupid and Venus jointly strove
Last Line:
They meet in Mordaunt's face
DMI number:
16984

17. Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain

First Line:
Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain
Last Line:
And think there is some worth in my dull rhymes
DMI number:
43204

18. Emilia needs no art to make her shine

First Line:
Emilia needs no art to make her shine
Last Line:
Emilia's always pleased with doing good
DMI number:
12675

19. Each heart shows duty

First Line:
Each heart shows duty
Last Line:
Stands at thy beauty
DMI number:
41975

20. Drury thy well deceiving pen

First Line:
Drury thy well deceiving pen
Last Line:
As well might hope to paint her mind
DMI number:
20068

21. Fair as the blushing grape she stands

First Line:
Fair as the blushing grape she stands
Last Line:
As ripe as autumn and like April sweet
DMI number:
12384

22. Feign would I kind and learned friend

First Line:
Feign would I kind and learned friend
Last Line:
Sung from the heart if sung in vain
DMI number:
33598

23. For him thou oft hast bid the world attend

First Line:
For him thou oft hast bid the world attend
Last Line:
And pleased to escape from flattery to wit
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32747

24. Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught

First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
Last Line:
She far excels the rest of womankind
DMI number:
12658

25. How various ways has beauty to surprise

First Line:
How various ways has beauty to surprise
Last Line:
Not only charm but charm more ways than one
DMI number:
12661

26. In artless strain Miranda's thanks accept

First Line:
In artless strain Miranda's thanks accept
Last Line:
And worship womankind in praise of thee
Author:
Margaret Hill [nee Morris] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17503

27. In thee each part

First Line:
In thee each part
Last Line:
Doth catch a heart
DMI number:
41973

28. In thee the Graces

First Line:
In thee the Graces
Last Line:
Have choicest places
DMI number:
41972

29. In comely hue

First Line:
In comely hue
Last Line:
None like to you
DMI number:
41970

30. In nature twas kind by the charms of a face

First Line:
In nature twas kind by the charms of a face
Last Line:
In Madan who never had a fault to conceal
DMI number:
20445

31. In vain will songs of old from hence declare

First Line:
In vain will songs of old from hence declare
Last Line:
For words could never have reached to paint one single grace
DMI number:
16570

32. In vain you boast poetic names of yore

First Line:
In vain you boast poetic names of yore
Last Line:
And shines himself till they are seen no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
20449

33. Long have our comic writers tried to move

First Line:
Long have our comic writers tried to move
Last Line:
Broke the dull charm and rescued nature's laws
DMI number:
32768

34. Long since I bade the muse farewell

First Line:
Long since I bade the muse farewell
Last Line:
And women blessed shall thee call
DMI number:
35352

35. Long did great Jove the weighty point debate

First Line:
Long did great Jove the weighty point debate
Last Line:
As Pallas graceful and as Venus sweet
DMI number:
16341

36. Let thy own self the tablet grace

First Line:
Let thy own self the tablet grace
Last Line:
No hand for such a lovely face but thine
DMI number:
24855

37. Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise

First Line:
Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise
Last Line:
Could they but view the picture of thy mind
DMI number:
18012

38. Much wondrous good doth fount dispense

First Line:
Much wondrous good doth fount dispense
Last Line:
Britannia's heart be offered up at thine
DMI number:
31346

39. If all that know Belinda now admire

First Line:
If all that know Belinda now admire
Last Line:
When to her bass the loved Belinda sings
DMI number:
16604

40. If in thy youth such wondrous wit appears

First Line:
If in thy youth such wondrous wit appears
Last Line:
And what before but warmed shall be immoderate heat
DMI number:
16569

41. Let other poets poorly sing

First Line:
Let other poets poorly sing
Last Line:
And show thee glittering in abstracted day
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
17492

42. Latest thou came most perfect work of all

First Line:
Latest thou came most perfect work of all
Last Line:
Thee the most finished of his last best work
DMI number:
12657

43. Methinks I see the golden age again

First Line:
Methinks I see the golden age again
Last Line:
Nought but its beauties is becoming you
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23523

44. Methinks I see yet weeping over her cell

First Line:
Methinks I see yet weeping over her cell
Last Line:
And scorned the adhering earth that clogged its flight
Author:
Martha Sansom [nee Fowke] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17495

45. O loved Hillarius thou by heaven designed

First Line:
O loved Hillarius thou by heaven designed
Last Line:
What wouldst thou not were wealth and greatness thine
DMI number:
17466

46. Oh my loved Hill oh though by heaven designed

First Line:
Oh my loved Hill oh though by heaven designed
Last Line:
What wouldst thou not were wealth and greatness thine
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
38539

47. Oh bright Miranda to thy distant shrine

First Line:
Oh bright Miranda to thy distant shrine
Last Line:
And all the train of peace sit smiling there
Author:
Martha Sansom [nee Fowke] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17502

48. Pardon O Queen if I dare write to thee

First Line:
Pardon O Queen if I dare write to thee
Last Line:
And demonstration glares through every page
DMI number:
17831

49. Orinda's judgment's just and true

First Line:
Orinda's judgment's just and true
Last Line:
The other when she blamed her own
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
25212

50. Pen ink and wax and paper send

First Line:
Pen ink and wax and paper send
Last Line:
Thoughts which angels may approve | MP
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16904