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1. A gaudy rainbow vivid gay

First Line:
A gaudy rainbow vivid gay
Last Line:
Himself replaced upon dry ground
DMI number:
33325

2. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:
A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:
Is not the moral of it true
DMI number:
33323

3. All journey forwards to the self-same place

First Line:
All journey forwards to the self-same place
Last Line:
What pace I travel so my way be fair
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17384

4. As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine

First Line:
As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine
Last Line:
And Sir Toby steered home by the help of his tail
DMI number:
16725

5. 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

6. Before Bohemian Anne was queen

First Line:
Before Bohemian Anne was queen
Last Line:
While only those who will need pay
DMI number:
20422

7. Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form

First Line:
Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form
Last Line:
And seal a tyrant's doom
DMI number:
35308

8. Dear Anne | In prose I've wrote you many a journal

First Line:
Dear Anne | In prose I've wrote you many a journal
Last Line:
And now it flies to kiss your hands | Sep 6 1759
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30836

9. Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil

First Line:
Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil
Last Line:
Is a less grief than Caesar to offend
DMI number:
4037

10. 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

11. Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder

First Line:
Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder
Last Line:
You may depend upon my story | Your most affectionate | Albion's Glory
DMI number:
31213

12. Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith

First Line:
Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith
Last Line:
And keep us friends in truth as well as name
DMI number:
24348

13. Escaped from my guardian's tyrannical sway

First Line:
Escaped from my guardian's tyrannical sway
Last Line:
For their bubbles and bows to give your good sense
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
37952

14. Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise

First Line:
Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise
Last Line:
At once are sunk his genius and her charms
DMI number:
33217

15. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

16. Doctors by travel are improved

First Line:
Doctors by travel are improved
Last Line:
For ages and for ages
DMI number:
38431

17. Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine

First Line:
Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine
Last Line:
But be a country gentleman at heart
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22311

18. Fine paintings fine trees there's little else in it

First Line:
Fine paintings fine trees there's little else in it
Last Line:
By Vandyck Vanloo Poussin Raphael or Guido
DMI number:
35359

19. Farewell dear swain let neither seas nor wind

First Line:
Farewell dear swain let neither seas nor wind
Last Line:
Should rise and crowd themselves into a storm
DMI number:
11111

20. Farewell fair mistress of my chief desires

First Line:
Farewell fair mistress of my chief desires
Last Line:
Your sight alone can make your patient whole
DMI number:
43552

21. Farewell fair saint may neither seas nor wind

First Line:
Farewell fair saint may neither seas nor wind
Last Line:
Should throng and crowd themselves into a storm
DMI number:
3342

22. Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart

First Line:
Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart
Last Line:
Except you'll think of her you left behind
DMI number:
5331

23. From every Shires end

First Line:
From every Shires end
Last Line:
Who hath them holpen wherein they beseke
DMI number:
43749

24. Four clerks of Oxford doctors two and two

First Line:
Four clerks of Oxford doctors two and two
Last Line:
As Raleigh from his voyage and no more
Author:
Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:
7069

25. For the future footman not skilled in numbers

First Line:
For the future footman not skilled in numbers
Last Line:
If he be disposed to wager again
DMI number:
7806

26. From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome

First Line:
From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome
Last Line:
He knows the world ay and the world knows him
DMI number:
22054

27. Gentle tender beauteous belle

First Line:
Gentle tender beauteous belle
Last Line:
Bring all Peru home for thee
DMI number:
38114

28. From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send

First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777

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. Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea

First Line:
Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea
Last Line:
Where not a W-- shall approach thee more
DMI number:
12159

31. Go sprightly Rolles go traverse earth and sea

First Line:
Go sprightly Rolles go traverse earth and sea
Last Line:
Where not a Walpole shall approach thee more
DMI number:
12174

32. Go best in all that's good we cannot bear

First Line:
Go best in all that's good we cannot bear
Last Line:
And all men sing vive le roi
DMI number:
43165

33. Great sir | your presence still we would implore

First Line:
Great sir | your presence still we would implore
Last Line:
As if their spring but prophesied of you
DMI number:
43583

34. Grieved a scribbling friend to lose

First Line:
Grieved a scribbling friend to lose
Last Line:
What joys your fountains and your shades afford
DMI number:
35402

35. Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught

First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
Last Line:
She far excels the rest of womankind
DMI number:
12658

36. Here lies one conquered that hath conquered Kings

First Line:
Here lies one conquered that hath conquered Kings
Last Line:
With angels he may have his recompense
DMI number:
34135

37. How lovely sacred portraiture appears

First Line:
How lovely sacred portraiture appears
Last Line:
Inform the heart and teach the soul to live
DMI number:
11798

38. Honest Kit | If you can't read you'll get some friend

First Line:
Honest Kit | If you can't read you'll get some friend
Last Line:
Will meet the like tell them from me | I am &c
DMI number:
3012

