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401. 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

402. Moechus who long had trod the stage

First Line:
Moechus who long had trod the stage
Last Line:
I did not kiss as many more
DMI number:
16610

403. Monarchs beware your titles they disown

First Line:
Monarchs beware your titles they disown
Last Line:
And decollation is the consequence
DMI number:
8067

404. Monstrous Avaro urges how can this be

First Line:
Monstrous Avaro urges how can this be
Last Line:
You turn bread into gold and that's your god
DMI number:
7961

405. Mor Why how now Pas-- since the last election

First Line:
Mor Why how now Pas-- since the last election
Last Line:
That four should lead four hundred by the nose
DMI number:
5887

406. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Buried in dust once dead by fate
Author:
Francis Beaumont (Confident)
DMI number:
15794

407. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Yet to this shape all must be brought
DMI number:
41955

408. I've eyes as well as you to find the way

First Line:
I've eyes as well as you to find the way
Last Line:
To question this or trust your private sense
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40474

409. I sing a prelate good unbodied now

First Line:
I sing a prelate good unbodied now
Last Line:
Till then to battle and but there to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27404

410. I sing not of Jove's mighty thunder

First Line:
I sing not of Jove's mighty thunder
Last Line:
Then heaven and earth shall sing God save the queen
DMI number:
4990

411. I sing of wights whom some folks call saints

First Line:
I sing of wights whom some folks call saints
Last Line:
And what you'll give to build they'll P---et
DMI number:
5297

412. I that was once a humble log

First Line:
I that was once a humble log
Last Line:
Got in my box and went to rest
DMI number:
4761

413. I that was once an humble log

First Line:
I that was once an humble log
Last Line:
Got in my chest and went to rest
DMI number:
42345

414. I lived well enough because my mind

First Line:
I lived well enough because my mind
Last Line:
Worthy a prelate to his blessed end
DMI number:
29431

415. I marched three miles through scorching sand

First Line:
I marched three miles through scorching sand
Last Line:
What mortal else could ever go through it
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
11314

416. I'd ask the reason why the dean

First Line:
I'd ask the reason why the dean
Last Line:
And peradventure serve his G-
DMI number:
16365

417. If at my years said he I turn one page

First Line:
If at my years said he I turn one page
Last Line:
So fortified we'll knock the monster down
DMI number:
27913

418. If aught beneath them happy souls attend

First Line:
If aught beneath them happy souls attend
Last Line:
Adjourning to the time that never came
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27403

419. If each new moon my rustic maid

First Line:
If each new moon my rustic maid
Last Line:
More grateful than a hecatomb
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25603

420. I've seen enough oh come away

First Line:
I've seen enough oh come away
Last Line:
Oh what must be the sun
DMI number:
32375

421. If a truth may be asked Sir pray what may it mean

First Line:
If a truth may be asked Sir pray what may it mean
Last Line:
Poor Charles is forgotten to make you the martyr
DMI number:
121

422. If any atheist rashly does disown

First Line:
If any atheist rashly does disown
Last Line:
And by the creature find the deity
Author:
Sir William Dawes (Absolute)
DMI number:
7688

423. If any Briton in this place appears

First Line:
If any Briton in this place appears
Last Line:
Some of you frown why faith she's something stale
DMI number:
8373

424. If the Jews were a people by God himself blessed

First Line:
If the Jews were a people by God himself blessed
Last Line:
That they go of themselves without fetching to hell
DMI number:
11100

425. If thou can laugh when nature guides

First Line:
If thou can laugh when nature guides
Last Line:
Revenge and all revenge is sweet
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22801

426. If thou lovest peace why then dost thou torment

First Line:
If thou lovest peace why then dost thou torment
Last Line:
And that's the way for both to meet above
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8027

427. If in the morn the chanter dares destroy

First Line:
If in the morn the chanter dares destroy
Last Line:
With uplift palms the very chanter bless
DMI number:
27914

428. If liberty of conscience ever was good

First Line:
If liberty of conscience ever was good
Last Line:
So kindness gains where arguments do fail
DMI number:
5470

429. If miracles and wonders with each nation

First Line:
If miracles and wonders with each nation
Last Line:
For ever live with never dying fame
DMI number:
18922

430. If not convinced learned Penny by the schools

First Line:
If not convinced learned Penny by the schools
Last Line:
And can there be an argument more fair
DMI number:
2894

431. If unity be found in heaven's great sphere

First Line:
If unity be found in heaven's great sphere
Last Line:
Dissention nor dissenters can be there
DMI number:
12189

432. If virtue in a medium does consist

First Line:
If virtue in a medium does consist
Last Line:
If ever it did in medio consist
DMI number:
6059

433. If we into our selves or round us look

First Line:
If we into our selves or round us look
Last Line:
Greater than some thought monarchy could give
DMI number:
4597

434. If every likeness were the same

First Line:
If every likeness were the same
Last Line:
No wound of sin but grace can cure
DMI number:
26345

