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1. A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing

First Line:
A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing
Last Line:
By night he scorches as he burns by day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7032

2. A giant shepherd here his flock maintains

First Line:
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:
Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31650

3. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931

4. A being darkly wise and rudely great

First Line:
A being darkly wise and rudely great
Last Line:
The glory jest and riddle of the world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28217

5. A manly wit a child's simplicity

First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
16357

6. A manly wit a child's simplicity

First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17689

7. A masty of our English breed

First Line:
A masty of our English breed
Last Line:
I were no masty if there were no curs
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
8274

8. A perfect judge will read each work of wit

First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Dulness is ever apt to magnify
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30645

9. A perfect judge will read each work of wit

First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
29633

10. A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

First Line:
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:
At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7403

11. A soul as full of worth as void of pride

First Line:
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:
If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26108

12. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn

First Line:
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn
Last Line:
More wise more learned more just more everything
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22413

13. A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate

First Line:
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
Last Line:
Oh save my country heaven shall be your last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37129

14. A vile conceit in pompous words expressed

First Line:
A vile conceit in pompous words expressed
Last Line:
Is like a clown in regal purple dressed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9499

15. Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design

First Line:
Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design
Last Line:
And mistress of herself though China fall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31286

16. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843

17. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27024

18. All fools have still an itching to deride

First Line:
All fools have still an itching to deride
Last Line:
And fain would be upon the laughing side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9488

19. Absent or dead still let a friend be dear

First Line:
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:
A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34575

20. Accept a miracle instead of wit

First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
33960

21. Adam had fallen twice if for an apple

First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9690

22. Adam had fallen twice if for an apple

First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him Bellenden and Lepell
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35037

23. Adam had fallen twice if for an apple

First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The devil had brought him B--ll--ne and La P--ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
9694

24. Ah Serenissa from our arms

First Line:
Ah Serenissa from our arms
Last Line:
You are not now invincible
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8241

25. Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine

First Line:
Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine
Last Line:
And kiss those hands yet reeking with their gore
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12919

26. Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate

First Line:
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
Last Line:
Marks the dry dust and thirsts for blood in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31585

27. Again new tumults in my breast

First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612

28. Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined

First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584

29. A wit is a feather and a chief a rod

First Line:
A wit is a feather and a chief a rod
Last Line:
Act well your part there all the honour lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30165

30. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
An honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33694

31. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
But an honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33649

32. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028

33. All nature mourns the skies relent in showers

First Line:
All nature mourns the skies relent in showers
Last Line:
And vanquished nature seems to charm no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22693

34. All our praises why should lords engross

First Line:
All our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
Proved by the ends of being to have been
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35047

35. And yet believe me good as well as ill

First Line:
And yet believe me good as well as ill
Last Line:
To you gave sense good humour and a poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22421

36. And you brave Cobham to the latest breath

First Line:
And you brave Cobham to the latest breath
Last Line:
Oh save my country heaven shall be your last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22418

37. Annius crafty seer with ebon wand

First Line:
Annius crafty seer with ebon wand
Last Line:
Blessed in one Niger till he knows of two
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28190

38. Along their face

First Line:
Along their face
Last Line:
And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12898

39. And now arrived where on the sandy bay

First Line:
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
Last Line:
There cease his battle and there feel our hand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31572

40. 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

41. And thou great father of the British floods

First Line:
And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:
And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28304

42. Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes

First Line:
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
Last Line:
And close confined in their own palace sleep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1357

43. Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust

First Line:
Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
Last Line:
And little eagles wave their wings in gold
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22407

44. As long as Mocha's happy tree shall grow

First Line:
As long as Mocha's happy tree shall grow
Last Line:
So long her honour name and praise shall last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35386

45. As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace

First Line:
As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace
Last Line:
Nor can this fly nor that can overtake
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12912

46. As the three children late in council sat

First Line:
As the three children late in council sat
Last Line:
But gad she'll get no reputation by us
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
15640

47. As thus with glorious air and proud disdain

First Line:
As thus with glorious air and proud disdain
Last Line:
And plunged amid the thickest Trojan lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Homer (Absolute)
DMI number:
28532

48. As noblest metals are most soft to melt

First Line:
As noblest metals are most soft to melt
Last Line:
So pity soonest runs in gentle minds
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:
35387

49. As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray

First Line:
As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray
Last Line:
And gained a living conquest by her death
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation) & William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35678

50. As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care

First Line:
As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care
Last Line:
Wild nature's vigour working at the root
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24750

51. As full blown poppies overcharged with rain

First Line:
As full blown poppies overcharged with rain
Last Line:
Beneath his helmet drops upon his breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12914

52. As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign

First Line:
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
Last Line:
But Serenissa must becalm the breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8238

53. Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence

First Line:
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
Last Line:
Grow gentle tractable and tame as geese
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1358

54. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
32850

55. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
11312

56. As some fond virgin whom her mother's care

First Line:
As some fond virgin whom her mother's care
Last Line:
Look sour and hum a song as you may now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7401

