Poem Genre / Form: Couplet / Poem Theme: Anger

1. A curse upon thee for a slave

First Line:: A curse upon thee for a slave
Last Line:: Than have brave anger spilt or lost
DMI number:: 43947

2. A fly quite crank and debonair

First Line:: A fly quite crank and debonair
Last Line:: While he maintains an upright will
DMI number:: 19829

3. As fair Aenone justly did complain

First Line:: As fair Aenone justly did complain
Last Line:: Till death thy soul from thy lean carcass chase
DMI number:: 5449

4. As gouty Plodwell seeking soft repose

First Line:: As gouty Plodwell seeking soft repose
Last Line:: To quench the flames great Jove his thunder hurled
Author:: Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12632

5. As a wild rake that courts a virgin fair

First Line:: As a wild rake that courts a virgin fair
Last Line:: Do what we've done and ye'll be satisfied
DMI number:: 28992

6. Aurelius you the chief and head

First Line:: Aurelius you the chief and head
Last Line:: Till I have drenched your nasty mouth
DMI number:: 8595

7. Aurora now had left her saffron bed

First Line:: Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:: The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28078

8. Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire

First Line:: Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire
Last Line:: And from his eyeballs flashed the living fire
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12900

9. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

First Line:: But yonder far lo yonder does appear
Last Line:: Enlarged the mass the nymph became an isle
Author:: Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11702

10. But I must write or burst my gall overflows

First Line:: But I must write or burst my gall overflows
Last Line:: Who whispers smut to thy consenting ear
DMI number:: 22420

11. Chloris your rigor was to blame

First Line:: Chloris your rigor was to blame
Last Line:: You've freed a captive by too strait a chain
DMI number:: 22947

12. Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair

First Line:: Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair
Last Line:: And love reciprocal return to me
Author:: Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42046

13. Dull and pedantic is that giddy sot

First Line:: Dull and pedantic is that giddy sot
Last Line:: That galls the neck by yoking with a wife
DMI number:: 18282

14. Full on the sumner loured the licensed friar

First Line:: Full on the sumner loured the licensed friar
Last Line:: Begin I say sir friar The friar complied
Author:: George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18365

15. He that commits a sin shall quickly find

First Line:: He that commits a sin shall quickly find
Last Line:: Confess that heaven is neither deaf nor blind
Author:: Thomas Creech (Confident)
DMI number:: 7247

16. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

First Line:: Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain
Last Line:: And without danger can review his spouse
Author:: Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:: 11896

17. I hate and love perhaps you'll ask me why

First Line:: I hate and love perhaps you'll ask me why
Last Line:: I know not but tis so and I in torments lie
DMI number:: 8538

18. I kept the time with that religious zeal

First Line:: I kept the time with that religious zeal
Last Line:: The world I damned and everything but you
DMI number:: 37906

19. In anger puffed you say I prove

First Line:: In anger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:: No such will love but all thy wealth
DMI number:: 41924

20. In times of yore when things in common were

First Line:: In times of yore when things in common were
Last Line:: My boneless trunk surprised and nailed it down
DMI number:: 22834

21. Ill-natured censurer desist for shame

First Line:: Ill-natured censurer desist for shame
Last Line:: An the best part of me shall still remain
DMI number:: 43410

22. In danger puffed you say I prove

First Line:: In danger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:: No such will love thee but for thy wealth
DMI number:: 43796

23. In dark oblivion buried be his name

First Line:: In dark oblivion buried be his name
Last Line:: And stab a grateful nation to the heart
DMI number:: 19364

24. In vulgar souls weak passions we descry

First Line:: In vulgar souls weak passions we descry
Last Line:: And many Mary's in one Caesar reign
DMI number:: 42886

25. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:: Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:: Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:: William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11881

26. Long had I known the soft enchanting wiles

First Line:: Long had I known the soft enchanting wiles
Last Line:: And a Mac Flecknoe was the child of rage
Author:: Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:: 8440

27. Lie on while my revenge shall be

First Line:: Lie on while my revenge shall be
Last Line:: To speak the very truth of thee
Author:: Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22443

28. Madam think you for scornful frowns I'll bow

First Line:: Madam think you for scornful frowns I'll bow
Last Line:: The picture in whose like such falsehood lies
DMI number:: 42659

29. No woman ever shall draw me from your arms

First Line:: No woman ever shall draw me from your arms
Last Line:: You she would soon dethrone and set up me
DMI number:: 16975

30. Now be thy rage thy fatal rage resigned

First Line:: Now be thy rage thy fatal rage resigned
Last Line:: Due honours calm the fierce and bind the strong
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12925

31. Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over

First Line:: Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over
Last Line:: Destruction to those barks that beat the seas
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11952

32. Now a long interval of time succeeds

First Line:: Now a long interval of time succeeds
Last Line:: What mortal now shall seek the gods with prayer
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11716

