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1. A female culprit at your bar appears

First Line:
A female culprit at your bar appears
Last Line:
And sink the impression deep into the soul
DMI number:
37498

2. Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew

First Line:
Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew
Last Line:
May Zara long live happy with a white one
DMI number:
33462

3. Accept this gift Lucinda and approve

First Line:
Accept this gift Lucinda and approve
Last Line:
And the fair maid that's kind is doubly fair
DMI number:
3414

4. An epigram that's new sharp near and witty

First Line:
An epigram that's new sharp near and witty
Last Line:
Once common though still good they are neglected
DMI number:
43775

5. And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed

First Line:
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8258

6. Believe me madam that your muse has shown

First Line:
Believe me madam that your muse has shown
Last Line:
That's made of rhymes of woman and of turd
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3589

7. Can indignation so much rage infuse

First Line:
Can indignation so much rage infuse
Last Line:
How like thy poem neither head nor tail
DMI number:
12005

8. Celia to Phoebus thus addressed

First Line:
Celia to Phoebus thus addressed
Last Line:
I do declare she shall not know it
DMI number:
37914

9. Could I in Waller's numbers Waller praise

First Line:
Could I in Waller's numbers Waller praise
Last Line:
She'll make this place and all our verse divine
DMI number:
5060

10. Could I the censure of each critic dread

First Line:
Could I the censure of each critic dread
Last Line:
Your virgin laurels which do spread so fast
DMI number:
43556

11. Dan Chaucer and the wits of old

First Line:
Dan Chaucer and the wits of old
Last Line:
The fair without a blush look on
DMI number:
17904

12. Dear Robin tis pity

First Line:
Dear Robin tis pity
Last Line:
On the charming Miss H--we
DMI number:
22550

13. Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song

First Line:
Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song
Last Line:
The muses and the virtues tune thy mind
Author:
Richard Savage (Confident)
DMI number:
13091

14. Early this morn a time to muses kind

First Line:
Early this morn a time to muses kind
Last Line:
Bade me Clarinda write and that was she
DMI number:
16689

15. Fair female conqueror we all submit

First Line:
Fair female conqueror we all submit
Last Line:
Our English laws admit a woman's reign
DMI number:
43498

16. Flavia to you with safety I commend

First Line:
Flavia to you with safety I commend
Last Line:
And left the monarch's breast to seek some safer shade
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3840

17. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

First Line:
Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone
Last Line:
You wave your pen and lo the dead arise
DMI number:
43587

18. Hail fair commandress of a gentle pen

First Line:
Hail fair commandress of a gentle pen
Last Line:
Bless bless the author of your soft desire
DMI number:
43496

19. Happy bard who without fear

First Line:
Happy bard who without fear
Last Line:
Pity one wretched like myself
DMI number:
33245

20. Hail sacred sisters who in triple trine

First Line:
Hail sacred sisters who in triple trine
Last Line:
Yet what I cannot reach I must admire
DMI number:
42670

21. Hail thou sole empress of the land of wit

First Line:
Hail thou sole empress of the land of wit
Last Line:
Since the first mother of mankind rebelled
DMI number:
43637

22. How charming now is Brand in lovely make

First Line:
How charming now is Brand in lovely make
Last Line:
And will in happiness like angels move
DMI number:
10151

23. Here take this W--- spread it up and down

First Line:
Here take this W--- spread it up and down
Last Line:
With horns instead of bays the hero crowned
DMI number:
4442

24. In artless strain Miranda's thanks accept

First Line:
In artless strain Miranda's thanks accept
Last Line:
And worship womankind in praise of thee
Author:
Margaret Hill [nee Morris] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17503

25. In happy days was Sacharissa's reign

First Line:
In happy days was Sacharissa's reign
Last Line:
In Kneller's oil or Hallifax's song
DMI number:
4998

26. Long since my thoughts did thus forboding tell

First Line:
Long since my thoughts did thus forboding tell
Last Line:
A double portion of your sacred spirit
DMI number:
43429

