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1. 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

2. A mother who vast pleasure finds

First Line:
A mother who vast pleasure finds
Last Line:
At least a thousand pounds a year
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11331

3. A stranger from Hibernia came

First Line:
A stranger from Hibernia came
Last Line:
Remember 'tis a Dorset sways
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
967

4. 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

5. Accept my good lords my most humble petition

First Line:
Accept my good lords my most humble petition
Last Line:
As Churchill's the great bred by greater Nassau
DMI number:
97

6. Accept O Duck the muse's grateful lay

First Line:
Accept O Duck the muse's grateful lay
Last Line:
Where their great parent sits enthroned above
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
33828

7. Accept with unambitious views

First Line:
Accept with unambitious views
Last Line:
Be ever young with length of days
DMI number:
26901

8. Ah what a death of patrons in this age

First Line:
Ah what a death of patrons in this age
Last Line:
And dedicate their works to one another
DMI number:
38059

9. Among the arts to make a piece go down

First Line:
Among the arts to make a piece go down
Last Line:
He dares demand protection sirs from you
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
37497

10. Amidst the joy that flows from every tongue

First Line:
Amidst the joy that flows from every tongue
Last Line:
The Jersey and Mecaenas of our land
Author:
William Worts (Absolute)
DMI number:
7016

11. As Jove will not attend on less

First Line:
As Jove will not attend on less
Last Line:
Live on and stuff to boot their maws
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
1130

12. As nature does in newborn infants frame

First Line:
As nature does in newborn infants frame
Last Line:
You for improving wit and he for war
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4844

13. As the success of authors is uncertain

First Line:
As the success of authors is uncertain
Last Line:
Tis best to marry first then wear the breeches
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
37511

14. Are you all ready here's your music here

First Line:
Are you all ready here's your music here
Last Line:
So if you like it save it if not damn it
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
37512

15. As seamen shipwrecked on some happy shore

First Line:
As seamen shipwrecked on some happy shore
Last Line:
New life to my condemned and dying muse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6743

16. Awake lethargic muse no longer dream

First Line:
Awake lethargic muse no longer dream
Last Line:
And drops its tribute at your lordship's feet
Author:
James Dodd (Confident)
DMI number:
17551

17. Attendance Cowley thinks a barbarous fate

First Line:
Attendance Cowley thinks a barbarous fate
Last Line:
But yet he could not relish being poor
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
9473

18. Auspicious youth what happy stars attend

First Line:
Auspicious youth what happy stars attend
Last Line:
Thy sword the laurel gain thy pen the bays
DMI number:
22935

19. Boy haste away with careful place

First Line:
Boy haste away with careful place
Last Line:
Provision to a starving muse
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:
25768

20. By nature formed to rule embarrassed states

First Line:
By nature formed to rule embarrassed states
Last Line:
Under the covert of a fictitious tale
DMI number:
6421