435. If friendship justly claims a seat in rhyme

First Line:
If friendship justly claims a seat in rhyme
Last Line:
Soft seated in Elysian groves of peace
DMI number:
23550

436. If happiness with wisdom has its seat

First Line:
If happiness with wisdom has its seat
Last Line:
The way to bliss tis all I want to know
DMI number:
26802

437. Ladies behold me wait at your command

First Line:
Ladies behold me wait at your command
Last Line:
And mount your servant to immortal fame
DMI number:
37560

438. Kind stars gives me no earth to make a crown

First Line:
Kind stars gives me no earth to make a crown
Last Line:
Gives me with saints eternal crown to wear
DMI number:
29248

439. King Ethelbert lieth here closed in this polyandre

First Line:
King Ethelbert lieth here closed in this polyandre
Last Line:
For building churches sure he goes to christ without meander
DMI number:
28917

440. Let mighty Caesar not disdain to view

First Line:
Let mighty Caesar not disdain to view
Last Line:
And crowned with palm I will condemn the bays
DMI number:
4579

441. Let not that day in circling moments run

First Line:
Let not that day in circling moments run
Last Line:
Mature and open to omniscience lie
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23752

442. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

First Line:
Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin
Last Line:
This doctrine to refute and strike me dumb
DMI number:
8973

443. Let fools religion in opinion place

First Line:
Let fools religion in opinion place
Last Line:
And atheists God as love immense adore
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29223

444. Let Rome on man God's image to deface

First Line:
Let Rome on man God's image to deface
Last Line:
Till the tall pile shall end within the skies
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29601

445. 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

446. Lavinia is polite but not profane

First Line:
Lavinia is polite but not profane
Last Line:
Satan himself will toll the parish bell
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
15747

447. Midst the soft pleasures of fraternal peace

First Line:
Midst the soft pleasures of fraternal peace
Last Line:
And substitute a journeyman divine
DMI number:
27912

448. Midst this gay court a famous temple stands

First Line:
Midst this gay court a famous temple stands
Last Line:
Encountering honour at the sacred gate
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23359

449. Midst various mercies that exalted shine

First Line:
Midst various mercies that exalted shine
Last Line:
And as its author perfect let it shine
DMI number:
36175

450. Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further

First Line:
Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further
Last Line:
Is it not written thou shall do no murder
DMI number:
27816

451. May those good calves' heads that we lately tasted

First Line:
May those good calves' heads that we lately tasted
Last Line:
That give the next great stroke amen amen
DMI number:
12568

452. Many have been the vain attempts of wit

First Line:
Many have been the vain attempts of wit
Last Line:
First get his son then give him education
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
2245

453. Master an't please you I do zend

First Line:
Master an't please you I do zend
Last Line:
And God direct you for the best
DMI number:
20412

454. Madam | We address you today in a very new fashion

First Line:
Madam | We address you today in a very new fashion
Last Line:
Which is as dear to us as that against France
DMI number:
5031

455. Madam | Your words like Phoebus' rays enlights your land

First Line:
Madam | Your words like Phoebus' rays enlights your land
Last Line:
God bless the Queen the Church and Hanoverian Line
DMI number:
7868

456. Mistake not fathers read it once again

First Line:
Mistake not fathers read it once again
Last Line:
With sparks of lust the punished sinners breast
DMI number:
8919

457. Loved by and loving the best youth of Rome

First Line:
Loved by and loving the best youth of Rome
Last Line:
I'll come to thee if thou canst not return
DMI number:
35934

458. Lucilla though it likes me best

First Line:
Lucilla though it likes me best
Last Line:
Without a nosegay at thy breast
DMI number:
24402

459. Luke learned in arts and by the spirit led

First Line:
Luke learned in arts and by the spirit led
Last Line:
But that more blessed by which he taught to die
DMI number:
200

460. Men may amuse themselves with knavish tricks

First Line:
Men may amuse themselves with knavish tricks
Last Line:
Distrusted in this life and punished in the next
DMI number:
24979

461. Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents

First Line:
Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents
Last Line:
Penance and orders are to them the same
DMI number:
13495

462. 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

463. N----n to thee this poem I inscribe

First Line:
N----n to thee this poem I inscribe
Last Line:
For piques have more than once misled the wise
DMI number:
7232

464. Names that could never rise to epic verse

First Line:
Names that could never rise to epic verse
Last Line:
North-eastward galloped bold at one in the morning
DMI number:
12139

465. Near Holborn-Bars that dismal place

First Line:
Near Holborn-Bars that dismal place
Last Line:
A den of thieves turned house of god
DMI number:
2063

466. Neither doth humane love religion harm

First Line:
Neither doth humane love religion harm
Last Line:
When heaven commands - increase and multiply
DMI number:
6938

467. Never dare draw me without reason shown

First Line:
Never dare draw me without reason shown
Last Line:
Teach heroes courage and give law to kings
DMI number:
18266

468. Not Rome in all her splendour could compare

First Line:
Not Rome in all her splendour could compare
Last Line:
And Mrs Stafford yield to Betty Hall
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2174

