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1. A fellow once when cash was scant

First Line:
A fellow once when cash was scant
Last Line:
And saw the raree show a louse
DMI number:
25017

2. 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

3. 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

4. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

5. A justice in a country town

First Line:
A justice in a country town
Last Line:
Choused of his goose and reason too
DMI number:
10503

6. A man with poverty oppressed

First Line:
A man with poverty oppressed
Last Line:
And plunged the wretch in endless woe
DMI number:
24978

7. A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged

First Line:
A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged
Last Line:
Come hanging oft or noble decollation
DMI number:
4422

8. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

9. A lion worn with length of years

First Line:
A lion worn with length of years
Last Line:
Who neither flatters nor offends
DMI number:
22061

10. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisoned tyrants on thy earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3632

11. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous serpent on the earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42302

12. Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see

First Line:
Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see
Last Line:
That would produce at last such glorious days as these
DMI number:
5912

13. All human satisfaction springs

First Line:
All human satisfaction springs
Last Line:
That all is outside all is show
DMI number:
25020

14. All you who leap religion's sacred fence

First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That God though injured is not deaf nor blind
DMI number:
36217

15. All you who leap religion's sacred fence

First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That the injured god is neither deaf nor blind
DMI number:
4094

16. 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

17. As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall

First Line:
As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall
Last Line:
At least we're vanquished in a noble cause
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
37513

18. At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein

First Line:
At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein
Last Line:
And lost in transport beg to wake no more
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
12000

19. As when the church's doctrines were arraigned

First Line:
As when the church's doctrines were arraigned
Last Line:
Not build your selves but others out of doors
DMI number:
7683

20. Backwards rode Filch who pockets used to rifle

First Line:
Backwards rode Filch who pockets used to rifle
Last Line:
They come not here who properly can touch
DMI number:
20839

21. Barber was blessed with competent estate

First Line:
Barber was blessed with competent estate
Last Line:
All wicked wealth will wear as it was won
Author:
Matthew Pilkington (Absolute)
DMI number:
18656

22. 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

23. But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds

First Line:
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
Last Line:
An easy entrance in ignoble minds
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30887

24. But such and only such who do disgrace

First Line:
But such and only such who do disgrace
Last Line:
When very shepherds dare debauch their sheep
DMI number:
6934

25. 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

26. 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

27. Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes

First Line:
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
Last Line:
As when old H-e was catched with rem in re
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5451

28. Court promises let wise men count them cursed

First Line:
Court promises let wise men count them cursed
Last Line:
For while you live he that scores best pays worst
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17341

29. Did power and liberty agree

First Line:
Did power and liberty agree
Last Line:
Been charged on me who gave you station
DMI number:
20836

30. Did you never see the cozened daw

First Line:
Did you never see the cozened daw
Last Line:
If pleasing and have colour for our own
DMI number:
3892

31. Dignified things may I your leave implore

First Line:
Dignified things may I your leave implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
4905

32. 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

33. Distracted thus with fears presaging Rome

First Line:
Distracted thus with fears presaging Rome
Last Line:
Too much to love of arms and heat of civil rage
Author:
Lucan (Absolute) & Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
4158

34. 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

35. Freidom honour and nobillness

First Line:
Freidom honour and nobillness
Last Line:
Work for a place in paradyce | For thairin rings nae covetyce
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10934

36. For faults and follies London's doom shall fix

First Line:
For faults and follies London's doom shall fix
Last Line:
Shall pray to Jove to take him back again
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
3635

37. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32319

38. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Where all this time he had been hid
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4190

39. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let
Last Line:
Though monsieur and tories and devil stand by you | Faxit Deus
DMI number:
4882

40. Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes

First Line:
Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes
Last Line:
He's grown a wolf by this and worries lambs
DMI number:
43023

41. Fuscinus those ill deeds that sully fame

First Line:
Fuscinus those ill deeds that sully fame
Last Line:
Did his loved empress Messalina kill
DMI number:
7248

