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1. A famous wight ycleped pimp L--

First Line:
A famous wight ycleped pimp L--
Last Line:
You'll never be more than head of college
DMI number:
24243

2. A generous race of croaking frogs

First Line:
A generous race of croaking frogs
Last Line:
And still have found it the same thing
DMI number:
4400

3. A good resolve ay marry is it

First Line:
A good resolve ay marry is it
Last Line:
Where contradicting is confuting
DMI number:
16143

4. A certain brewer whose liquor of life

First Line:
A certain brewer whose liquor of life
Last Line:
That those who touch cash should have clean washen hands
DMI number:
4412

5. A courtier professed much esteemed by the great

First Line:
A courtier professed much esteemed by the great
Last Line:
And depend on my service to tell my lord Bute
DMI number:
31328

6. A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate

First Line:
A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate
Last Line:
Our hogs we've brought to a blessed market
DMI number:
43006

7. A prelate says Osborne preached this doctrine of late

First Line:
A prelate says Osborne preached this doctrine of late
Last Line:
That when one's gone the other never stays long behind
DMI number:
13019

8. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
5983

9. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
43172

10. A land there is as maps do tell

First Line:
A land there is as maps do tell
Last Line:
Still let them be cursed slaves for me
DMI number:
4403

11. All hail ye soft mysterious powers that charm

First Line:
All hail ye soft mysterious powers that charm
Last Line:
Sings in her rags and dances in her chains
DMI number:
11818

12. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

13. Adversity is very good

First Line:
Adversity is very good
Last Line:
The D- was well the devil a monk was he
DMI number:
24501

14. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

15. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where neither Pope not devil ought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
29400

16. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where pope and devil have nought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3660

17. A wily fox who long had been

First Line:
A wily fox who long had been
Last Line:
Why what but hang up all the crew
DMI number:
17987

18. 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

19. And does it gall you then ye venal crew

First Line:
And does it gall you then ye venal crew
Last Line:
Nor let each puny whipster seize thy sword
DMI number:
31341

20. And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch

First Line:
And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch
Last Line:
And may all christian people say amen to it
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4538

21. As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are

First Line:
As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are
Last Line:
Whether this be not a salamander
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
12153

22. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

23. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Confident)
DMI number:
3649

24. Arrive in safety all ye heroes brave

First Line:
Arrive in safety all ye heroes brave
Last Line:
Of g------ls a------ls and com----s
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
18287

25. Art thou mad poet what extol the race

First Line:
Art thou mad poet what extol the race
Last Line:
There's opportunity enough for lies
DMI number:
8033

26. As popish farriers use to employ

First Line:
As popish farriers use to employ
Last Line:
Tell us in March your highness heals
DMI number:
43041

27. As I was walking reading in a book

First Line:
As I was walking reading in a book
Last Line:
For poets dare at all adventures speak
DMI number:
43037

28. As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing

First Line:
As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing
Last Line:
There was no other way for mending the breed
DMI number:
42381

29. As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing

First Line:
As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing
Last Line:
There was no other way of mending the creed
DMI number:
4922

30. As in a dream our thinking monarch lay

First Line:
As in a dream our thinking monarch lay
Last Line:
Frighted to see himself so much outdone
DMI number:
4561

31. At market anes I watna how

First Line:
At market anes I watna how
Last Line:
To save the cow and yet no eat her sharn
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15376

32. At the time of the year when the citizens wives

First Line:
At the time of the year when the citizens wives
Last Line:
And join in a song to the careless good fellow
DMI number:
11228

33. As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne

First Line:
As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne
Last Line:
For though his pride's as great his cunning's less
DMI number:
3683

34. Away with your ballads be gone with old Simon

First Line:
Away with your ballads be gone with old Simon
Last Line:
By pushing it forwards I've but caught a Tartar
DMI number:
5904

35. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:
Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:
They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:
42999

36. Be wise as Ad------n as Br------ne be brave

First Line:
Be wise as Ad------n as Br------ne be brave
Last Line:
Should only make them for this triumph fit
DMI number:
5890

37. C------ at this time having no need

First Line:
C------ at this time having no need
Last Line:
The lord's vexation and the k---- by G-d
DMI number:
42310

38. 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

39. By his hall chimney where in rusty grate

First Line:
By his hall chimney where in rusty grate
Last Line:
Here's to thy much loved health | With all my heart
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
31633

40. By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first

First Line:
By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first
Last Line:
Or to betray or else to countermine
DMI number:
12569

41. But now oh what a falling off was there

First Line:
But now oh what a falling off was there
Last Line:
And on the isle of Bute is drove ashore
DMI number:
31158