469. No sacred pages never more repine

First Line:
No sacred pages never more repine
Last Line:
But like the furnace flash upon thy foes
DMI number:
5720

470. No sooner time sprung out his destined way

First Line:
No sooner time sprung out his destined way
Last Line:
Where reigns and smiles a dear incarnate god
DMI number:
26159

471. No fears by which our sceptics are distressed

First Line:
No fears by which our sceptics are distressed
Last Line:
Her soul would start to hear a word profane
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6855

472. No forms of beauty in that more than man

First Line:
No forms of beauty in that more than man
Last Line:
And own him lovely altogether fair
DMI number:
36166

473. O ---- think thou poor unhappy -----

First Line:
O ---- think thou poor unhappy -----
Last Line:
Fear not whole myriads in thy cause will join
DMI number:
7282

474. O A--a see the prelude is begun

First Line:
O A--a see the prelude is begun
Last Line:
At him they strike but regal right's their prize
DMI number:
7259

475. O Anna see the prelude is begun

First Line:
O Anna see the prelude is begun
Last Line:
At him they strike but regal right's their prize
DMI number:
39153

476. O Anna think thou poor unhappy queen

First Line:
O Anna think thou poor unhappy queen
Last Line:
Fear not whole myriads in thy cause will join
DMI number:
10989

477. O are you come tis more than time

First Line:
O are you come tis more than time
Last Line:
While he proceeded in his prayers
DMI number:
4943

478. O balmy name o source of lasting joy

First Line:
O balmy name o source of lasting joy
Last Line:
Flow round my heart and melt it into love
DMI number:
36277

479. Now dawns the day to folly ever dear

First Line:
Now dawns the day to folly ever dear
Last Line:
While with the writer all his readers rest
Author:
George Alexander Stevens (Absolute)
DMI number:
26761

480. Now every tender breast with sorrow heaves

First Line:
Now every tender breast with sorrow heaves
Last Line:
Your laws your lives your freedom and your fame
DMI number:
23559

481. Now H----- long has served the good old cause

First Line:
Now H----- long has served the good old cause
Last Line:
But raise the teacher fifty cubits high
DMI number:
11037

482. Now had the sun extinctless source of day

First Line:
Now had the sun extinctless source of day
Last Line:
Night's gloomy pinions brooding over my head
DMI number:
26201

483. Now London place doth take

First Line:
Now London place doth take
Last Line:
A monastery which then richly he had begun
DMI number:
29982

484. Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw

First Line:
Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw
Last Line:
Know we defy thy malice imps and thee
DMI number:
6428

485. Now that the sun hath veiled his light

First Line:
Now that the sun hath veiled his light
Last Line:
The mercy that prolongs thy days
DMI number:
43242

486. Now to be silent or to write in prose

First Line:
Now to be silent or to write in prose
Last Line:
My verses may have end but not our joy
Author:
Robert Gomersall (Speculation)
DMI number:
43161

487. Now veiled in night the varied landscape lay

First Line:
Now veiled in night the varied landscape lay
Last Line:
And earth's remotest ends shall taste his grace
DMI number:
32860

488. Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets

First Line:
Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets
Last Line:
Thou mayst alas but barely mayst repent
DMI number:
8138

489. No more let men superior wisdom boast

First Line:
No more let men superior wisdom boast
Last Line:
And make eternity my only care
DMI number:
12218

490. No more o Rome thy modern creed defend

First Line:
No more o Rome thy modern creed defend
Last Line:
Penance and matrimony are the same
DMI number:
30983

491. No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend

First Line:
No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend
Last Line:
Penance and matrimony are the same
DMI number:
13494

492. No name because you can't write well a fist

First Line:
No name because you can't write well a fist
Last Line:
While the true loyally draws a better lot
DMI number:
43072

493. O thou released from fears and perils now

First Line:
O thou released from fears and perils now
Last Line:
Her best memorial is your silence there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27437

494. Observe this good rule and learn it by heart

First Line:
Observe this good rule and learn it by heart
Last Line:
Likewise a vile landlord who doubles your score
DMI number:
36917

495. Occasionally as we discoursed of queen and church and nation

First Line:
Occasionally as we discoursed of queen and church and nation
Last Line:
But surely twould be sad to have occasion there to dwell sir
DMI number:
4993

496. 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

497. Of all heaven's judgments that was sure the worst

First Line:
Of all heaven's judgments that was sure the worst
Last Line:
At the next step the glorious crown's our own
Author:
Richard Duke (Confident)
DMI number:
4038

498. Of all our antic sights and pageantry

First Line:
Of all our antic sights and pageantry
Last Line:
Reclined us on a rightful monarch's breast
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3823

499. Of all the cheats and shams that have of late

First Line:
Of all the cheats and shams that have of late
Last Line:
Saved in a storm will in the harbour sink
DMI number:
4487

500. O heavens the weakness of my unkind father

First Line:
O heavens the weakness of my unkind father
Last Line:
Shall cut a million of true English down | Honi soit qui mal y pense
DMI number:
4887