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1. Brebeuf in well deserving lines

First Line:
Brebeuf in well deserving lines
Last Line:
With him who sings the ass's hide
DMI number:
8929

2. Dear Jack of ancient race the son

First Line:
Dear Jack of ancient race the son
Last Line:
And mongst the muses write my name
DMI number:
12887

3. Here passenger beneath this shed

First Line:
Here passenger beneath this shed
Last Line:
The yet surviving poet's urn
DMI number:
7813

4. In verse to ease thy wants I write

First Line:
In verse to ease thy wants I write
Last Line:
May villain Frank - - Mazarine no more
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Anthony Cary [Carey] (Confident)
DMI number:
8623

5. Let P---n and C---r pump their brains

First Line:
Let P---n and C---r pump their brains
Last Line:
In hopes of future favours as for past
DMI number:
19526

6. Of kings renowned and mighty bards I write

First Line:
Of kings renowned and mighty bards I write
Last Line:
And swears the bookseller is almost broke
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4514

7. Suffenus whom you know the witty

First Line:
Suffenus whom you know the witty
Last Line:
But see not our own load behind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4781

8. There's that Suffenus whom you rightly know

First Line:
There's that Suffenus whom you rightly know
Last Line:
But late or never we discern our own
Author:
Catullus (Absolute)
DMI number:
9828

9. There are I scarce can think it but am told

First Line:
There are I scarce can think it but am told
Last Line:
My lords the judges laugh and you're dismissed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12326

10. Thou writest so seldom that there does appear

First Line:
Thou writest so seldom that there does appear
Last Line:
Which no proportion with thy vices bear
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42181

11. Thou as laborious as thy master kind

First Line:
Thou as laborious as thy master kind
Last Line:
To handle as he's wont the watering pot
DMI number:
8972

12. To fertile wits and plants of fruitful kind

First Line:
To fertile wits and plants of fruitful kind
Last Line:
Can only say Augustus is expired
DMI number:
7749

13. Varrus that wretch Suffenus whom you know

First Line:
Varrus that wretch Suffenus whom you know
Last Line:
But we forget what rises from our own
DMI number:
8546

14. When with stiff air and awkward grace

First Line:
When with stiff air and awkward grace
Last Line:
Satan to saints were chanting hymns
DMI number:
8933

15. When you advised me sir to choose

First Line:
When you advised me sir to choose
Last Line:
And match their follies or their wit
DMI number:
25013

16. With that low cunning which in fools supplies

First Line:
With that low cunning which in fools supplies
Last Line:
Live without sex and die without a name
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
30552