39. Honest Sim and his wife once to sea took a trip

First Line:
Honest Sim and his wife once to sea took a trip
Last Line:
Tis a bad wind indeed that blows nobody good
DMI number:
24614

40. In that sweet isle where Venus keeps her court

First Line:
In that sweet isle where Venus keeps her court
Last Line:
And happy each at home enjoys his love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3931

41. In some vile hamlet let me live forgot

First Line:
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
Last Line:
But to trudge four and miss you is the devil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7096

42. In friendly part a well meant gift receive

First Line:
In friendly part a well meant gift receive
Last Line:
Who never saw Dover cliffs or Calais' sand
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16176

43. In foreign countries from the fruitful earth

First Line:
In foreign countries from the fruitful earth
Last Line:
Since I'm no friend to love or soft delight
DMI number:
23951

44. Lord sister here's the butcher come

First Line:
Lord sister here's the butcher come
Last Line:
To think how artfully she feigned
Author:
Thomas Lisle (Absolute)
DMI number:
27849

45. Most of those rambling folk who fancy

First Line:
Most of those rambling folk who fancy
Last Line:
We'll tempt the winds and plough the main
DMI number:
22193

46. My dearest Celia further griefs forbear

First Line:
My dearest Celia further griefs forbear
Last Line:
You cannot save me for tis death to part
DMI number:
11112

47. 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

48. Last night dear Jack my horse and I

First Line:
Last night dear Jack my horse and I
Last Line:
My horse is lame my arse damned sore
DMI number:
5816

49. May Pacha Camac ever bounteous Lord

First Line:
May Pacha Camac ever bounteous Lord
Last Line:
Relieves my soul from its accustomed pain
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36680

50. Misled before by wisdom vain

First Line:
Misled before by wisdom vain
Last Line:
From thence and here delights to place the crown
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25515

51. O formed to please without the force of art

First Line:
O formed to please without the force of art
Last Line:
O take my soul or make my sorrows less
DMI number:
35393

52. O ship shall boisterous waves again

First Line:
O ship shall boisterous waves again
Last Line:
Whose surges lash the shining Cyclades
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25394

53. Paoli the second to make people stare

First Line:
Paoli the second to make people stare
Last Line:
But here ends the rhyme of the fife-woman's daughter
DMI number:
35310

54. Once on a time a grand lord mayor

First Line:
Once on a time a grand lord mayor
Last Line:
Cry lash no more we'll work we'll work
DMI number:
38557

55. Pollio the senate's guide confessed

First Line:
Pollio the senate's guide confessed
Last Line:
With subjects suited to thy lighter strain
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25521

56. Pray let me see if what France says be true

First Line:
Pray let me see if what France says be true
Last Line:
Nor by your frowns restore em to their senses
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
38291

57. Resolved to visit far a distant friend

First Line:
Resolved to visit far a distant friend
Last Line:
I'll walk to Dublin ere I ride to Chester
DMI number:
38067

58. 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

59. Silence no more my lonely spirit grieves

First Line:
Silence no more my lonely spirit grieves
Last Line:
If that's refused me I would ask to die
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36683

60. See Natta's coach along the village runs

First Line:
See Natta's coach along the village runs
Last Line:
The works surprize me but thy faith much more
DMI number:
31398

61. She's gone - ye guardian angels bless the fair

First Line:
She's gone - ye guardian angels bless the fair
Last Line:
And each is happy but the wretch she leaves
DMI number:
19482

62. Since you dear doctor saved my life

First Line:
Since you dear doctor saved my life
Last Line:
To do as has done yours T H
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
12806

63. Since you dear doctor saved my life

First Line:
Since you dear doctor saved my life
Last Line:
To do as has done yours | TH
Author:
T. Hedges (Absolute)
DMI number:
30462

64. Since you dear doctor saved my life

First Line:
Since you dear doctor saved my life
Last Line:
To do as has done yours | Tom Beach
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
22387

65. So may the auspicious queen of love

First Line:
So may the auspicious queen of love
Last Line:
And pull the unwilling thunder down
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
883

66. Some bards extoll in lofty lays

First Line:
Some bards extoll in lofty lays
Last Line:
Tomorrow we'll set sail again
DMI number:
25387

67. Such were these pilgrims and from this display

First Line:
Such were these pilgrims and from this display
Last Line:
This noble tale began as you shall hear
Author:
Thomas Morell (Absolute)
DMI number:
12742

68. Such a machine would even a saint provoke

First Line:
Such a machine would even a saint provoke
Last Line:
Think Englishmen on your own Banbury moor
DMI number:
33550

69. Thanks be to heaven the mournful tale is vain

First Line:
Thanks be to heaven the mournful tale is vain
Last Line:
To the almighty ruler of the sea
DMI number:
33218

70. That vessel which you strangers see

First Line:
That vessel which you strangers see
Last Line:
To Castors and to Pollux shrines
DMI number:
8600

