Poem Genre / Form: Couplet / Poem Theme: Places / Related People: Not attributed

1. A country family for London bound

First Line:: A country family for London bound
Last Line:: Exalts your souls and yields a lasting pleasure
DMI number:: 17686

2. A peace a peace is better far

First Line:: A peace a peace is better far
Last Line:: A better peace what heart could wish
DMI number:: 24452

3. All folks who pretend to religion or grace

First Line:: All folks who pretend to religion or grace
Last Line:: How happy for us that it is not at home
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17403

4. Accept lamented shade the mournful lays

First Line:: Accept lamented shade the mournful lays
Last Line:: That ever youth could boast or heaven itself bestow
DMI number:: 22939

5. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:: Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:: Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:: 41828

6. After great Nassau taught this nation war

First Line:: After great Nassau taught this nation war
Last Line:: To Britain that we choose him for our own
DMI number:: 10632

7. Although no brandished cherubins are here

First Line:: Although no brandished cherubins are here
Last Line:: When an heroic is a georgic too
DMI number:: 4539

8. Amelia beauteous princess deign to view

First Line:: Amelia beauteous princess deign to view
Last Line:: The task to abler poets I resign
Author:: Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18289

9. As wandering streams by secret force return

First Line:: As wandering streams by secret force return
Last Line:: But what they should be we must learn from you
Author:: Sir Richard Steele (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6208

10. As well might lambs the lions den surround

First Line:: As well might lambs the lions den surround
Last Line:: The men defend the walls and not the walls the men
DMI number:: 5238

11. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:: As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:: Blither girls than any there
Author:: Charles Sackville (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3649

12. As a fond lover when his mistress frowns

First Line:: As a fond lover when his mistress frowns
Last Line:: And at this juncture double is their praise
DMI number:: 17717

13. As soon as mild Augustus could assuage

First Line:: As soon as mild Augustus could assuage
Last Line:: They stoop for ease and pitch upon the ground
Author:: John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4040

14. At Blagrave's once upon a time

First Line:: At Blagrave's once upon a time
Last Line:: Safety for unsubstantial show
Author:: Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26596

15. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

First Line:: But now at Piccadilly they arrive
Last Line:: And slipping through the Palsgrave bilked poor Hack
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40475

16. Britain at length her wrath declares

First Line:: Britain at length her wrath declares
Last Line:: Let Bourbon tremble at the alliance
DMI number:: 33385

17. Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright

First Line:: Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright
Last Line:: And calm prefer oblivion to disgrace
Author:: William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24462

18. Daphnis because I am your debtor

First Line:: Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:: I rest your very humble servant
Author:: Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:: 41818

19. England's a perfect world has Indies too

First Line:: England's a perfect world has Indies too
Last Line:: And gives her a black bag for a green gown
Author:: Thomas Winyard (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6740

20. Doating Silvenius in decline of life

First Line:: Doating Silvenius in decline of life
Last Line:: And old Silvenius glory in a son
DMI number:: 17706

21. Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill

First Line:: Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill
Last Line:: Ungrateful vile
DMI number:: 18405

22. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

First Line:: Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
Last Line:: Bath is the touchstone of a lady's sense
DMI number:: 15468

23. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

First Line:: Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
Last Line:: Bath is the touchstone of a woman's sense
DMI number:: 12673

24. From care from noise from every bustle free

First Line:: From care from noise from every bustle free
Last Line:: I'd weave awhile my thoughts of being great
Author:: John Chetwood Eustace (Speculation)
DMI number:: 21583

25. Fresh from the schools behold an Oxford smart

First Line:: Fresh from the schools behold an Oxford smart
Last Line:: Shall run like men and women upon two
Author:: George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31732

26. For look you hur am an a prove gallant man

First Line:: For look you hur am an a prove gallant man
Last Line:: And aint it a plentiful plentiful house
DMI number:: 35766

27. Forgive bright charmer since it is decreed

First Line:: Forgive bright charmer since it is decreed
Last Line:: Seeks vainly for a flood to cool his scorching pain
DMI number:: 6028

28. From vulgar eyes on plains exalted high

First Line:: From vulgar eyes on plains exalted high
Last Line:: Who has preserved it by his conquering sword
Author:: William Oldisworth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10669

29. From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides

First Line:: From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides
Last Line:: Weep over its ruins at its follies laugh
Author:: Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23416

30. Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim

First Line:: Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim
Last Line:: The Greek has rivals but thy Shakespeare none
Author:: Thomas Seward (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22492

31. Had fate propitious made it mine

First Line:: Had fate propitious made it mine
Last Line:: Against reproach is innocence
DMI number:: 22559

32. Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before

First Line:: Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
Last Line:: And make one glorious and immortal Thames
Author:: Francis Knapp (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12242

33. Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town

First Line:: Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town
Last Line:: Defy the vice can or the velvet sleeve
DMI number:: 5805

34. Her mouth will show she is not young

First Line:: Her mouth will show she is not young
Last Line:: You'd swear tis Rich's dragon roars
DMI number:: 22563

35. Here lies Joan of arc the which

First Line:: Here lies Joan of arc the which
Last Line:: Whether saint witch man maid or whore
DMI number:: 17727

36. Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

First Line:: Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt
Last Line:: Hobson has supped and newly's gone to bed
Author:: John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21840

37. How I congratulate fair Isis

First Line:: How I congratulate fair Isis
Last Line:: And leave their christmas pies for thine
DMI number:: 26575

38. Hither as to an oracle I come

First Line:: Hither as to an oracle I come
Last Line:: To man and something more than man may grow
DMI number:: 41854

39. Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

First Line:: Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
Last Line:: By turns the various sweets and pains of love
DMI number:: 21719

40. Here's that will challenge all the fair

First Line:: Here's that will challenge all the fair
Last Line:: Come here's your dainty pig and pork
DMI number:: 42527

41. I am the prince's dog at Kew

First Line:: I am the prince's dog at Kew
Last Line:: Pray tell me sir whose dog are you
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25859

42. In that sweet month when genial heat grows warm

First Line:: In that sweet month when genial heat grows warm
Last Line:: Contentment and good nature dwells in Hythe
DMI number:: 24660

43. In the same year when six and nine

First Line:: In the same year when six and nine
Last Line:: Even to the palace of the king
Author:: David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31531

44. In arts and arms the Prussian monarch reigns

First Line:: In arts and arms the Prussian monarch reigns
Last Line:: To whom Minerva's kind and greater Mars
DMI number:: 6088

45. In days of yore when virtue was in vogue

First Line:: In days of yore when virtue was in vogue
Last Line:: Preserve her charms her honour and her name
Author:: William Oldisworth (Confident)
DMI number:: 10662

46. In Edinburgh famed for oysters and drink

First Line:: In Edinburgh famed for oysters and drink
Last Line:: But I thought you a cow by your -- and your kicking
DMI number:: 31890

47. In new straw hats and cleanest gown

First Line:: In new straw hats and cleanest gown
Last Line:: And there they fall quite fast asleep
DMI number:: 19390

48. In new straw hats and cleanest gowns

First Line:: In new straw hats and cleanest gowns
Last Line:: Revolve what's past and fall asleep
DMI number:: 37229

49. Is this the place where late in tonfile yew

First Line:: Is this the place where late in tonfile yew
Last Line:: They lived thrice happy in their want of taste
DMI number:: 33240

50. Isis reject not the advice I send

First Line:: Isis reject not the advice I send
Last Line:: When vice you court and every virtue's fled
DMI number:: 24470

51. In Zembla the emblem of eternal night

First Line:: In Zembla the emblem of eternal night
Last Line:: All all we wish the world's epitome
DMI number:: 5464

52. In vain long parchment pedigrees adorn

First Line:: In vain long parchment pedigrees adorn
Last Line:: And nimbler Chanter get a sluggish Ball
DMI number:: 12678

53. In vain the learned doctors rack their brains

First Line:: In vain the learned doctors rack their brains
Last Line:: Let Punch the beggar's beadle whip the rest
DMI number:: 8092

54. It is not yet a fortnight since

First Line:: It is not yet a fortnight since
Last Line:: The sale of Rex Platonicus
Author:: Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7079

55. Much much thou owes to bounteous nature's care

First Line:: Much much thou owes to bounteous nature's care
Last Line:: Or make thee happy in the fair to come
DMI number:: 5462

56. My ravished muse in such bright mazes dance

First Line:: My ravished muse in such bright mazes dance
Last Line:: Restores you the blessed golden age again
DMI number:: 43184

57. My jolly muse describe that drunken scene

First Line:: My jolly muse describe that drunken scene
Last Line:: Does the same slavish badge of honour wear
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5395

58. I turn to you Cantabrigienses

First Line:: I turn to you Cantabrigienses
Last Line:: Since he died from a cart you are bilked of your waggon
DMI number:: 8085

59. If hills like Haemus can delight afford

First Line:: If hills like Haemus can delight afford
Last Line:: The lawyer's fortune's love in a hollow tree
DMI number:: 11751

60. Ladies whose dress wit sprightliness and air

First Line:: Ladies whose dress wit sprightliness and air
Last Line:: Had the famed painter Bunyan sweet been here
DMI number:: 18324