33. Oh how does my dear Aeschines oh how

First Line:: Oh how does my dear Aeschines oh how
Last Line:: From a less barbarous foe to tempt a nobler fall
DMI number:: 3947

34. Patience grows fury that is often stirred

First Line:: Patience grows fury that is often stirred
Last Line:: The conquered should not dare reiterate
Author:: Thomas Goffe [Gough] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17095

35. Our passion gone and reason on her throne

First Line:: Our passion gone and reason on her throne
Last Line:: Amazed we see the mischiefs we have done
DMI number:: 9599

36. Say jealous Phillida what humour's this

First Line:: Say jealous Phillida what humour's this
Last Line:: Let us possess in peace these little toys
DMI number:: 42239

37. Rich men my friend by anger know to thrive

First Line:: Rich men my friend by anger know to thrive
Last Line:: Tis cheaper much to quarrel than to give
DMI number:: 27992

38. Sage doctor S- I do advise

First Line:: Sage doctor S- I do advise
Last Line:: Nor harp again on chalk and cheese
DMI number:: 38180

39. See anger zeal and fortitude supply

First Line:: See anger zeal and fortitude supply
Last Line:: But what will grow on pride or grow on shame
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28222

40. Sir | Passion's force compels me now to write

First Line:: Sir | Passion's force compels me now to write
Last Line:: I would not love and yet I cannot hate
DMI number:: 42220

41. Still shall I hear and never quit the score

First Line:: Still shall I hear and never quit the score
Last Line:: Arraign them in the persons of the dead
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7235

42. Such words the prophet's indignation raise

First Line:: Such words the prophet's indignation raise
Last Line:: Unfortunate Eurydice and died
Author:: Samuel Humphreys (Speculation)
DMI number:: 12443

43. Some time ago as stories tell

First Line:: Some time ago as stories tell
Last Line:: Should be again restored to life
DMI number:: 11059

44. The arms that wax-like bend

First Line:: The arms that wax-like bend
Last Line:: And twisted with their threads of life
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42043

45. Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just

First Line:: Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just
Last Line:: Who wrecks on that shelf where he stranded before
DMI number:: 4010

46. That disaccord between us two I find

First Line:: That disaccord between us two I find
Last Line:: This this man dignified with prime command
Author:: Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42153

47. The hero said and with the torture stung

First Line:: The hero said and with the torture stung
Last Line:: And still the name of hapless Lychas bears
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11723

48. The day was gone and Cynthia's borrowed light

First Line:: The day was gone and Cynthia's borrowed light
Last Line:: The nymph jilt you as she has jilted me
DMI number:: 12522

49. The captive cannibal oppressed with chains

First Line:: The captive cannibal oppressed with chains
Last Line:: With fiery glances mocks their rage and dies
Author:: George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29805

50. The power of Bacchus now over Thebes had flown

First Line:: The power of Bacchus now over Thebes had flown
Last Line:: And Ino once Leucothoe is grown
Author:: Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:: 11443

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1. A curse upon thee for a slave

2. A fly quite crank and debonair

3. As fair Aenone justly did complain

4. As gouty Plodwell seeking soft repose

5. As a wild rake that courts a virgin fair

6. Aurelius you the chief and head

7. Aurora now had left her saffron bed

8. Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire

9. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

10. But I must write or burst my gall overflows

11. Chloris your rigor was to blame

12. Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair

13. Dull and pedantic is that giddy sot

14. Full on the sumner loured the licensed friar

15. He that commits a sin shall quickly find

16. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

17. I hate and love perhaps you'll ask me why

18. I kept the time with that religious zeal

19. In anger puffed you say I prove

20. In times of yore when things in common were

21. Ill-natured censurer desist for shame

22. In danger puffed you say I prove

23. In dark oblivion buried be his name

24. In vulgar souls weak passions we descry

25. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

26. Long had I known the soft enchanting wiles

27. Lie on while my revenge shall be

28. Madam think you for scornful frowns I'll bow

29. No woman ever shall draw me from your arms

30. Now be thy rage thy fatal rage resigned

31. Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over

32. Now a long interval of time succeeds

33. Oh how does my dear Aeschines oh how

34. Patience grows fury that is often stirred

35. Our passion gone and reason on her throne

36. Say jealous Phillida what humour's this

37. Rich men my friend by anger know to thrive

38. Sage doctor S- I do advise

39. See anger zeal and fortitude supply

40. Sir | Passion's force compels me now to write

41. Still shall I hear and never quit the score

42. Such words the prophet's indignation raise

43. Some time ago as stories tell

44. The arms that wax-like bend

45. Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just

46. That disaccord between us two I find

47. The hero said and with the torture stung

48. The day was gone and Cynthia's borrowed light

49. The captive cannibal oppressed with chains

50. The power of Bacchus now over Thebes had flown