42. Gold rules within and reigns without these doors

First Line:
Gold rules within and reigns without these doors
Last Line:
He votes for interest and she yields for coin
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10574

43. Grieved though I am an ancient friend to lose

First Line:
Grieved though I am an ancient friend to lose
Last Line:
And add new venom when you write of Rome
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7237

44. Half limp half strut as Jerry hied

First Line:
Half limp half strut as Jerry hied
Last Line:
Nor dream at night in sleeves of lawn
DMI number:
33531

45. Good God what means this sudden alteration

First Line:
Good God what means this sudden alteration
Last Line:
For if he rise he'll gaol us all for treason
DMI number:
43063

46. Hard steel succeeded then

First Line:
Hard steel succeeded then
Last Line:
And justice here oppressed to heaven returns
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9805

47. Hence satire's power tis her corrective part

First Line:
Hence satire's power tis her corrective part
Last Line:
And slaves and sycophants surround in vain
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30878

48. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4871

49. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42318

50. His grace will game to White's a bull be led

First Line:
His grace will game to White's a bull be led
Last Line:
And silent sells a king or buys a queen
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22425

51. Honest and poor faithful in word and thought

First Line:
Honest and poor faithful in word and thought
Last Line:
But faith go back and keep you where you were
DMI number:
28349

52. Here the cold bones of tattling Pius lie

First Line:
Here the cold bones of tattling Pius lie
Last Line:
But masked with seeming virtue each lewd fact
DMI number:
29488

53. I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires

First Line:
I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires
Last Line:
In a long long succession down to the day of doom
Author:
Thomas Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:
5923

54. I hold it rash at any time

First Line:
I hold it rash at any time
Last Line:
Connects with any fop that rhymes
Author:
William Wilkie (Absolute)
DMI number:
37162

55. In ages past when men did prize

First Line:
In ages past when men did prize
Last Line:
And things remain in statu-quo
DMI number:
19674

56. In times overgrown with rust and ignorance

First Line:
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:
And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28237

57. In happier times ere virgin vows begun

First Line:
In happier times ere virgin vows begun
Last Line:
However those stars that ruled my birth may shine
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11860

58. In early days ere prologues did begin

First Line:
In early days ere prologues did begin
Last Line:
If satire did not grin and growl and guard the coast
DMI number:
3869

59. It shall be known how Lackworth came so great

First Line:
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
Last Line:
Into coined gold transmutes the name of ore
DMI number:
5021

60. Jove governs heaven with his nod

First Line:
Jove governs heaven with his nod
Last Line:
And give his mind some relaxation
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42102

61. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

62. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

63. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

64. Lives there a man for no one merit famed

First Line:
Lives there a man for no one merit famed
Last Line:
For though there's one such man there can't be two
DMI number:
21884

65. Much less must that have any place

First Line:
Much less must that have any place
Last Line:
The author blush there where the reader must
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
28045

66. My plots fall short like darts which rash hands throw

First Line:
My plots fall short like darts which rash hands throw
Last Line:
Through foul paths as theirs that tread in snow
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
14014

67. My landlord underpropped his house some years

First Line:
My landlord underpropped his house some years
Last Line:
And let no ravens this March brood molest
Author:
Robert Wild (Confident)
DMI number:
43017

68. I'm come my future fate to seek

First Line:
I'm come my future fate to seek
Last Line:
Live unbeloved and unlamented die
DMI number:
6487

69. I'm sick of Rome and wish my self conveyed

First Line:
I'm sick of Rome and wish my self conveyed
Last Line:
Stock all your country with the figs of Rome
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
7236

70. I've listened long and now would silence break

First Line:
I've listened long and now would silence break
Last Line:
To increase the number I've sent there before
DMI number:
12261

71. I thence into the land of lying came

First Line:
I thence into the land of lying came
Last Line:
And by worse gains than the banditti thrives
DMI number:
6251

72. I'd praise your lordship but you've had your share

First Line:
I'd praise your lordship but you've had your share
Last Line:
Else they'll say Essex was the stouter man
DMI number:
42341

