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1. A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet

First Line:
A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet
Last Line:
Now judge her genius is she bawd or belle
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17934

2. A pox who'd be a poet in our days

First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878

3. A very pretty bill as I'm alive

First Line:
A very pretty bill as I'm alive
Last Line:
A shop with virtue is the height of bliss
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
33727

4. A long lost orphan we present tonight

First Line:
A long lost orphan we present tonight
Last Line:
A tribute due alone to Shakespeare's urn
DMI number:
22035

5. As once assembled in the Elysian plains

First Line:
As once assembled in the Elysian plains
Last Line:
And while they aid partake their Barry's fame
DMI number:
40640

6. As some there are who may not know the story

First Line:
As some there are who may not know the story
Last Line:
And he no more complained she wanted life
DMI number:
36011

7. At fate's approach see Oroonoko moan

First Line:
At fate's approach see Oroonoko moan
Last Line:
To be so wept who would not wish to bleed
DMI number:
36656

8. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

9. But to write plays why tis a bold pretence

First Line:
But to write plays why tis a bold pretence
Last Line:
To judgement breeding wit and eloquence
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10450

10. Britons once more in annual joy we meet

First Line:
Britons once more in annual joy we meet
Last Line:
The ambiguous laurel and the double name
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
27191

11. Britons once more in annual joy we meet

First Line:
Britons once more in annual joy we meet
Last Line:
The ambiguous laurel and the doubtful name
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
19763

12. Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne

First Line:
Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne
Last Line:
And pistol proof put down these mighty men
Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
37948

13. Dear Friend | When those we love are in distress

First Line:
Dear Friend | When those we love are in distress
Last Line:
And 'tis the thoughtful traitor that offends his king
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
4438

14. Confusion how they've farcified my play

First Line:
Confusion how they've farcified my play
Last Line:
Pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch
DMI number:
39920

15. Critics your favour is our author's right

First Line:
Critics your favour is our author's right
Last Line:
Become old Britons and admire old Ben
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37867

16. Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown

First Line:
Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown
Last Line:
And wit that at a quibble never fails
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
8705

17. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sins
DMI number:
42324

18. First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts

First Line:
First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts
Last Line:
This oft alone has given success to plays
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10454

19. First then soliloquies had need be few

First Line:
First then soliloquies had need be few
Last Line:
As when Bellario confesses all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10437

20. From the deep vaulted den of endless night

First Line:
From the deep vaulted den of endless night
Last Line:
Souls damned to night must never see the day
DMI number:
4437

21. High stomached Hector dines upon one stake

First Line:
High stomached Hector dines upon one stake
Last Line:
And being happy always is not being great
DMI number:
40079

22. Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done

First Line:
Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done
Last Line:
Fit subjects for our author's ridicule
Author:
Samuel Foote (Speculation)
DMI number:
38101

23. It has been said by many a learned sage

First Line:
It has been said by many a learned sage
Last Line:
Then judge with justice and by merit save
DMI number:
23554

24. Most raw recruits in times of peace appear

First Line:
Most raw recruits in times of peace appear
Last Line:
If with a wish to please we want the powers
DMI number:
36009

25. My friend thy council is as wise as safe

First Line:
My friend thy council is as wise as safe
Last Line:
It makes for us to have the market so
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
6227

26. My jewels I'm come to spake in the behalf

First Line:
My jewels I'm come to spake in the behalf
Last Line:
Pass it like Irish linen duty free
DMI number:
38217

27. Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue

First Line:
Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue
Last Line:
They only could inspire what you alone could do
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38266

28. I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder

First Line:
I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder
Last Line:
Which surely you will not deny
DMI number:
38109

29. If dying lovers yet deserve a tear

First Line:
If dying lovers yet deserve a tear
Last Line:
O were you but as kind we know you are as fair
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17530

30. If that some painter in a piece should place

First Line:
If that some painter in a piece should place
Last Line:
Will burst or kill them ere they'll reading leave
DMI number:
42213

31. Ladies to you with pleasure we submit

First Line:
Ladies to you with pleasure we submit
Last Line:
Dare to be true submit the rest to heaven
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16916

32. Let others when some mighty man they'd praise

First Line:
Let others when some mighty man they'd praise
Last Line:
To which estate none else can make pretence
DMI number:
5731

33. Not all thy squibs thy quiddities and joke

First Line:
Not all thy squibs thy quiddities and joke
Last Line:
The wit the mimic satirist is dead
DMI number:
35641

34. No cringing sirs the poet's champion I

First Line:
No cringing sirs the poet's champion I
Last Line:
You fribling fumbling keepers of the age
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35814

35. Nay cease and hear me I am come to scold

First Line:
Nay cease and hear me I am come to scold
Last Line:
Our wish to please admits of no disguise
DMI number:
38502

36. Now gallants for the author first to you

First Line:
Now gallants for the author first to you
Last Line:
Unless your conquering smiles their stubborn hearts subdue
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38273

37. Now the reformer of the court and stage

First Line:
Now the reformer of the court and stage
Last Line:
Learn to write mannerly or not at all
DMI number:
3684

38. Of all the creatures betwixt earth and air

First Line:
Of all the creatures betwixt earth and air
Last Line:
A graceful temper never receives in vain
DMI number:
36797

39. Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire

First Line:
Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire
Last Line:
Leave thou to Pradon such a senseless pit
DMI number:
8968

40. Oh may it ever be my fate

First Line:
Oh may it ever be my fate
Last Line:
And all the deity gives place
DMI number:
10434

41. 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

42. Our poet something doubtful of his fate

First Line:
Our poet something doubtful of his fate
Last Line:
So every lash you give he writes the faster
DMI number:
4199

43. Our prologue wit grows flat the nap's worn off

First Line:
Our prologue wit grows flat the nap's worn off
Last Line:
With lewd lives and no fortunes would defend it
DMI number:
6491

44. Our authors as I'm told is not to seek

First Line:
Our authors as I'm told is not to seek
Last Line:
And at a distance waits his doom from you
DMI number:
38286

45. Our desperate bard our bold excursion tries

First Line:
Our desperate bard our bold excursion tries
Last Line:
His next shall thank you in a nobler way
DMI number:
38288

46. 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

47. Poets like cudgeled bullies never do

First Line:
Poets like cudgeled bullies never do
Last Line:
Our poets virgins nay our matrons too
Author:
William Wycherley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17526

48. Prologues of old the learned in language say

First Line:
Prologues of old the learned in language say
Last Line:
Then judge with candor judge and we obey
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
38293

49. Praised by the grandsires of the present age

First Line:
Praised by the grandsires of the present age
Last Line:
And lived so long but to behold it die
Author:
Allen Bathurst (Confident)
DMI number:
24928

50. Since the united cunning of the stage

First Line:
Since the united cunning of the stage
Last Line:
And praise what D'Urfey not translating writ
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3666