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1. A goodly day not to keep house with such

First Line:
A goodly day not to keep house with such
Last Line:
I'll meet you in the valleys
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35027

2. A boar so fierce and large

First Line:
A boar so fierce and large
Last Line:
And where resistance fails cease to pursue
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15202

3. A broke winged shop keeper I nose him straight

First Line:
A broke winged shop keeper I nose him straight
Last Line:
They'll outswagger all the wapentake
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13931

4. A man should not doubt to overcome

First Line:
A man should not doubt to overcome
Last Line:
Comes to be part of the crime
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14137

5. Alas fears are so powerful

First Line:
Alas fears are so powerful
Last Line:
And to just wishes hopes are much more due
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
15168

6. Alas what popular dependances

First Line:
Alas what popular dependances
Last Line:
And have your ends think likewise they have theirs
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
14459

7. A word Lucilius

First Line:
A word Lucilius
Last Line:
Sink in the trial
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14819

8. And now and then breaks a dry biscuit jest

First Line:
And now and then breaks a dry biscuit jest
Last Line:
Mean cates are welcome still to hungry guests
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15587

9. As far as I could cast my eyes

First Line:
As far as I could cast my eyes
Last Line:
No mortal courage can support the fright
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20765

10. Are you not proud of your clothes

First Line:
Are you not proud of your clothes
Last Line:
Made proud by the favour of a waiting-woman
Author:
Robert Tailor (Absolute)
DMI number:
17318

11. Avaunt be gone thou'st set me on the rack

First Line:
Avaunt be gone thou'st set me on the rack
Last Line:
Greater than that
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15258

12. Begone I say the gods have heard me swear

First Line:
Begone I say the gods have heard me swear
Last Line:
But vows to every purpose must not hold
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16856

13. Can you my heart for want of friendship blame

First Line:
Can you my heart for want of friendship blame
Last Line:
Love has a title sure amongst the rest
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
16281

14. Can you think that we

First Line:
Can you think that we
Last Line:
And so breaks up the wise assembly
Author:
Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14058

15. But who dares tell a prince he goes aside

First Line:
But who dares tell a prince he goes aside
Last Line:
Heavens will not suffer sin to flourish long
Author:
Samuel Brandon (Absolute)
DMI number:
15874

16. But hope the best true love will pass a veil

First Line:
But hope the best true love will pass a veil
Last Line:
That is true faith what's more's credulity
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute)
DMI number:
14688

17. Cuckolds make cuckolds tis a pretty trade

First Line:
Cuckolds make cuckolds tis a pretty trade
Last Line:
Because it is a common name to all men
Author:
William Rowley (Absolute) & Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
14365

18. Do not too much aggravate the crime

First Line:
Do not too much aggravate the crime
Last Line:
And indeed all offenders so might plead
DMI number:
16215

19. Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in

First Line:
Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in
Last Line:
Very like a whale
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14755

20. Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness

First Line:
Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness
Last Line:
Have left me naked to mine enemies
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
27045

21. From outward actions man should not derive

First Line:
From outward actions man should not derive
Last Line:
Of new and greater
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16413

22. Give me your hand this hand is moist my lady

First Line:
Give me your hand this hand is moist my lady
Last Line:
But our new heraldry is hands not hearts
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14994

23. Ha at devotion still can the tired air

First Line:
Ha at devotion still can the tired air
Last Line:
Which the fond world into subjection brings
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14511

24. Hail to your lordship

First Line:
Hail to your lordship
Last Line:
Upon the platform twixt eleven and twelve | I'll visit you
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35025

25. Have I then no tears for thee my father

First Line:
Have I then no tears for thee my father
Last Line:
Be nobly wretched but her father happy
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29831

26. He is a foe to Rhodes and not to you

First Line:
He is a foe to Rhodes and not to you
Last Line:
In Rhodes besieged we must be Rhodians too
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14584

27. He was a man that would keep church so duly rise

First Line:
He was a man that would keep church so duly rise
Last Line:
Was as hard as the pulpit
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
14528

28. Here gallants you must make a stop for still

First Line:
Here gallants you must make a stop for still
Last Line:
In their new truce by kindly cozening him
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14678

29. How fares it with our great and royal master

First Line:
How fares it with our great and royal master
Last Line:
Where merit meets his bounty as it doth | In you
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13802

30. How bloodily the sun begins to peer

First Line:
How bloodily the sun begins to peer
Last Line:
Foretells a tempest and a blustering day
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16677

31. How looks the court

First Line:
How looks the court
Last Line:
That ventured more may sit and curse their stars
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
14080

32. How full of hidden ambiguities

First Line:
How full of hidden ambiguities
Last Line:
Or freed from both or rent up root and all
Author:
William Heminges [Heming] (Absolute)
DMI number:
17232

33. Here where primroses thickest paint the green

First Line:
Here where primroses thickest paint the green
Last Line:
Though they sing well they canna sing like thee
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22718

34. Here's a courtier that will not miss a hair

First Line:
Here's a courtier that will not miss a hair
Last Line:
Two great helps at court as the world goes
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
14128