61. King Bladud once espied some hogs

First Line:: King Bladud once espied some hogs
Last Line:: Have lurked at H---k ever since
DMI number:: 35808

62. Last night when I my self to sleep had laid

First Line:: Last night when I my self to sleep had laid
Last Line:: They all concluded with an Ave Mary
DMI number:: 42363

63. Laugh ye gay laugh at yourselves alone

First Line:: Laugh ye gay laugh at yourselves alone
Last Line:: No man on earth by G-d can make reply
DMI number:: 22520

64. Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods

First Line:: Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods
Last Line:: And Bath possess the riches of the land
Author:: Richard Graves (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32567

65. Minerva one day pray let no body doubt it

First Line:: Minerva one day pray let no body doubt it
Last Line:: Your pardon my dear is it you Molly Scot
Author:: William Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24616

66. Next young Pengrouse from Devonshire he came

First Line:: Next young Pengrouse from Devonshire he came
Last Line:: He made an awkward bow and set him down
DMI number:: 33226

67. Nigh to the river Ouse in York's fair city

First Line:: Nigh to the river Ouse in York's fair city
Last Line:: Came sudden death and life like water spilled
DMI number:: 25967

68. Near Hampton Court there lies a common

First Line:: Near Hampton Court there lies a common
Last Line:: But ha'n't his just reward till hanged
DMI number:: 6432

69. Neptune within the Adriatic seas

First Line:: Neptune within the Adriatic seas
Last Line:: Mine boast the touch of an immortal hand
Author:: Jacopo Sannazaro (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37860

70. Not more by ensigns than select abode

First Line:: Not more by ensigns than select abode
Last Line:: And Britain's Pallas in her green alcove
DMI number:: 17085

71. Now happy spring retrieve thy sinking name

First Line:: Now happy spring retrieve thy sinking name
Last Line:: The father's potent arms the daughter's radiant eyes
DMI number:: 8031

72. O fie fie ye criticks your lasses at Hull

First Line:: O fie fie ye criticks your lasses at Hull
Last Line:: For if D - ny's provoked she will scorch you to death | Adieu
DMI number:: 21756

73. O thou who erst from Baii's smoking plain

First Line:: O thou who erst from Baii's smoking plain
Last Line:: And crown thy nonsense though she can't commend
DMI number:: 37159

74. Of fools and knaves what plenty Bath affords

First Line:: Of fools and knaves what plenty Bath affords
Last Line:: Or make me deaf or make those monsters dumb
DMI number:: 23185

75. O Scarborough say how comes thy power so great

First Line:: O Scarborough say how comes thy power so great
Last Line:: Some day the duchess no relief has found
DMI number:: 12198

76. Of ramblings and follies you oft have been told

First Line:: Of ramblings and follies you oft have been told
Last Line:: The Dutch to their brandy and the Czar to his punk
Author:: Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5454

77. Of that famed British structure fain I'd write

First Line:: Of that famed British structure fain I'd write
Last Line:: That gave even death an immortality
DMI number:: 18301

78. On closing flowers when genial gales diffuse

First Line:: On closing flowers when genial gales diffuse
Last Line:: Here deigns to linger ere she leave the land
Author:: Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24533

79. Old Bath grown jealous of her rival's fame

First Line:: Old Bath grown jealous of her rival's fame
Last Line:: They're not the first she's killed before their time
DMI number:: 12148

80. Old London great and wealthy grown

First Line:: Old London great and wealthy grown
Last Line:: Will praise the bridge that they go over
DMI number:: 16182

81. Panting and breathless from the vale below

First Line:: Panting and breathless from the vale below
Last Line:: And fills the observer with a sacred dread
DMI number:: 15649

82. Painting and poetry you know

First Line:: Painting and poetry you know
Last Line:: I'll loll away a laughing life
DMI number:: 20479

83. Painting and poetry you know

First Line:: Painting and poetry you know
Last Line:: Spares the proud prince of eloquence
DMI number:: 22558

84. Once more our London muses pleased repair

First Line:: Once more our London muses pleased repair
Last Line:: For none will blush to own what you vouchsafe to hear
Author:: Joseph Trapp (Confident)
DMI number:: 6520

85. Our plays concluding now we change the scene

First Line:: Our plays concluding now we change the scene
Last Line:: And be revenged on all the golden tufts I leave behind
DMI number:: 8094

86. On Nile's fair banks doth rise a woody grove

First Line:: On Nile's fair banks doth rise a woody grove
Last Line:: He can with equal ease reveal the dream
DMI number:: 38553

87. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:: Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:: But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:: Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3665