42. Cease Caleb cease in milder terms rebuke

First Line:
Cease Caleb cease in milder terms rebuke
Last Line:
To gibe at felons or reflect on fools
DMI number:
11102

43. Chatham's a title steadfast Pitt remains

First Line:
Chatham's a title steadfast Pitt remains
Last Line:
But tears forbids my willing pen to write
DMI number:
31131

44. Come painter take a prospect from this hill

First Line:
Come painter take a prospect from this hill
Last Line:
Kneel to this image and pour out their prayers | And then die by suffocation
Author:
John Partridge (Confident)
DMI number:
42328

45. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823

46. Come children come and learn your father's trade

First Line:
Come children come and learn your father's trade
Last Line:
And with their money drink and drab and whore
DMI number:
43022

47. Curse on the authors of our present woes

First Line:
Curse on the authors of our present woes
Last Line:
Reduce their native country to a wretched state
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5457

48. Cursed be the stars which did ordain

First Line:
Cursed be the stars which did ordain
Last Line:
Prove that among us and curse me too
DMI number:
4574

49. 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

50. Continual hubbub and the noise of plot

First Line:
Continual hubbub and the noise of plot
Last Line:
Thus Colledge did but he was hanged at last
DMI number:
43068

51. Cried a jolly fat parson that could not subscribe

First Line:
Cried a jolly fat parson that could not subscribe
Last Line:
And a pill can do ten times more harm than a text
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3396

52. Dear Jeffrey did thou never meet

First Line:
Dear Jeffrey did thou never meet
Last Line:
And all their strings are tied to Sc------
DMI number:
18279

53. Dear sir | Having found with surprize that my late resignation

First Line:
Dear sir | Having found with surprize that my late resignation
Last Line:
For all your kind friendship and will always believe | That I am &c &c
Author:
Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:
31324

54. Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320

55. Disgraced undone and made the nation's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone and made the nation's sport
Last Line:
Ingloriously whilst we contend for all
DMI number:
12572

56. Early by four on Friday morn

First Line:
Early by four on Friday morn
Last Line:
So blessed myself and came away
DMI number:
43167

57. Divine Thalia charmer of my breast

First Line:
Divine Thalia charmer of my breast
Last Line:
And Phoebus rose and smiled to see the lover blessed
Author:
John Froud (Absolute)
DMI number:
5979

58. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sins
DMI number:
42324

59. Fame's mouth is steep and he who dares ascend

First Line:
Fame's mouth is steep and he who dares ascend
Last Line:
You though well meaning have but second fame
DMI number:
31995

60. Even as a lion with his paws upreared

First Line:
Even as a lion with his paws upreared
Last Line:
And Salamanca's shall be known no more
DMI number:
43113

61. Fire fire fire help for we're all in flames

First Line:
Fire fire fire help for we're all in flames
Last Line:
Cried damn the old charter and God save the king
DMI number:
43069

62. First let Freeman and Sidney the gazetteer drums

First Line:
First let Freeman and Sidney the gazetteer drums
Last Line:
Let us rest on our arms till our foes are all starved
DMI number:
25214

63. Fetch me Ben Johnson's skull and fill't with sack

First Line:
Fetch me Ben Johnson's skull and fill't with sack
Last Line:
Write my self sober and fall to't again
Author:
Henry Edwards (Speculation)
DMI number:
4722

64. Fair royal maid permit a youth undone

First Line:
Fair royal maid permit a youth undone
Last Line:
And I a victim fall to all the injured fair
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
4048

65. From all the mischiefs we have cause to fear

First Line:
From all the mischiefs we have cause to fear
Last Line:
And from false friends may heaven deliver you | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
12506

66. From deepest dungeon of eternal night

First Line:
From deepest dungeon of eternal night
Last Line:
If you believe seducers more than me
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
43043

67. From evening's coffee laced with long argument

First Line:
From evening's coffee laced with long argument
Last Line:
That I awaked and found it but a dream
DMI number:
43039

68. For wisdom old philosophers revered

First Line:
For wisdom old philosophers revered
Last Line:
This squire's true knight though not in name in more
DMI number:
12979

69. For tyrants dead no statues we erect

First Line:
For tyrants dead no statues we erect
Last Line:
The bravest people and the happiest king
DMI number:
4571

70. From hazy climes and moist Ierne's shores

First Line:
From hazy climes and moist Ierne's shores
Last Line:
And save herself as well as Castle---n
DMI number:
6400

71. From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed

First Line:
From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed
Last Line:
While Br----n sinks without our least regard
DMI number:
20851

72. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:
From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:
Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:
3659

73. Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men

First Line:
Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men
Last Line:
And those unborn too bless or curse us may
DMI number:
4888

74. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house ways to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house ways to be let
Last Line:
Though the monsieur and Tories and devils stand by you
DMI number:
42315

75. God grant us grace and courage to defend

First Line:
God grant us grace and courage to defend
Last Line:
And make our selves once more secure and great
DMI number:
11039

76. Go little babe respected by the just

First Line:
Go little babe respected by the just
Last Line:
To grace a gallows and hang under it
DMI number:
8034

77. Go little brat respected by the just

First Line:
Go little brat respected by the just
Last Line:
To grace a gallows and hang under it
DMI number:
4909

78. Hail happy hour wherein that hellish plot

First Line:
Hail happy hour wherein that hellish plot
Last Line:
From schism in tubs and popery in barrels
DMI number:
42983

79. Hail happy W------ thou art strangely great

First Line:
Hail happy W------ thou art strangely great
Last Line:
Must serve their masters though they damn their souls
Author:
Henry Hall (Speculation) & John Grobham [Jack] Howe (Speculation)
DMI number:
4578

80. Had the weather been wet a dribbling excuse

First Line:
Had the weather been wet a dribbling excuse
Last Line:
And saves to Sir John a whole company's treat
DMI number:
16111

81. Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife

First Line:
Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife
Last Line:
While thy vile heroes to their pardons run
Author:
John Somers (Confident)
DMI number:
5498

82. Happy the people where no priest gives rules

First Line:
Happy the people where no priest gives rules
Last Line:
If these warmed snakes at home abuse our native right
DMI number:
4591

83. Have you not seen in some clear peaceful flood

First Line:
Have you not seen in some clear peaceful flood
Last Line:
And leaves fair virtue's shrine and temple far behind
DMI number:
31132

84. Here be de var pretty show just come from Parie

First Line:
Here be de var pretty show just come from Parie
Last Line:
Me show you the Shevaler de St George at de bottom | O rare show o var pretty show who see my fine dainty show
DMI number:
13329

85. Here lies an old man of seventy seven

First Line:
Here lies an old man of seventy seven
Last Line:
For George of Great Britain will manage you all
DMI number:
11973

86. Here lies interred never to rise again

First Line:
Here lies interred never to rise again
Last Line:
You're got an earl of Chatham in his stead
DMI number:
31117

87. Here lies wise and valiant dust

First Line:
Here lies wise and valiant dust
Last Line:
Speechless still and never cry
Author:
John Cleveland (Confident)
DMI number:
4726

88. How easy tis to sail with wind and tide

First Line:
How easy tis to sail with wind and tide
Last Line:
But then the nation will be truly blessed
Author:
Edmund Hickeringill (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident) & Samuel Pordage (Speculation)
DMI number:
5985

89. How this fantastic world is changed of late

First Line:
How this fantastic world is changed of late
Last Line:
Fled from the uneasy truths which suddenly they heard
Author:
William King (Confident)
DMI number:
10689

90. How vain are hopes how changeable is man

First Line:
How vain are hopes how changeable is man
Last Line:
Dare they dismiss the acknowledged friends of Bute
DMI number:
31340

91. How wise and happy are we grown of late

First Line:
How wise and happy are we grown of late
Last Line:
Hanged to keep great mens counsel like F - H -
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
20608

92. Humbly sheweth | That we your majesty's poor slaves

First Line:
Humbly sheweth | That we your majesty's poor slaves
Last Line:
The over-plus of the saint's merit
DMI number:
6454

93. In that calm age for many blessings styled

First Line:
In that calm age for many blessings styled
Last Line:
Ushered in ruin discord and design
DMI number:
4470

94. In seventeen hundred and forty five

First Line:
In seventeen hundred and forty five
Last Line:
The church will be demolished
Author:
James Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37923

95. In days of yore when Albion's kings did break

First Line:
In days of yore when Albion's kings did break
Last Line:
To perfect this their so important end
DMI number:
5884

96. In days of yore when roundhead crew

First Line:
In days of yore when roundhead crew
Last Line:
In any cord so it be strong
DMI number:
16611

97. In pious times when poets were well banged

First Line:
In pious times when poets were well banged
Last Line:
If this won't do thou shalt be fairly hung
DMI number:
43030

98. Is this thy glory now is this thy pride

First Line:
Is this thy glory now is this thy pride
Last Line:
All the wild mazes of thy politics
DMI number:
43040

99. J R | Whereas by misrepresentation

First Line:
J R | Whereas by misrepresentation
Last Line:
Than what you owe to old Queen Bess
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
6550

100. Insulting ass who basely could revile

First Line:
Insulting ass who basely could revile
Last Line:
Only on briars and on thistles feed
DMI number:
4583