71. The hero who to Smyrna bay

First Line:
The hero who to Smyrna bay
Last Line:
Though wrote with care are wrote with ease
Author:
Thomas Lisle (Absolute)
DMI number:
27847

72. The globe with wondrous pains men traverse over

First Line:
The globe with wondrous pains men traverse over
Last Line:
And quit their own to take a borrowed shape
DMI number:
26710

73. The busy paths of active men

First Line:
The busy paths of active men
Last Line:
And hence the poet's splendid shilling
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Confident)
DMI number:
2834

74. The muse which fair Astrea first inspired

First Line:
The muse which fair Astrea first inspired
Last Line:
What next I send expect in honest prose
DMI number:
43659

75. The weather was cloudy the billows ran high

First Line:
The weather was cloudy the billows ran high
Last Line:
Look look with our crimes where old Domine sails
DMI number:
11170

76. There's no man that's not of schismatical crew

First Line:
There's no man that's not of schismatical crew
Last Line:
And at last return home as I do very poor
DMI number:
10159

77. This traveller from Paris used to run

First Line:
This traveller from Paris used to run
Last Line:
Yet nothing equal to himself he brings
DMI number:
9436

78. Though skilled to measure sea and land

First Line:
Though skilled to measure sea and land
Last Line:
And winds propitious on thy sails shall blow
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25443

79. Though I consented first and still approve

First Line:
Though I consented first and still approve
Last Line:
Then Sylvia's faith to Strephon knew an end
DMI number:
10240

80. Through various countries Albius we have ranged

First Line:
Through various countries Albius we have ranged
Last Line:
For it is here or there or where we please
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10582

81. To Spain forbid it heaven oh wish no more

First Line:
To Spain forbid it heaven oh wish no more
Last Line:
Oh let thy Indies be by us possessed
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13496

82. To thee dear youth in sacred wedlock tied

First Line:
To thee dear youth in sacred wedlock tied
Last Line:
There too is --'s sad ghost and I am there
DMI number:
36628

83. To pay my duty to sweet mrs Page

First Line:
To pay my duty to sweet mrs Page
Last Line:
I'd rather walk to visit mrs Page
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
31913

84. Twas hot and our olympic charioter

First Line:
Twas hot and our olympic charioter
Last Line:
I wish who has the horse may have the halter
Author:
Alexander Brome (Speculation)
DMI number:
5594

85. Two men one Yorkshire t'other Scot

First Line:
Two men one Yorkshire t'other Scot
Last Line:
And praised the Scotchman for his wit
DMI number:
19991

86. Welcome thrice welcome thou returning light

First Line:
Welcome thrice welcome thou returning light
Last Line:
I only ask for liberty and thee
DMI number:
33797

87. We argued Dick last night at drinking

First Line:
We argued Dick last night at drinking
Last Line:
To be mere Hodges at the best
DMI number:
22573

88. We argued Dick last night in drinking

First Line:
We argued Dick last night in drinking
Last Line:
To be mere Hodges at the best
DMI number:
19983

89. What says dear A--th to fine places seen

First Line:
What says dear A--th to fine places seen
Last Line:
The man may be in fault but not the place
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23444

90. When from the ocean love's bright goddess rose

First Line:
When from the ocean love's bright goddess rose
Last Line:
Let not our ruin from your safety flow
DMI number:
12115

91. When from my swoon where my unhappy lot

First Line:
When from my swoon where my unhappy lot
Last Line:
Fill all my soul and every sense employ
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36681

92. Where art thou Aza where how far removed

First Line:
Where art thou Aza where how far removed
Last Line:
Aza my dear loved Aza mercy heaven
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36646

93. When you great sir began to disappear

First Line:
When you great sir began to disappear
Last Line:
And never weep henceforth but tears of joy
DMI number:
43162

94. While various schemes the female world employ

First Line:
While various schemes the female world employ
Last Line:
And give thee back to England and to me
DMI number:
22092

95. While you my dear girls in your paradise stray

First Line:
While you my dear girls in your paradise stray
Last Line:
Then sadly return to their torments again
Author:
Thomas Lisle (Absolute)
DMI number:
27848

96. Whilst you my friend on Poplar's shore receive

First Line:
Whilst you my friend on Poplar's shore receive
Last Line:
And British blood enriched Amboyna's land
DMI number:
2826

97. Whoever desires to be a fawning slave

First Line:
Whoever desires to be a fawning slave
Last Line:
And let that doom become your punishment
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5379

98. While for her Strephon faithful Celia sighs

First Line:
While for her Strephon faithful Celia sighs
Last Line:
And find a paradise on Lapland's dreary coast
DMI number:
11827

99. With you dear Tom I'd often spend the day

First Line:
With you dear Tom I'd often spend the day
Last Line:
But twenty not to see you will never do
DMI number:
33025

100. Ye sons of pleasure giddy prideful throng

First Line:
Ye sons of pleasure giddy prideful throng
Last Line:
The boast the glory of great George's reign
DMI number:
38179