73. If yet the mole that heaves thy dirty breast

First Line:
If yet the mole that heaves thy dirty breast
Last Line:
Obscure to many will be clear to thee
DMI number:
33661

74. Let busy rumour and fantastic fame

First Line:
Let busy rumour and fantastic fame
Last Line:
But makes her self a witness to thy charms
DMI number:
8044

75. Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

First Line:
Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:
Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11200

76. Northward a county lies in which does stand

First Line:
Northward a county lies in which does stand
Last Line:
Then both were hanged nemine contradicente
DMI number:
10690

77. Not all the threats or favour of a crown

First Line:
Not all the threats or favour of a crown
Last Line:
Who love fierce drivers and a looser rein
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
22239

78. Not all the threats or favours of a crown

First Line:
Not all the threats or favours of a crown
Last Line:
Who love fierce drivers and a looser rein
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
3969

79. Noblest asserter of the noblest cause

First Line:
Noblest asserter of the noblest cause
Last Line:
Do but enlarge his rising globe of light
DMI number:
42859

80. O cannibal to double a man's rent

First Line:
O cannibal to double a man's rent
Last Line:
Till a famed sqre a frightful desert grow
DMI number:
23181

81. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
DMI number:
42359

82. Of a tall stature and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall stature and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3637

83. Of these the false Achitophel was first

First Line:
Of these the false Achitophel was first
Last Line:
And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28639

84. Oh friend of virtue foe to every vice

First Line:
Oh friend of virtue foe to every vice
Last Line:
They said twas done in his immortal lays
DMI number:
25407

85. Oh heavens we have signs below

First Line:
Oh heavens we have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
42307

86. Oh Joy thy name I never knew

First Line:
Oh Joy thy name I never knew
Last Line:
And South-Sea be like Tagus sung
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:
11800

87. Once more Crispinus called upon the stage

First Line:
Once more Crispinus called upon the stage
Last Line:
Him who so many lords had slain they slew
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
7293

88. Once more Crispinus called upon the stage

First Line:
Once more Crispinus called upon the stage
Last Line:
Him whom so many lords had slain they slew
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
7238

89. One hand and eye erect were close engaged

First Line:
One hand and eye erect were close engaged
Last Line:
Then like thy great exemplar hang thyself
DMI number:
11999

90. Proud Buckingham for law too mighty grown

First Line:
Proud Buckingham for law too mighty grown
Last Line:
The keen deep searchings of a Felton's steel
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
33507

91. Provide what money and what arms you can

First Line:
Provide what money and what arms you can
Last Line:
Who has the gold shall never want the man
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
14013

92. Peace thou corrupter of mortality

First Line:
Peace thou corrupter of mortality
Last Line:
Virtue a beggar learning unrewarded
DMI number:
3901

93. Prorogue upon prorogue damned rogues and whores

First Line:
Prorogue upon prorogue damned rogues and whores
Last Line:
If not next wish is we may all be free
DMI number:
4732

94. Prorogued on prorogation damned rogues and whores

First Line:
Prorogued on prorogation damned rogues and whores
Last Line:
If not next wish is we may all be free
DMI number:
42306

95. Says his grace to Will Green whom he found at his stall

First Line:
Says his grace to Will Green whom he found at his stall
Last Line:
For the squire will out poll us and peach you again
Author:
Charles Montagu (Speculation)
DMI number:
4958

96. Roman resolve thou shalt desertless taste

First Line:
Roman resolve thou shalt desertless taste
Last Line:
An offspring fuller of abuse
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42103

97. Ribbons and stars and courtly toys

First Line:
Ribbons and stars and courtly toys
Last Line:
That it might not be pissed upon
DMI number:
31379

98. Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue

First Line:
Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue
Last Line:
The poet's envy and the critic's pain
DMI number:
4595

99. Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight
Last Line:
Honest George Churchill may supply his place
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
4011

100. Since all the actions of the far famed men

First Line:
Since all the actions of the far famed men
Last Line:
But must cry Jack what have you stole to day
DMI number:
4768