88. Proud Neptune in the Adriatic saw

First Line:: Proud Neptune in the Adriatic saw
Last Line:: Men founders were of that of this the gods
DMI number:: 6164

89. Pollio wouldst thou condescend

First Line:: Pollio wouldst thou condescend
Last Line:: Sights like these are nearer Paul's
Author:: Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22423

90. Prithee good Vala write what kind of air

First Line:: Prithee good Vala write what kind of air
Last Line:: Houses and lordships purchased with their gold
DMI number:: 42205

91. Say Bath from whence this civil discord flows

First Line:: Say Bath from whence this civil discord flows
Last Line:: And thrive as once they did in good king Nash's reign
DMI number:: 31527

92. Says Gooch to old Wilcox come take the other bout

First Line:: Says Gooch to old Wilcox come take the other bout
Last Line:: What signify gates aren't I master of keys
DMI number:: 36634

93. Scarborough's fair town like Latian Baiae seems

First Line:: Scarborough's fair town like Latian Baiae seems
Last Line:: Would Scarborough raise above old Baiae's fame
DMI number:: 11754

94. Resolving Scarborough thy fair hills to see

First Line:: Resolving Scarborough thy fair hills to see
Last Line:: And half Rome's nobles in her shades appeared
Author:: Edward Cave (Speculation)
DMI number:: 11717

95. Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse

First Line:: Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse
Last Line:: To build the house of god be Prior's praise
Author:: J. Newcome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15505

96. Reeking I came out of my mother's womb

First Line:: Reeking I came out of my mother's womb
Last Line:: That the fair ones love and the naked visit me
DMI number:: 17612

97. 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

98. Seek not in these paths to view

First Line:: Seek not in these paths to view
Last Line:: Her sister nymph simplicity
Author:: John Prynne Parkes Pixell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27525

99. Sir | I've a pupil well draw near

First Line:: Sir | I've a pupil well draw near
Last Line:: Be sure you don't forget the crown
DMI number:: 15277

100. Sirmio thou light and ornament of all

First Line:: Sirmio thou light and ornament of all
Last Line:: And your whole magazine of merriment
DMI number:: 8599

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1. A country family for London bound

2. A peace a peace is better far

3. All folks who pretend to religion or grace

4. Accept lamented shade the mournful lays

5. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

6. After great Nassau taught this nation war

7. Although no brandished cherubins are here

8. Amelia beauteous princess deign to view

9. As wandering streams by secret force return

10. As well might lambs the lions den surround

11. As Colin drove his sheep along

12. As a fond lover when his mistress frowns

13. As soon as mild Augustus could assuage

14. At Blagrave's once upon a time

15. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

16. Britain at length her wrath declares

17. Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright

18. Daphnis because I am your debtor

19. England's a perfect world has Indies too

20. Doating Silvenius in decline of life

21. Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill

22. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

23. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

24. From care from noise from every bustle free

25. Fresh from the schools behold an Oxford smart

26. For look you hur am an a prove gallant man

27. Forgive bright charmer since it is decreed

28. From vulgar eyes on plains exalted high

29. From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides

30. Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim

31. Had fate propitious made it mine

32. Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before

33. Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town

34. Her mouth will show she is not young

35. Here lies Joan of arc the which

36. Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

37. How I congratulate fair Isis

38. Hither as to an oracle I come

39. Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

40. Here's that will challenge all the fair

41. I am the prince's dog at Kew

42. In that sweet month when genial heat grows warm

43. In the same year when six and nine

44. In arts and arms the Prussian monarch reigns

45. In days of yore when virtue was in vogue

46. In Edinburgh famed for oysters and drink

47. In new straw hats and cleanest gown

48. In new straw hats and cleanest gowns

49. Is this the place where late in tonfile yew

50. Isis reject not the advice I send

51. In Zembla the emblem of eternal night

52. In vain long parchment pedigrees adorn

53. In vain the learned doctors rack their brains

54. It is not yet a fortnight since

55. Much much thou owes to bounteous nature's care

56. My ravished muse in such bright mazes dance

57. My jolly muse describe that drunken scene

58. I turn to you Cantabrigienses

59. If hills like Haemus can delight afford

60. Ladies whose dress wit sprightliness and air

61. King Bladud once espied some hogs

62. Last night when I my self to sleep had laid

63. Laugh ye gay laugh at yourselves alone

64. Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods

65. Minerva one day pray let no body doubt it

66. Next young Pengrouse from Devonshire he came

67. Nigh to the river Ouse in York's fair city

68. Near Hampton Court there lies a common

69. Neptune within the Adriatic seas

70. Not more by ensigns than select abode

71. Now happy spring retrieve thy sinking name

72. O fie fie ye criticks your lasses at Hull