Poem Genre / Form: Epigram and Satire - Blacklight Search Results

51. Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

First Line:: Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case
Last Line:: She lends out her tail and she borrows her face
Author:: Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11326

52. Selinda sure's the brightest thing

First Line:: Selinda sure's the brightest thing
Last Line:: Dull and insipid to the smell
Author:: Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11342

53. See how the wandering Danube flows

First Line:: See how the wandering Danube flows
Last Line:: Turn infidel and atheist
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:: 30532

54. Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive

First Line:: Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive
Last Line:: And persecute poor Job and us no more
Author:: Anthony Henley (Speculation) & Christopher Codrington (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3738

55. Some people ask is Walpole never abashed

First Line:: Some people ask is Walpole never abashed
Last Line:: Will fly in every face except his own
DMI number:: 25052

56. Some scribbling fops so little value fame

First Line:: Some scribbling fops so little value fame
Last Line:: Since thou canst sink as much as they can rise
Author:: William Burnaby (Speculation) & John Dennis (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3736

57. That patriotism's a joke we must allow

First Line:: That patriotism's a joke we must allow
Last Line:: And claims no title but of honest man
DMI number:: 19469

58. The C-----s once destroyed the church

First Line:: The C-----s once destroyed the church
Last Line:: And L---ds were made elective
DMI number:: 5218

59. The Jews as we in sacred writ are told

First Line:: The Jews as we in sacred writ are told
Last Line:: To heap up gold will even sell their God
DMI number:: 16342

60. The thresher Duck could over the queen prevail

First Line:: The thresher Duck could over the queen prevail
Last Line:: Thy toil is lessened and thy profit's double
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17382

61. Thus to the master of a house

First Line:: Thus to the master of a house
Last Line:: It costs you more in mops than wine
DMI number:: 33347

62. Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face

First Line:: Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face
Last Line:: Thou'll never be tickled who canst never be cured
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3616

63. 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

64. Tom and his muse on every theme

First Line:: Tom and his muse on every theme
Last Line:: He could not leave behind him
Author:: Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11341

65. Tully and Colley Cicero and Cibber

First Line:: Tully and Colley Cicero and Cibber
Last Line:: Old Goody Cibber's taken it to nurse
DMI number:: 19836

66. Vario thou art not void of sense

First Line:: Vario thou art not void of sense
Last Line:: But in our hearts despise thee
DMI number:: 35880

67. Varus though merely led by fashion

First Line:: Varus though merely led by fashion
Last Line:: For what because you're out of vogue
DMI number:: 33360

68. We bid thee not give over the killing trade

First Line:: We bid thee not give over the killing trade
Last Line:: Prithee mind physick more and rhyming less
Author:: James Annesley (Confident)
DMI number:: 3739

69. Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse

First Line:: Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse
Last Line:: Thy poems and thy patients live not long
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3733

70. What dreadful judgements threaten this our isle

First Line:: What dreadful judgements threaten this our isle
Last Line:: W------le still lives and thou art dead Argyll
DMI number:: 18309

71. Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes

First Line:: Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes
Last Line:: The toll is oft made greater than the grist
Author:: Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:: 41933

72. When knaves come to preferment they rise as

First Line:: When knaves come to preferment they rise as
Last Line:: Gallows are raised in the Low Countries one | Upon another's shoulders
Author:: John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17304

73. When Job contending with the devil I saw

First Line:: When Job contending with the devil I saw
Last Line:: And make the saint against his will blaspheme
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3742

74. When the laws of religion and those of the nation

First Line:: When the laws of religion and those of the nation
Last Line:: For Ben has the mitre and Harry the cap
DMI number:: 8100

75. When you preach on the thirtieth day of January

First Line:: When you preach on the thirtieth day of January
Last Line:: Though you think like a bishop still preach like a doctor
DMI number:: 13013

76. Whilst you sir in your envious lines expose

First Line:: Whilst you sir in your envious lines expose
Last Line:: Is only on the author's self a satire
DMI number:: 11070

77. Who worst writes epigrams and be-odes the year

First Line:: Who worst writes epigrams and be-odes the year
Last Line:: But smiling said can ye be better fit
DMI number:: 17126

78. Ye hypocrites leave off your pranks

First Line:: Ye hypocrites leave off your pranks
Last Line:: For God accepts no thanks for murder
DMI number:: 8056

79. Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven

First Line:: Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven
Last Line:: So that nothing but halters your faction can bind
DMI number:: 11915

80. Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives

First Line:: Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives
Last Line:: So go and be hanged like rogues as you are
DMI number:: 11913

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51. Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

52. Selinda sure's the brightest thing

53. See how the wandering Danube flows

54. Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive

55. Some people ask is Walpole never abashed

56. Some scribbling fops so little value fame

57. That patriotism's a joke we must allow

58. The C-----s once destroyed the church

59. The Jews as we in sacred writ are told

60. The thresher Duck could over the queen prevail

61. Thus to the master of a house

62. Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face

63. Three emperors as 'tis in story told

64. Tom and his muse on every theme

65. Tully and Colley Cicero and Cibber

66. Vario thou art not void of sense

67. Varus though merely led by fashion

68. We bid thee not give over the killing trade

69. Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse

70. What dreadful judgements threaten this our isle

71. Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes

72. When knaves come to preferment they rise as

73. When Job contending with the devil I saw

74. When the laws of religion and those of the nation

75. When you preach on the thirtieth day of January

76. Whilst you sir in your envious lines expose

77. Who worst writes epigrams and be-odes the year

78. Ye hypocrites leave off your pranks

79. Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven

80. Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives

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51. Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

52. Selinda sure's the brightest thing

53. See how the wandering Danube flows

54. Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive

55. Some people ask is Walpole never abashed

56. Some scribbling fops so little value fame

57. That patriotism's a joke we must allow

58. The C-----s once destroyed the church

59. The Jews as we in sacred writ are told

60. The thresher Duck could over the queen prevail

61. Thus to the master of a house

62. Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face

63. Three emperors as 'tis in story told

64. Tom and his muse on every theme

65. Tully and Colley Cicero and Cibber

66. Vario thou art not void of sense

67. Varus though merely led by fashion

68. We bid thee not give over the killing trade

69. Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse

70. What dreadful judgements threaten this our isle

71. Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes

72. When knaves come to preferment they rise as

73. When Job contending with the devil I saw

74. When the laws of religion and those of the nation

75. When you preach on the thirtieth day of January

76. Whilst you sir in your envious lines expose

77. Who worst writes epigrams and be-odes the year

78. Ye hypocrites leave off your pranks

79. Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven

80. Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives