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1.
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813
2.
A knot of packthread strongly spun
First Line:
A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:
His son should wish him still alive
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
231
3.
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
First Line:
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
26608
4.
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
First Line:
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
32356
5.
Alike in temper and alike in life
First Line:
Alike in temper and alike in life
Last Line:
I wonder so great likeness can't agree
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
11165
6.
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
7.
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
First Line:
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
Last Line:
And stretches life beyond th' appointed date
DMI number:
8346
8.
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
First Line:
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
Last Line:
And is plague on him what he would be thought
DMI number:
3197
9.
Co----n pale with envy lies
First Line:
Co----n pale with envy lies
Last Line:
His learning and his wit display
DMI number:
2752
10.
Dick would you know if I should change my life
First Line:
Dick would you know if I should change my life
Last Line:
Twixt both nor too hard-hearted nor too free
DMI number:
12314
11.
Doctor tis false I'll never believe
First Line:
Doctor tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
23867
12.
For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
First Line:
For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
Last Line:
And by strange luck may make a shift to live
DMI number:
43394
13.
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
First Line:
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
Last Line:
He neither does whose neither heard nor read
DMI number:
12985
14.
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
First Line:
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
Last Line:
Caesar himself can grant what's fit for me
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13488
15.
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
First Line:
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
Last Line:
But take his word for it Hal's not worth a groat
DMI number:
33028
16.
Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff
First Line:
Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff
Last Line:
And long-surviving passion power succeeds
DMI number:
19543
17.
I burn says one I of a fever burn
First Line:
I burn says one I of a fever burn
Last Line:
Only thy empty stomach did complain
DMI number:
17293
18.
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
First Line:
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
Last Line:
Found bears could sting and marble could destroy
DMI number:
12562
19.
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
20.
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
First Line:
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
Last Line:
Now let me die but Harris is this friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27759
21.
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
First Line:
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
Last Line:
Must be his neighbour or his lodger
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
16091
22.
My dearest Phillis let me sip
First Line:
My dearest Phillis let me sip
Last Line:
He's poor that knows how much he has
DMI number:
6263
23.
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
First Line:
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Last Line:
Knows a man how to live and does he stay
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9740
24.
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
First Line:
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
Last Line:
For very want you must sell all at last
DMI number:
32354
25.
Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over
First Line:
Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over
Last Line:
Yet even heroic verse shall stoop to thee
DMI number:
43411
26.
Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh
First Line:
Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh
Last Line:
Though others laugh good soul awake and weep
DMI number:
17367
27.
Milo's from home and Milo being gone
First Line:
Milo's from home and Milo being gone
Last Line:
The lands lay fallow but the wife was tilled
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6465
28.
Maro you'll give me nothing while you live
First Line:
Maro you'll give me nothing while you live
Last Line:
Thou knowst what I desire may come to pass
DMI number:
27788
29.
Ned is a sober fellow they pretend
First Line:
Ned is a sober fellow they pretend
Last Line:
Such would I have my coachman not my friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27757
30.
O Billy thou art a beau not only one
First Line:
O Billy thou art a beau not only one
Last Line:
A beau's a bauble destitute of brain
DMI number:
40081
31.
Of last night's wine you say Acerra stinks
First Line:
Of last night's wine you say Acerra stinks
Last Line:
Tis false till morning still Acerra drinks
DMI number:
33029
32.
Oh Jemmy you're a beau not I alone
First Line:
Oh Jemmy you're a beau not I alone
Last Line:
A beau's a bauble destitute of brain
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7140
33.
Parson tis false I'll never believe
First Line:
Parson tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
24083
34.
One month a lawyer thou the next wilt be
First Line:
One month a lawyer thou the next wilt be
Last Line:
Thou wilt end in nothing if thou grasp'st at all
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6337
35.
Pleasantest companion this
First Line:
Pleasantest companion this
Last Line:
Dying neither wish nor fear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16147
36.
Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit
First Line:
Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit
Last Line:
Is but repentance lavishly inlaid
Author:
R. Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
17194
37.
Paulus the famous quack renowned afar
First Line:
Paulus the famous quack renowned afar
Last Line:
And buries people not to change his trade
DMI number:
8934
38.
See how my friend the good old man appears
First Line:
See how my friend the good old man appears
Last Line:
To ford this vale of tears and seek for worlds to come
DMI number:
3312
39.
Since you whom all the world admires
First Line:
Since you whom all the world admires
Last Line:
Still stay behind and rot in town
DMI number:
1403
40.
So smooth your numbers friend your verse so sweet
First Line:
So smooth your numbers friend your verse so sweet
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honour wit
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
15795
41.