27. Long has the praise of woman been my theme

First Line:
Long has the praise of woman been my theme
Last Line:
Sicken at his approach and die away
DMI number:
1806

28. Long has the praise of women been my theme

First Line:
Long has the praise of women been my theme
Last Line:
Sicken at his approach and die away
DMI number:
3088

29. I sought a patroness but sought in vain

First Line:
I sought a patroness but sought in vain
Last Line:
For though surpassed she is surpassed by you
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
32451

30. If Afra's worth were needful to be shown

First Line:
If Afra's worth were needful to be shown
Last Line:
And what thou can not comprehend admire
DMI number:
4443

31. Justly descriptive fancy's tuneful tongue

First Line:
Justly descriptive fancy's tuneful tongue
Last Line:
She grew a Leslie honoured and beloved
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
34440

32. Let other poets prostitute their muse

First Line:
Let other poets prostitute their muse
Last Line:
To whom my noblest sweetest strains belong
DMI number:
15185

33. Lycinna scorns my kisses they are chaste

First Line:
Lycinna scorns my kisses they are chaste
Last Line:
Yet new to Venus' sweetly varying joys
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
1316

34. Madam I can't but wonder why of late

First Line:
Madam I can't but wonder why of late
Last Line:
In losing you they'll lose their number nine
DMI number:
43497

35. Lucy you brightness of our sphere who are

First Line:
Lucy you brightness of our sphere who are
Last Line:
The muse's evening as their morning star
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
9305

36. No critic's wit or censure can accuse

First Line:
No critic's wit or censure can accuse
Last Line:
And reaps the blessings of a power unseen
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1476

37. Not I let others sing the fates

First Line:
Not I let others sing the fates
Last Line:
Chloe's the whole world to me
DMI number:
19471

38. O fie fie ye criticks your lasses at Hull

First Line:
O fie fie ye criticks your lasses at Hull
Last Line:
For if D - ny's provoked she will scorch you to death | Adieu
DMI number:
21756

39. O that again propitious heaven would raise

First Line:
O that again propitious heaven would raise
Last Line:
For what his Sacharissa was you are
DMI number:
3138

40. Pleased in these lines Belinda you may view

First Line:
Pleased in these lines Belinda you may view
Last Line:
To have the rape recorded by his muse
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8260

41. Poet said Chloe with a laugh

First Line:
Poet said Chloe with a laugh
Last Line:
Both epitaph and elegy
DMI number:
36024

42. See female vice and female folly here

First Line:
See female vice and female folly here
Last Line:
And all your looks and thoughts unconscious sung
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
38538

43. See here how bright the first-born virgin shone

First Line:
See here how bright the first-born virgin shone
Last Line:
There's no way to be safe but not to see
Author:
Mr. Bradbury (Speculation)
DMI number:
3491

44. Sir | When I read your sad relation

First Line:
Sir | When I read your sad relation
Last Line:
And I sat down to write to you
DMI number:
1938

45. Soon as some envious angel's willing hand

First Line:
Soon as some envious angel's willing hand
Last Line:
Our freshest laurels and our greenest bays
DMI number:
43428

46. The first impression in her infant breast

First Line:
The first impression in her infant breast
Last Line:
But your neglect must answer for her faults
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10764

47. The lovely owner of this book

First Line:
The lovely owner of this book
Last Line:
And Sacharissa died unsung
DMI number:
4822

48. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

First Line:
The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Last Line:
To make fine fools of you and all your parts
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17534

49. The labours of a Dublin day

First Line:
The labours of a Dublin day
Last Line:
And Betty here bring L----n's ode
DMI number:
25670

50. The power those charming accents do reveal

First Line:
The power those charming accents do reveal
Last Line:
Such charms be found elsewhere as are in you
DMI number:
5465

51. Tis said when the renowned Augustus reigned

First Line:
Tis said when the renowned Augustus reigned
Last Line:
This modest poem is the ladies' play
Author:
John Banks (Absolute)
DMI number:
17536

52. Two rival sisters in alternate strains

First Line:
Two rival sisters in alternate strains
Last Line:
Than Sappho's sprightly wit and Delia's modest sense
DMI number:
19719

53. Transcendent maid still philosophic live

First Line:
Transcendent maid still philosophic live
Last Line:
The ruling star still does in Ebor shine
DMI number:
21731

54. Well I've been beating up for volunteers

First Line:
Well I've been beating up for volunteers
Last Line:
When beauty pleaded for such general good
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27748

55. Vandyke has colours softness fire and art

First Line:
Vandyke has colours softness fire and art
Last Line:
But she never made a finished piece before
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
4941

56. We men would fain monopolise all wit

First Line:
We men would fain monopolise all wit
Last Line:
Take off your top-knots and put on the bays
DMI number:
43431

57. What art thou muse that dost the mind inspire

First Line:
What art thou muse that dost the mind inspire
Last Line:
Then when we lose our queen we are sure to find our saint
DMI number:
43183

58. What though from low extraction sprung

First Line:
What though from low extraction sprung
Last Line:
Be not surprized in Ebor dwells
DMI number:
21730

59. When a new star does in the skies appear

First Line:
When a new star does in the skies appear
Last Line:
Medicine at once improved and poetry
DMI number:
43432

60. When ladies venture forth in search of fame

First Line:
When ladies venture forth in search of fame
Last Line:
Shall add to its merit and preserve its fame
DMI number:
5675

61. When her beams that late warmed me Clarissa withdrew

First Line:
When her beams that late warmed me Clarissa withdrew
Last Line:
Left benighted much longer this verse be my last
DMI number:
19616

62. When Phoebus' beams refulgent splendors show

First Line:
When Phoebus' beams refulgent splendors show
Last Line:
To the safe conduct of the lovely fair
DMI number:
2019

63. When Strephon's verse before my eyes was laid

First Line:
When Strephon's verse before my eyes was laid
Last Line:
And what they just blasphemed are forced to adore
DMI number:
12004

64. When Job's meek spouse found all her arts in vain

First Line:
When Job's meek spouse found all her arts in vain
Last Line:
In terms most dreadful cursed his god and died
DMI number:
3122

65. While round her lips the loves and graces played

First Line:
While round her lips the loves and graces played
Last Line:
What grace what beauties in Aspasia dwell
DMI number:
36066

66. Whereas a certain poetaster

First Line:
Whereas a certain poetaster
Last Line:
Be quit and praise me in your next
Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
33900

67. While with convincing eloquence

First Line:
While with convincing eloquence
Last Line:
Minerva owns no salic law
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36526

68. When tuneful ladies strike the trembling lyre

First Line:
When tuneful ladies strike the trembling lyre
Last Line:
Proud that his feathers can the fair employ
DMI number:
6001

69. Whilst carping critics rules censorious use

First Line:
Whilst carping critics rules censorious use
Last Line:
And pay unasked and your own merit due
DMI number:
11155

70. Whilst you Athenia with assiduous toil

First Line:
Whilst you Athenia with assiduous toil
Last Line:
And be that union in Athenia's mind
Author:
Thomas Seward (Absolute)
DMI number:
22604

71. While every muse in lofty ode

First Line:
While every muse in lofty ode
Last Line:
Spotless love be ever thine
DMI number:
19824

72. Why does the fair this task impose

First Line:
Why does the fair this task impose
Last Line:
And change but for eternity
DMI number:
215

73. Wonder not shining proof of female wit

First Line:
Wonder not shining proof of female wit
Last Line:
Your winged advance leaves them as far behind
Author:
Margaret Hill [nee Morris] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17498

74. Ye vile traducers of the female kind

First Line:
Ye vile traducers of the female kind
Last Line:
And safe at home poetic wars maintain
DMI number:
4001

75. Yes Chloris is the glory of our stage

First Line:
Yes Chloris is the glory of our stage
Last Line:
Excepting only to be proud in vain
Author:
Sir William Temple (Confident)
DMI number:
6868