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1. A curse attends those children who despise

First Line:
A curse attends those children who despise
Last Line:
Who all appearances of evil shun
DMI number:
24982

2. A curse upon thee for a slave

First Line:
A curse upon thee for a slave
Last Line:
Than have brave anger spilt or lost
DMI number:
43947

3. A dame the abbey's tomb contain

First Line:
A dame the abbey's tomb contain
Last Line:
Is full as small and fatal too
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36001

4. A damsel hard by as fair as her fame

First Line:
A damsel hard by as fair as her fame
Last Line:
Ere I die at her feet may she pity and love
DMI number:
35482

5. A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed

First Line:
A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed
Last Line:
Derision and contempt's his fate
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Confident)
DMI number:
30216

6. A decent mien an elegance of dress

First Line:
A decent mien an elegance of dress
Last Line:
These virtues are all thine and thou art he
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
16987

7. A den where tigers make the passage good

First Line:
A den where tigers make the passage good
Last Line:
And casts itself in the melancholy meads
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23318

8. A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule

First Line:
A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule
Last Line:
And bequeathed me nor beauties of body nor mind
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3406

9. A doctor who for want of skill

First Line:
A doctor who for want of skill
Last Line:
And let your motto be quack quack
DMI number:
35935

10. A dog at hunger's urgent call

First Line:
A dog at hunger's urgent call
Last Line:
Embraced a cloud within his arms
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30217

11. A dog for fighting much renowned

First Line:
A dog for fighting much renowned
Last Line:
And for his pride and folly dies
DMI number:
1765

12. A dog who had the envied hap

First Line:
A dog who had the envied hap
Last Line:
The dog must fast the boy be whipped
DMI number:
24971

13. A doting old fool had a mind for to wed

First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083

14. A gardener of peculiar taste

First Line:
A gardener of peculiar taste
Last Line:
Shall mourn the folly soon or late
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23383

15. A dreadful pest swift as infectious air

First Line:
A dreadful pest swift as infectious air
Last Line:
Whilst truth she rarely vends among a thousand lies
DMI number:
36259

16. A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

First Line:
A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
Last Line:
To fill your sails and favour your intent
Author:
William Stonestreet (Absolute)
DMI number:
4174

17. A dream such various scenes doth show

First Line:
A dream such various scenes doth show
Last Line:
But when we wake tis all a cheat
DMI number:
7644

18. 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

19. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
28989

20. A Dudley lodgeth here peace idle fame

First Line:
A Dudley lodgeth here peace idle fame
Last Line:
Turn dust it holds impression in the heart
DMI number:
34940