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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. A famous critic called the man of taste

First Line:
A famous critic called the man of taste
Last Line:
And a damned Abigail as the critic thought it
DMI number:
24717

6. A finished form charms to allure the eye

First Line:
A finished form charms to allure the eye
Last Line:
Chaste without pride a wife devoid of art
DMI number:
21736

7. 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

8. A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath

First Line:
A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's choked at last by a potato
DMI number:
37902

9. A barber swore whose substance was but small

First Line:
A barber swore whose substance was but small
Last Line:
You can't be censured then for superstition
DMI number:
5793

10. A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

First Line:
A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf
Last Line:
And the muses he knows have a numerous train
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
11658

11. A blooming youth lies buried here

First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361

12. A brow austere a circumspective eye

First Line:
A brow austere a circumspective eye
Last Line:
Will deem you sir a man of consequence
DMI number:
31908

13. A brute thou art at best but mad with wine

First Line:
A brute thou art at best but mad with wine
Last Line:
Not makes thee bad but shows thee as thou art
DMI number:
35716

14. A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown

First Line:
A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown
Last Line:
I knew our fate for he's an Oxford man
DMI number:
31048

15. A cannon ball one bloody day

First Line:
A cannon ball one bloody day
Last Line:
His leg was off and not his head
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27767

16. A cavalier did in a highway theft

First Line:
A cavalier did in a highway theft
Last Line:
Lose one of his arms but his right hand was left
Author:
Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:
36600

17. A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch

First Line:
A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch
Last Line:
To loose aul at last and his sole to boot
DMI number:
5224

18. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3730

19. A healthful body and a peaceful breast

First Line:
A healthful body and a peaceful breast
Last Line:
Of all the gifts of providence are best
DMI number:
35440

20. A humorous fellow in a tavern late

First Line:
A humorous fellow in a tavern late
Last Line:
When I began this brawl I had no brains
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
16101