Blacklight

Search Constraints

Start Over
You searched for: Poem Genre / Form Couplet Remove constraint Poem Genre / Form: Couplet Poem Theme Manners Remove constraint Poem Theme: Manners Poem Theme Characters Remove constraint Poem Theme: Characters Related People Not attributed Remove constraint Related People: Not attributed
1 - 18 of 18
Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Gallery

Search Results

1. A man there is to all the country known

First Line:
A man there is to all the country known
Last Line:
For want of business is a busy fellow
DMI number:
33369

2. A wolf that long had ranged the wood

First Line:
A wolf that long had ranged the wood
Last Line:
A king without my liberty
DMI number:
33032

3. As Giron lately in the temple sat

First Line:
As Giron lately in the temple sat
Last Line:
Twas 'cause he could not sleep they talked so loud
DMI number:
17488

4. Believe me Will that they who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:
3865

5. Believe me Will that those who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:
6496

6. Can we succeed by wishing tis a jest

First Line:
Can we succeed by wishing tis a jest
Last Line:
The greatest bar to happiness is pride
DMI number:
22098

7. 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

8. Fools they are the only nation

First Line:
Fools they are the only nation
Last Line:
Oh who would not be | he he he
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23621

9. Interred beneath this marble stone

First Line:
Interred beneath this marble stone
Last Line:
And so they lived and so they died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12297

10. Let holy guides prevail on timorous fools

First Line:
Let holy guides prevail on timorous fools
Last Line:
This is the happy life we modish rakes would lead
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
10649

11. Let others in deserved oblivion pass

First Line:
Let others in deserved oblivion pass
Last Line:
Till rigid virtue reigns and generous lovers cease
DMI number:
8036

12. Of all the jolly sights the town has shown

First Line:
Of all the jolly sights the town has shown
Last Line:
And we enjoy our wished for halcyon days
DMI number:
7477

13. Parson tis false I'll never believe

First Line:
Parson tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
24083

14. Satiric muse thy keenest darts prepare

First Line:
Satiric muse thy keenest darts prepare
Last Line:
Prodigious B---mont monster of the age
DMI number:
6443

15. Sauntering with merry Jack of late

First Line:
Sauntering with merry Jack of late
Last Line:
You err cries Jack he always bows
DMI number:
15832

16. Turned of threescore for that sir is your case

First Line:
Turned of threescore for that sir is your case
Last Line:
Turned of threescore and turn a levee hunter
DMI number:
6406

17. Unmannered death thus rudely to alarm

First Line:
Unmannered death thus rudely to alarm
Last Line:
First in a wig and after in a grave
DMI number:
6911

18. When I take an attentive survey of mankind

First Line:
When I take an attentive survey of mankind
Last Line:
I hollow so loud you may hear me a mile
DMI number:
32080