Since noble Marcus you desire to know
First Line:
Since noble Marcus you desire to know
Last Line:
And spend his days in hurry noise and strife
DMI number:
17760
42.
Sir Fopling you're a man of fashion grown
First Line:
Sir Fopling you're a man of fashion grown
Last Line:
A more ridiculous trifling thing than he
DMI number:
43395
43.
The verses friend which thou hast read are mine
First Line:
The verses friend which thou hast read are mine
Last Line:
But as thou readst them they may pass for thine
DMI number:
30472
44.
Though pappa and mamma my dear
First Line:
Though pappa and mamma my dear
Last Line:
The grand mamma of all
DMI number:
33027
45.
Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare
First Line:
Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare
Last Line:
Faith I could spare thee all my dear
DMI number:
3381
46.
Thy hair and beard are of a different dye
First Line:
Thy hair and beard are of a different dye
Last Line:
Shouldst thou be honest thou art a devilish cheat
DMI number:
30526
47.
Tis but too true while living fame's denied
First Line:
Tis but too true while living fame's denied
Last Line:
Since glory's after death we're not in haste
DMI number:
17399
48.
Tired with the attendance clients pay
First Line:
Tired with the attendance clients pay
Last Line:
But has the gout he feigned before
DMI number:
16696
49.
To enjoy your life in happiness
First Line:
To enjoy your life in happiness
Last Line:
Nor fears nor wishes for your last
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
8467
50.
Tomorrow you will live you always cry
First Line:
Tomorrow you will live you always cry
Last Line:
Today itself's too late the wife lived yesterday
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12392
51.
Varus did lately me to supper call
First Line:
Varus did lately me to supper call
Last Line:
Pray take away your gold give us some pies
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15985
52.
Varus invited me to sup of late
First Line:
Varus invited me to sup of late
Last Line:
So take away your plates or bring some meat
DMI number:
13484
53.
What planet distracts thee what damnable star
First Line:
What planet distracts thee what damnable star
Last Line:
Thou'lt be cursed for it in this world and damned for it hereafter
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7095
54.
What business or what hope brings thee to town
First Line:
What business or what hope brings thee to town
Last Line:
None but has killed his man or writ his play
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6317
55.
When Arria to her dearest lord bequeathed
First Line:
When Arria to her dearest lord bequeathed
Last Line:
But oh the wound which thou wilt make I feel
DMI number:
6264
56.
When a pot of cold cream to Miss Betty you send
First Line:
When a pot of cold cream to Miss Betty you send
Last Line:
But pray tell me one thing do you yourself use it
DMI number:
142
57.
When I had purchased a fresh whore or coat
First Line:
When I had purchased a fresh whore or coat
Last Line:
Tis new before hand to deny a friend
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6343
58.
Who have we here the table's spread I see
First Line:
Who have we here the table's spread I see
Last Line:
For a less treat this friend would cut your throat
DMI number:
17404
59.
Why dost thou come great censor of the age
First Line:
Why dost thou come great censor of the age
Last Line:
Dost thou come in but to go out again
DMI number:
13741
60.
Why dost thou in a fever friend declaim
First Line:
Why dost thou in a fever friend declaim
Last Line:
Thou wilt then relieve the oppressor and oppressed
DMI number:
17405
61.
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
62.
Yes I submit my lord you've gained your end
First Line:
Yes I submit my lord you've gained your end
Last Line:
Respect adore you everything but love
DMI number:
33026
63.
You always say tomorrow you will live
First Line:
You always say tomorrow you will live
Last Line:
Is even too late the wife lived yesterday
DMI number:
7866
64.
Would you be free tis what you most desire
First Line:
Would you be free tis what you most desire
Last Line:
The Parthian king compared to thee's a slave
DMI number:
6230
65.
Would you my friend in little room express
First Line:
Would you my friend in little room express
Last Line:
Not tired with life nor yet afraid to die
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6469
66.
Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved
First Line:
Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved
Last Line:
Or dead amongst Grub-street's records lie
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27749
67.
You often wonder what the devil
First Line:
You often wonder what the devil
Last Line:
Should be so terrible a creature
DMI number:
33023
68.
You're fair and rich a maid and virtuous too
First Line:
You're fair and rich a maid and virtuous too
Last Line:
We had allowed it and the rest would spare
DMI number:
17366
69.
Your teeth from Hemmet and your hair from Bolney
First Line:
Your teeth from Hemmet and your hair from Bolney
Last Line:
Was not an eye too to be had for money
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27756