35. Here's a health to her that best deserves

First Line:
Here's a health to her that best deserves
Last Line:
Accounts it loss of time a tedious wooing
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16621

36. Here's a small amends

First Line:
Here's a small amends
Last Line:
The grateful giver's gift verissimum est
Author:
Robert Tailor (Absolute)
DMI number:
14951

37. How sad and dismal sound the farewells which

First Line:
How sad and dismal sound the farewells which
Last Line:
Until their gratitude hath made them hoarse
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13257

38. I come sir a suitor to you I hear

First Line:
I come sir a suitor to you I hear
Last Line:
Or Phidias have invented That is their | Ignorance
Author:
Shackerley Marmion (Absolute)
DMI number:
13553

39. Huntsman I charge thee tender well my hounds

First Line:
Huntsman I charge thee tender well my hounds
Last Line:
I would esteem him worth a dozen such
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15190

40. I am assured if I be measured rightly

First Line:
I am assured if I be measured rightly
Last Line:
Heaven shorten Harry's happy life one day
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35023

41. I am rapt and cannot

First Line:
I am rapt and cannot
Last Line:
Let it go naked men may see't the better
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15698

42. I had three suits in one year made three great

First Line:
I had three suits in one year made three great
Last Line:
And no fewer bankrupts
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13558

43. In the city I'm honoured like a god

First Line:
In the city I'm honoured like a god
Last Line:
The whole world is full of Mendacio's fame
Author:
Thomas Tomkis [Tomkys] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16375

44. In mine eye he's a most delicate youth

First Line:
In mine eye he's a most delicate youth
Last Line:
Edge on appetite
Author:
John Webster (Absolute) & Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16204

45. It is a kind of slander to trust rumour

First Line:
It is a kind of slander to trust rumour
Last Line:
Who's angry at a slander makes it true
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14498

46. It is ill done Semanthe to plead bankrupt

First Line:
It is ill done Semanthe to plead bankrupt
Last Line:
Tis the least miracle that love can do
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
16254

47. It is so safe and broad a beaten way

First Line:
It is so safe and broad a beaten way
Last Line:
Being better cloaks to cover falshood over
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
14825

48. It is the lesser blot modesty finds

First Line:
It is the lesser blot modesty finds
Last Line:
Inconstancy falls off ere it begins
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15627

49. Let them be burnt o how ridiculous

First Line:
Let them be burnt o how ridiculous
Last Line:
And to the writers an eternal name
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13780

50. Let's reason with the worst that may befall

First Line:
Let's reason with the worst that may befall
Last Line:
That govern us below
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16773

51. Love's a foundation that will never decay

First Line:
Love's a foundation that will never decay
Last Line:
Yet oft in ruin doth the builder lay
Author:
John Dover (Absolute)
DMI number:
16295

52. My lord we need you here in court and are

First Line:
My lord we need you here in court and are
Last Line:
Upon a foreign coast
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14133

53. My lord I'll tell you that self bill is urged

First Line:
My lord I'll tell you that self bill is urged
Last Line:
How things are perfected
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35024

54. My Blouzelinda is the blithest lass

First Line:
My Blouzelinda is the blithest lass
Last Line:
My summer's shadow and my winter's fire
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22694

55. I shall take other courses with my wealth

First Line:
I shall take other courses with my wealth
Last Line:
Your health at every festival in hot pottage
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15171

56. I sought none of your alliance I

First Line:
I sought none of your alliance I
Last Line:
Like the pale ghosts of dead nobility
Author:
Richard Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
13438

57. I never gave you aught

First Line:
I never gave you aught
Last Line:
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14870

58. I was with Hercules and Cadmus once

First Line:
I was with Hercules and Cadmus once
Last Line:
In Crete in Sparta nor in Thessaly
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15191

59. I was your friend when you were honest

First Line:
I was your friend when you were honest
Last Line:
And hate the fogs that haunt the dirty vales
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13366

60. I'll make myself in a capacity

First Line:
I'll make myself in a capacity
Last Line:
But conquered Ajax
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16777

61. I made a deed of gift

First Line:
I made a deed of gift
Last Line:
They may be constant still that are constrained
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
14021

62. I meant to have offered it | Your ladyship on the perfecting the patent

First Line:
I meant to have offered it | Your ladyship on the perfecting the patent
Last Line:
Pure and so free from taint
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
17336

63. I'd rather | Lie with an ancient tomb or embrace

First Line:
I'd rather | Lie with an ancient tomb or embrace
Last Line:
Had icicles in june
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15229

64. If this be held the highway to get riches

First Line:
If this be held the highway to get riches
Last Line:
Which trulier may be said to possess them
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13614

65. Justice that makes princes like the gods draws

First Line:
Justice that makes princes like the gods draws
Last Line:
Oft quits the guilty and condemns the clear
Author:
Lewis Machin (Absolute) & John Marston (Absolute) & William Barksted [Backsted or Baxter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
15861

66. Man how dearly ever parted

First Line:
Man how dearly ever parted
Last Line:
His figure and his heat
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13960

