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1. A poor old wretch beneath the weight

First Line:
A poor old wretch beneath the weight
Last Line:
And your petitioner shall pray
DMI number:
8976

2. And dost thou music think to charm

First Line:
And dost thou music think to charm
Last Line:
Let our anger let it cease | I receive her here in peace | Let our anger &c
DMI number:
8947

3. Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul

First Line:
Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul
Last Line:
With shame oppressed young Cicero plunges down
Author:
John Ozell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8776

4. Behold in peace and war a monarch great

First Line:
Behold in peace and war a monarch great
Last Line:
And seen his lilies dim their eagle's eye
DMI number:
8978

5. Brebeuf in well deserving lines

First Line:
Brebeuf in well deserving lines
Last Line:
With him who sings the ass's hide
DMI number:
8929

6. Believe me Will that they who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:
3865

7. Believe me Will that those who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:
6496

8. Born for a court and versed in every art

First Line:
Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:
I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:
8966

9. But halt my pen and thou my presence quit

First Line:
But halt my pen and thou my presence quit
Last Line:
For trying of Apollo keep their courts
DMI number:
27926

10. But marriage is a yoke the better still

First Line:
But marriage is a yoke the better still
Last Line:
And never is he so free but when in chains
DMI number:
39952

11. But now that I am old and on my head

First Line:
But now that I am old and on my head
Last Line:
Our brighter days are gone
DMI number:
27919

12. But well those raptures if you'll make us see

First Line:
But well those raptures if you'll make us see
Last Line:
In a cold style describes a hot desire
DMI number:
10409

13. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

First Line:
Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:
I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:
8969

14. Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning

First Line:
Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning
Last Line:
Whilst all speak in praise of the humorous rake | Your learning is little and little your knowledge | Come tope it about you old sots of the college
DMI number:
8921

15. Climene something has perplexed me

First Line:
Climene something has perplexed me
Last Line:
'Tis not with you I can assure you
DMI number:
9443

16. Clio complained upon a time

First Line:
Clio complained upon a time
Last Line:
Before the eyes of you the sun
DMI number:
9433

17. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:
Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:
Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:
9446

18. Cooper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cooper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
6205

19. Cowper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cowper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
DMI number:
8970

20. Damon a mighty author who had long

First Line:
Damon a mighty author who had long
Last Line:
Adieu to Paris then a long adieu
DMI number:
8797

21. Equivocation of infernal kind

First Line:
Equivocation of infernal kind
Last Line:
And summon Phoebus to their monthly bar
DMI number:
8913

22. Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known

First Line:
Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known
Last Line:
Great heart which two great lovers contained alone
DMI number:
8956

23. False teachers next in numerous crowds arise

First Line:
False teachers next in numerous crowds arise
Last Line:
Place all their virtue in confessing sin
DMI number:
27922

24. Fathers in god whom I revere

First Line:
Fathers in god whom I revere
Last Line:
Ill must it go with their affairs
DMI number:
27925

25. Even Phaenicia does declare

First Line:
Even Phaenicia does declare
Last Line:
Nothing with Clelia can compare
DMI number:
8952

26. For what should I my sleeping muse awake

First Line:
For what should I my sleeping muse awake
Last Line:
Twas a good oyster gentlemen adieu
DMI number:
8963

27. For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes

First Line:
For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes
Last Line:
And burn in sacrifice before the dame
DMI number:
8957

28. Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great

First Line:
Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great
Last Line:
From belly back from haunches and from head
Author:
Isaac Littlebury (Confident)
DMI number:
39956

29. Hail king of horses noble Rosinante

First Line:
Hail king of horses noble Rosinante
Last Line:
Did gallop once or else the historian fails
DMI number:
9442

30. Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind

First Line:
Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
Last Line:
The priest could not out-preach you at St Roach
DMI number:
39953

31. Here first the doctor's talent came in play

First Line:
Here first the doctor's talent came in play
Last Line:
And from ill doctor turns good architect
DMI number:
10803

32. Her generous style at random oft will part

First Line:
Her generous style at random oft will part
Last Line:
And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:
10418

33. How comes it Perrault I would gladly know

First Line:
How comes it Perrault I would gladly know
Last Line:
And then no wonder if they meet no praise
DMI number:
8985

34. In charming infancy's disguise

First Line:
In charming infancy's disguise
Last Line:
The brightness of his mother's eyes
DMI number:
8940

35. In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared

First Line:
In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared
Last Line:
And plant her laurels where thy lilies grow
DMI number:
8965

36. In want and what's a greater curse

First Line:
In want and what's a greater curse
Last Line:
Was ever gratitude so rare
DMI number:
8977

37. In vain a thousand jealous wits

First Line:
In vain a thousand jealous wits
Last Line:
Be less diverting and less witty
DMI number:
9439

38. In vain great sir keen satire I disown

First Line:
In vain great sir keen satire I disown
Last Line:
But both the poem and the fact are true
DMI number:
8962

39. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:
In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:
For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:
8971

40. Let the self lover these strict lessons learn

First Line:
Let the self lover these strict lessons learn
Last Line:
Will cure his passion and correct his pride
DMI number:
9438

41. My sire to business threescore years applied

First Line:
My sire to business threescore years applied
Last Line:
On scrolls over which with so much gain they pored
DMI number:
27909

42. My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call

First Line:
My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
Last Line:
Or take him for a friend to truth
DMI number:
8945

43. My friend Bilain as yesterday

First Line:
My friend Bilain as yesterday
Last Line:
I have 'em all they're lasting ware
DMI number:
9441

44. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:
My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:
So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:
9445

45. If my past writings for my present plead

First Line:
If my past writings for my present plead
Last Line:
Yet will not dare his frailties to defend
DMI number:
27920

46. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

First Line:
Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin
Last Line:
This doctrine to refute and strike me dumb
DMI number:
8973

47. Midst the soft pleasures of fraternal peace

First Line:
Midst the soft pleasures of fraternal peace
Last Line:
And substitute a journeyman divine
DMI number:
27912

48. Mistake not fathers read it once again

First Line:
Mistake not fathers read it once again
Last Line:
With sparks of lust the punished sinners breast
DMI number:
8919

49. No I'll never wed nor be a married slave

First Line:
No I'll never wed nor be a married slave
Last Line:
Do marriage as a cursed infection shun
DMI number:
5785

50. O happy wit whose rare and fruitful vein

First Line:
O happy wit whose rare and fruitful vein
Last Line:
Teach me then dear Moliere to rhyme no more
Author:
John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:
8798

51. Now when grey time in his impartial course

First Line:
Now when grey time in his impartial course
Last Line:
Eleven Lustra and two years has shed
DMI number:
39957

52. No more my muse though satire may prevail

First Line:
No more my muse though satire may prevail
Last Line:
Give over tomorrow we'll begin again
DMI number:
8822

53. Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

First Line:
Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest
Last Line:
Writes scoundrel verses and then says they're mine
DMI number:
9434

54. Of you my verse if any should enquire

First Line:
Of you my verse if any should enquire
Last Line:
And near to Regnier on Parnassus rose
DMI number:
27910

55. Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire

First Line:
Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire
Last Line:
Leave thou to Pradon such a senseless pit
DMI number:
8968

56. Oh let me the wonder of our days

First Line:
Oh let me the wonder of our days
Last Line:
And you shall see that love for ever stays
DMI number:
8954

57. 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

58. Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime

First Line:
Rash author tis a vain presumptuous crime
Last Line:
A sharp but yet a necessary friend
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & John Ozell (Speculation) & Sir William Soame (Confident)
DMI number:
6606

59. Richelieu in vain the famous Cid decried

First Line:
Richelieu in vain the famous Cid decried
Last Line:
The public did the poet's cause maintain
DMI number:
39955

60. Riches I saw must be acquired by sweat

First Line:
Riches I saw must be acquired by sweat
Last Line:
Is how I shall the hero's praises sing
DMI number:
27916

61. Six clocks two watches to prepare

First Line:
Six clocks two watches to prepare
Last Line:
He knows his time the very best
DMI number:
8943

62. Some may say I'm in the wrong to blame

First Line:
Some may say I'm in the wrong to blame
Last Line:
And if I dared not &c
DMI number:
39954

63. Tell them by chance I in my greener age

First Line:
Tell them by chance I in my greener age
Last Line:
The shade he for his labours chose frequent
DMI number:
27921

64. Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age

First Line:
Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age
Last Line:
In after ages shall be seen and praised
DMI number:
8946

65. Tell me Le Vayer whence does it arise

First Line:
Tell me Le Vayer whence does it arise
Last Line:
The fool of all men is the best content
DMI number:
8805

66. The holy maid whom in this piece you view

First Line:
The holy maid whom in this piece you view
Last Line:
And to preserve their lives consumed her own
DMI number:
8979

67. The faults of others I enough have shown

First Line:
The faults of others I enough have shown
Last Line:
No matter you are merry hold your tongue
DMI number:
8882

68. The elegy that loves a mournful style

First Line:
The elegy that loves a mournful style
Last Line:
The heart in elegies forms the discourse
DMI number:
10406

69. The reader now no longer can endure

First Line:
The reader now no longer can endure
Last Line:
In the false sense of some proverbial jest
DMI number:
27917

