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1. A flow of stile by native genius taught

First Line:
A flow of stile by native genius taught
Last Line:
We praise we love we honour we admire
DMI number:
36687

2. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

3. A friend to all whom virtue may commend

First Line:
A friend to all whom virtue may commend
Last Line:
And God's sole work would always be to bless
DMI number:
20477

4. A bard whose laurel never dies

First Line:
A bard whose laurel never dies
Last Line:
Tis W--m S--n a mean P--r
DMI number:
35410

5. A cardinal deprived of hope

First Line:
A cardinal deprived of hope
Last Line:
Which no man ever can refute
DMI number:
12709

6. A conscience clear and void of all offence

First Line:
A conscience clear and void of all offence
Last Line:
A good estate well gotten in our youth
DMI number:
24675

7. A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride

First Line:
A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride
Last Line:
In hopes alas to see their dam again
DMI number:
31928

8. A courtier summoned hence of late

First Line:
A courtier summoned hence of late
Last Line:
But how have they succeeded there
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11547

9. A curious eye

First Line:
A curious eye
Last Line:
And superscribed this from suspicion
Author:
John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13215

10. A Grecian youth of talents rare

First Line:
A Grecian youth of talents rare
Last Line:
To govern men and guide the state
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22456

11. A hermit or if chance you hold

First Line:
A hermit or if chance you hold
Last Line:
Either too early or too late
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36963

12. A monster in a course of vice grown old

First Line:
A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:
Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13487

13. A palace that is more uneasy far

First Line:
A palace that is more uneasy far
Last Line:
Of all I saw but all I fancied too
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23329

14. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

15. A tragic tale from Norman William's age

First Line:
A tragic tale from Norman William's age
Last Line:
One moment's rashness blasts whole years of fame
Author:
Thomas Francklin (Speculation)
DMI number:
37494

16. A man so sedulous sincere and kind

First Line:
A man so sedulous sincere and kind
Last Line:
For his own works shall praise him in the gate
DMI number:
9615

17. A man with poverty oppressed

First Line:
A man with poverty oppressed
Last Line:
And plunged the wretch in endless woe
DMI number:
24978

18. A man without one feeling for his kind

First Line:
A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:
Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:
31050

19. A matron one day giving wholesome advice

First Line:
A matron one day giving wholesome advice
Last Line:
I've resolved to have one tis no matter for t'other
DMI number:
11082

20. A miser on a scurvy tit

First Line:
A miser on a scurvy tit
Last Line:
The beam that spreads his own all over
DMI number:
23399