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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. 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

34. 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

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