70. The poet Boileau's picture here you see

First Line:
The poet Boileau's picture here you see
Last Line:
Why 'tis to see himself so vilely drawn
DMI number:
8942

71. The ode is bolder and has greater force

First Line:
The ode is bolder and has greater force
Last Line:
And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:
10424

72. The poets' wars at Paris cease

First Line:
The poets' wars at Paris cease
Last Line:
Ere Pradon and the pit agree
DMI number:
27923

73. The prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes

First Line:
The prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes
Last Line:
Through the thronged doors at once both mauled and blest
DMI number:
27915

74. The world in my opinion is a stage

First Line:
The world in my opinion is a stage
Last Line:
Deceives the virtuous till they are undone
DMI number:
27114

75. This peaceful man who does the canvas stain

First Line:
This peaceful man who does the canvas stain
Last Line:
A sharper satire than their scribbling rage
DMI number:
27902

76. 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

77. Thou as laborious as thy master kind

First Line:
Thou as laborious as thy master kind
Last Line:
To handle as he's wont the watering pot
DMI number:
8972

78. Thou charming scene whom Flora's powers adorn

First Line:
Thou charming scene whom Flora's powers adorn
Last Line:
And at their birth their tortured mother wound
DMI number:
8948

79. Three emperors as 'tis in story told

First Line:
Three emperors as 'tis in story told
Last Line:
On your exalted ignorance confer
DMI number:
8984

80. To this come all the doctor's pious cares

First Line:
To this come all the doctor's pious cares
Last Line:
In paradise the joys of hell they taste
DMI number:
39958

81. Tis true then you're of roaring weary grown

First Line:
Tis true then you're of roaring weary grown
Last Line:
And take again the plague of plagues your wife
DMI number:
8893

82. Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars

First Line:
Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars
Last Line:
Alas he's but the Mercury gallant
DMI number:
8939

83. To send me madam in this picture here

First Line:
To send me madam in this picture here
Last Line:
Whom I did most admire and who did most love me
DMI number:
8920

84. Twas sacred satire first inspired my song

First Line:
Twas sacred satire first inspired my song
Last Line:
And made a duty of my first delight
DMI number:
27906

85. What noise is this good God what doleful cries

First Line:
What noise is this good God what doleful cries
Last Line:
Lodge where I can and where by chance I'm led
DMI number:
8808

86. What fury what distraction blinds

First Line:
What fury what distraction blinds
Last Line:
And fatten and improve the fertile soil
DMI number:
8975

87. While in his double elbow chair

First Line:
While in his double elbow chair
Last Line:
His words are articles of faith
DMI number:
9440

88. When with stiff air and awkward grace

First Line:
When with stiff air and awkward grace
Last Line:
Satan to saints were chanting hymns
DMI number:
8933

89. Whence comes it friend that thou art so changed of late

First Line:
Whence comes it friend that thou art so changed of late
Last Line:
Nor peace come in till summer's almost gone
DMI number:
8799

90. While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl

First Line:
While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl
Last Line:
The son is harmless but the father's feared
DMI number:
9444

91. Who acts sincerely as my laws require

First Line:
Who acts sincerely as my laws require
Last Line:
Strive you to stop him and his grace implore
DMI number:
8951

92. With knowledge wit and eloquence adorned

First Line:
With knowledge wit and eloquence adorned
Last Line:
That works of penance were his sole delight
DMI number:
9437

93. Wisdom's an evenness of soul

First Line:
Wisdom's an evenness of soul
Last Line:
Still constant to it self and still the same
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
5615

94. Wife to a man of candor sweetness ease

First Line:
Wife to a man of candor sweetness ease
Last Line:
Read but these verses and the pen forbear
DMI number:
27904

95. Why so much pains that like a lasting brand

First Line:
Why so much pains that like a lasting brand
Last Line:
Fear not my writings blot it from thy own
DMI number:
9435

96. With young Orante from the cradle bred

First Line:
With young Orante from the cradle bred
Last Line:
Was the first daemon which inspired my rhyme
DMI number:
8987

97. Yes yes Lamoignon with the town I'm tired

First Line:
Yes yes Lamoignon with the town I'm tired
Last Line:
The Devil take the hindmost is the cry
DMI number:
8967

98. Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive

First Line:
Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive
Last Line:
What others in return of mine may say
DMI number:
8964

99. Yes honour Valincour to all is dear

First Line:
Yes honour Valincour to all is dear
Last Line:
True honour is my friend is God alone
DMI number:
8900

100. Yes I have said an Aesculapian sot

First Line:
Yes I have said an Aesculapian sot
Last Line:
A quack you are but no good architect
DMI number:
8982