67. Madam you haply scorn the vulgar earth

First Line:
Madam you haply scorn the vulgar earth
Last Line:
Only for its own ease
Author:
William Habington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13735

68. Men by all means this blast of breath prolong

First Line:
Men by all means this blast of breath prolong
Last Line:
To live by fame for ever after death
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
16102

69. Men that eminent are in law are wont

First Line:
Men that eminent are in law are wont
Last Line:
For honour
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15828

70. No man cares for anamestes or remembrance

First Line:
No man cares for anamestes or remembrance
Last Line:
With him than I
Author:
Thomas Tomkis [Tomkys] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16496

71. O Athenais let me see thee dead

First Line:
O Athenais let me see thee dead
Last Line:
If any maid can more for glory do
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20063

72. Now for our mountain sport up to yon hill

First Line:
Now for our mountain sport up to yon hill
Last Line:
The fear's as bad as falling
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14054

73. Now my comates and brothers in exile

First Line:
Now my comates and brothers in exile
Last Line:
I'll bring you to him straight
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35021

74. O gentle son

First Line:
O gentle son
Last Line:
Would gambol from
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16378

75. Now to our homes let us depart

First Line:
Now to our homes let us depart
Last Line:
We many years in joy may dwell
DMI number:
8201

76. O sacred weapon left for truth's defence

First Line:
O sacred weapon left for truth's defence
Last Line:
And goad the prelate slumbering in his stall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30877

77. O whoever yet

First Line:
O whoever yet
Last Line:
Are ever ready set
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
14359

78. O you are wise

First Line:
O you are wise
Last Line:
And ease the glorious torment of our power
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15959

79. Oh you fill a place about his grace

First Line:
Oh you fill a place about his grace
Last Line:
Persuade him to take them on himself
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
14130

80. Oh to what purpose dost thou hoard thy words

First Line:
Oh to what purpose dost thou hoard thy words
Last Line:
The man that mocks at it and sets it to light
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13625

81. Promise gold mountains and the covetous

First Line:
Promise gold mountains and the covetous
Last Line:
One baseness still accompanies another
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13615

82. Rome still survives in this assembled senate

First Line:
Rome still survives in this assembled senate
Last Line:
All Rome will be in tears
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
37141

83. She's not turned whore is she

First Line:
She's not turned whore is she
Last Line:
She will I fear ere long surrender
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
13888

84. Since you have spoke so humbly of yourself

First Line:
Since you have spoke so humbly of yourself
Last Line:
We trust them with our love and honour too
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16274

85. So long | As he could make me with this eye or ear

First Line:
So long | As he could make me with this eye or ear
Last Line:
Have turned mine eye and wept
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
17020

86. Still in law | I had not breathed else now tis very marrow

First Line:
Still in law | I had not breathed else now tis very marrow
Last Line:
Than he will dispatch all his life time I did it
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16035

87. Speak on speak ever thus and still my grief

First Line:
Speak on speak ever thus and still my grief
Last Line:
To sic as have the patience to be kings
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22720

88. Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced

First Line:
Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced
Last Line:
And shows a most pitiful ambition | In the fool that uses it
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
17169

89. Such be the disgrace of their sex

First Line:
Such be the disgrace of their sex
Last Line:
Rewarded here
Author:
John Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
14025

90. Tell me what has made thee so melancholy

First Line:
Tell me what has made thee so melancholy
Last Line:
To heaven with a centiorari
Author:
Cyril Tourneur (Absolute) & Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16033

91. Tell me what you think on earth

First Line:
Tell me what you think on earth
Last Line:
Of love that sweetens every thing
Author:
Joseph Rutter (Absolute)
DMI number:
16244

92. Take note oh world

First Line:
Take note oh world
Last Line:
And loses what it works for
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15053

93. The court is but a narrow circuit

First Line:
The court is but a narrow circuit
Last Line:
And in great storms serve but as weight to sink it
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
14082

94. The gods avert from every Roman mind

First Line:
The gods avert from every Roman mind
Last Line:
Unfit to join with her in perfect life
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16774

95. The goodliest and most glorious strange built wonder

First Line:
The goodliest and most glorious strange built wonder
Last Line:
Heads thick of hair are good but bald the best
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
14988

96. These our times

First Line:
These our times
Last Line:
Brave Cassius was the last of all the race
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
16392

97. This cursed jealousy what is't

First Line:
This cursed jealousy what is't
Last Line:
It gores itself it gores itself with imagined horns
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15580

98. This strain of mourning with sepulchre like

First Line:
This strain of mourning with sepulchre like
Last Line:
After a shipwrack
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16713

99. This way the noise was if mine ear be true

First Line:
This way the noise was if mine ear be true
Last Line:
Where no crude surfeit reigns
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22909

100. Thou bane to my empire thou spring of contest

First Line:
Thou bane to my empire thou spring of contest
Last Line:
Stands trembling and wishing but dare not receive it | For change &c
Author:
Sir John Vanbrugh (Absolute)
DMI number:
36262