57. As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth

First Line:
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:
Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336

58. As the bold bird her helpless young attends

First Line:
As the bold bird her helpless young attends
Last Line:
And sweat laborious days in dust and blood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12916

59. At last is Hector stretched upon the plain

First Line:
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
Last Line:
And stretch thee here before this Scaean gate
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31574

60. At length my friend while time with still career

First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060

61. At Timon's villa let us pass a day

First Line:
At Timon's villa let us pass a day
Last Line:
And swear no day was ever passed so ill
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22466

62. Authors are judged by strange capricious rules

First Line:
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
Last Line:
Let him that takes it wear it as his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1971

63. Authors the world and their dull brains have traced

First Line:
Authors the world and their dull brains have traced
Last Line:
Here here's the place where these bright angels walk
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22055

64. Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things

First Line:
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12321

65. Awake my St John leave all meaner things

First Line:
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26668

66. As when the moon refulgent lamp of night

First Line:
As when the moon refulgent lamp of night
Last Line:
Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32743

67. Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn

First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
And such are men and gods compared to Jove
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34087

68. Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn

First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
Trembling they stood before their sovereign's look
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12920

69. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
Alike in what it gives and what denies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34084

70. Ask of the learned the way the learned are blind

First Line:
Ask of the learned the way the learned are blind
Last Line:
Those call it pleasure and contentment these
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28247

71. Awed by no shame by no respect controlled

First Line:
Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
Last Line:
And much he hated all but most the best
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
18188

72. Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite

First Line:
Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite
Last Line:
Since tis enough we find it so in you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7307

73. Be thou the first true merit to befriend

First Line:
Be thou the first true merit to befriend
Last Line:
His praise is least who stays till all commend
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9495

74. Behold ambitious of the British bays

First Line:
Behold ambitious of the British bays
Last Line:
For Duck can thresh you know as well as write
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2956

75. Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns

First Line:
Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns
Last Line:
Charles to the covenent Philip to the field
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22410

76. Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire

First Line:
Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire
Last Line:
And from his eyeballs flashed the living fire
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12900

77. Behold the woes of matrimonial life

First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8384

78. Behold the woes of matrimonial life

First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And opened to the tale a self-sufficient ear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18377

79. Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites

First Line:
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
Last Line:
The walls the woods and long canals reply
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
11780

80. Beneath her footstool science groans in chains

First Line:
Beneath her footstool science groans in chains
Last Line:
Thou weepest and with thee wept each gentle muse
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28048

81. Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays

First Line:
Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays
Last Line:
And the low sun had lengthened every shade
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7033

82. But all alone the hoary king he found

First Line:
But all alone the hoary king he found
Last Line:
Heaven rules us yet and gods there are above
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Homer (Absolute)
DMI number:
31662

83. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:
But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
Proved by the ends of being to have been
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22428

84. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:
But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
The wretch who living saved a candle's end
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31858

85. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:
But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
Will never mark the marble with his name
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27023

86. But Annius crafty seer with ebon wand

First Line:
But Annius crafty seer with ebon wand
Last Line:
And Douglas lend his soft obstetric hand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28163

87. But errs not nature from this gracious end

First Line:
But errs not nature from this gracious end
Last Line:
And nature deviates how can man do less
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28216

88. But fools the good alone unhappy call

First Line:
But fools the good alone unhappy call
Last Line:
Lent heaven a parent to the poor and me
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28357

89. But he who found not whom his soul desired

First Line:
But he who found not whom his soul desired
Last Line:
The first in danger as the first in fame
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28437

90. But you who seek to give and merit fame

First Line:
But you who seek to give and merit fame
Last Line:
Would all but stoop to what they understand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37113

91. But let us on this memorable day

First Line:
But let us on this memorable day
Last Line:
A radiant belt that rich with purple glowed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31576

92. But most by numbers judge a poet's song

First Line:
But most by numbers judge a poet's song
Last Line:
And what Timotheus was is Dryden now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37196

93. But our great Turks in wit must reign alone

First Line:
But our great Turks in wit must reign alone
Last Line:
They praise no works but what are like their own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35054

94. But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed

First Line:
But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed
Last Line:
Say at what part of nature will they stand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28364

95. But still this world so fitted for the knave

First Line:
But still this world so fitted for the knave
Last Line:
But first consider how those just agree
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28361

96. But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds

First Line:
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
Last Line:
An easy entrance in ignoble minds
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30887

97. But were there one whose fires

First Line:
But were there one whose fires
Last Line:
Who would not weep if Atticus were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31978

98. But what are these to great Atossa's mind

First Line:
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
Last Line:
Or wanders heaven directed to the poor
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
19535

99. But when by man's audacious labour won

First Line:
But when by man's audacious labour won
Last Line:
To Ward to Waters Chartres or the devil
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22422

100. But when the powers descending swelled the fight

First Line:
But when the powers descending swelled the fight
Last Line:
Abhorred by men and dreadful even to gods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31609