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1. 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

2. A band of cupids the other day

First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Last Line:
Who's station's now the best
DMI number:
33964

3. After each skilful touch and every grace

First Line:
After each skilful touch and every grace
Last Line:
Never his own picture more exactly drew
DMI number:
16740

4. All nature's work in F--k does appear

First Line:
All nature's work in F--k does appear
Last Line:
Seems unregarded by herself alone
DMI number:
10976

5. Ancient Phyllis has young graces

First Line:
Ancient Phyllis has young graces
Last Line:
Where's the wonder now
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
12227

6. Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace

First Line:
Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace
Last Line:
Whilst she is but the cypher of the ring
DMI number:
12374

7. At length fair Venus to famed Priaulx yield

First Line:
At length fair Venus to famed Priaulx yield
Last Line:
But this hurls real thunder at his boys
DMI number:
6435

8. At once the sun and Carlisle took their way

First Line:
At once the sun and Carlisle took their way
Last Line:
Their virtue he their beauty she bestowed
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12380

9. As with a friend on Sunday last

First Line:
As with a friend on Sunday last
Last Line:
And then my wonder ceased
DMI number:
26776

10. Bassa frequents the Bath and Wells in vain

First Line:
Bassa frequents the Bath and Wells in vain
Last Line:
No paint can mend her skin her stink no amber
DMI number:
5295

11. Beauty thou wild fantastic ape

First Line:
Beauty thou wild fantastic ape
Last Line:
Inconstant as thy she professors are
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
5516

12. Beauty to the agreeable must give way

First Line:
Beauty to the agreeable must give way
Last Line:
The agreeable could not then be expressed
DMI number:
17639

13. Beauty wit and good nature once naturally vowed

First Line:
Beauty wit and good nature once naturally vowed
Last Line:
Find a quiet and blessed habitation
DMI number:
33963

14. Beauty's a trifle merits not my care

First Line:
Beauty's a trifle merits not my care
Last Line:
Joined with his mind than be a fool and fair
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
5233

15. Behold in this thou mirror of thy kind

First Line:
Behold in this thou mirror of thy kind
Last Line:
And all's perfection that is hid below
DMI number:
42689

16. Bess brags she has beauty and can prove the same

First Line:
Bess brags she has beauty and can prove the same
Last Line:
As how why thus sir 'tis her puppy's name
DMI number:
17125

17. Bett if kind heaven would grant to me

First Line:
Bett if kind heaven would grant to me
Last Line:
Two that he'd take away the third
Author:
Charles Cotton (Confident)
DMI number:
24696

18. Bright as the day and as the morning fair

First Line:
Bright as the day and as the morning fair
Last Line:
Such Chloe is and common as the air
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
12276

19. Bright beauty on whose every part does rest

First Line:
Bright beauty on whose every part does rest
Last Line:
And then you'll be the world's chief wonder styled
DMI number:
42778

20. Behold these waves ah never at a stay

First Line:
Behold these waves ah never at a stay
Last Line:
That other Myras may be born to die
DMI number:
16745

21. Behold this bright and lovely piece

First Line:
Behold this bright and lovely piece
Last Line:
As many hearts to hers are doomed
DMI number:
6516

22. Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black

First Line:
Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black
Last Line:
Is then Belinda perjured I say no
DMI number:
12008

23. Can forms like yours want ornaments of dress

First Line:
Can forms like yours want ornaments of dress
Last Line:
You put off nothing but what veiled a charm
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
12757

24. Cassandra from her spark received

First Line:
Cassandra from her spark received
Last Line:
By causing a miscarriage
DMI number:
32258

25. Charinus 'twas my hap of late

First Line:
Charinus 'twas my hap of late
Last Line:
Two that he'd take away the third
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12419

26. Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie

First Line:
Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie
Last Line:
When falshood conspires her beauty to praise
DMI number:
21992

27. Cloaks were first made deformity to shroud

First Line:
Cloaks were first made deformity to shroud
Last Line:
And write it on your back to all the town
DMI number:
12848

28. Cynderaxa kind and good

First Line:
Cynderaxa kind and good
Last Line:
And at her touch the dishes shine
DMI number:
24694

29. Did Celia's person and her mind agree

First Line:
Did Celia's person and her mind agree
Last Line:
Enriched the image and defaced the mind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
12758

30. Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

First Line:
Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes
Last Line:
That runs his link full in my face
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
27821

31. Dutry that soul-inspiring fair

First Line:
Dutry that soul-inspiring fair
Last Line:
To virtue's purer praise
DMI number:
13503

32. Dressed like an angel you appear your breast

First Line:
Dressed like an angel you appear your breast
Last Line:
To feel and curse the sting that's in your tail
DMI number:
44399

33. False hair false teeth and one false eye

First Line:
False hair false teeth and one false eye
Last Line:
Thus false is a true woman still
DMI number:
21990

34. Fiction and truth have both an instance given

First Line:
Fiction and truth have both an instance given
Last Line:
And Adam taken it from her hand
DMI number:
26950

35. Fair Chloe will not sure this gem despise

First Line:
Fair Chloe will not sure this gem despise
Last Line:
You then would know the wounds those make in me
DMI number:
21974

36. Fair is your face an oily tongue you have

First Line:
Fair is your face an oily tongue you have
Last Line:
Who carry sure destruction in your smiles
DMI number:
44395

37. Fairest and latest of thy beauteous race

First Line:
Fairest and latest of thy beauteous race
Last Line:
Your eyes alone that liberty restrain
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
12382

38. Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom

First Line:
Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom
Last Line:
Or being now old couldst but be young again
DMI number:
42142

39. From Scottish mountains hid in clouds

First Line:
From Scottish mountains hid in clouds
Last Line:
Dropped only half the way
DMI number:
24790

40. Had Alexander your bright form surveyed

First Line:
Had Alexander your bright form surveyed
Last Line:
For one's too mean a sacrifice to you
DMI number:
5447

41. Had Gloriana lived when brightest charms

First Line:
Had Gloriana lived when brightest charms
Last Line:
All that is worth contending for is thine
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
15779

42. Had she but lived in Cleopatra's age

First Line:
Had she but lived in Cleopatra's age
Last Line:
That all the world for love had well been lost
DMI number:
4757

43. Hear and assist me all ye powerful nine

First Line:
Hear and assist me all ye powerful nine
Last Line:
Through clouds of malice P---ll still shall shine
DMI number:
10138

44. Happy the youth who can but see

First Line:
Happy the youth who can but see
Last Line:
Is all immortal all divine
DMI number:
24500

45. Hence vulgar beauties take their powerful arms

First Line:
Hence vulgar beauties take their powerful arms
Last Line:
And though in human form they seemed most heavenly fair
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
12466

46. Here Chloe lies

First Line:
Here Chloe lies
Last Line:
Did all the world admire
DMI number:
12268

47. Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire

First Line:
Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire
Last Line:
A theme too lofty for a Pindar's mind
DMI number:
10070

48. Her eyebrow box one morning lost

First Line:
Her eyebrow box one morning lost
Last Line:
For what's an eye without a brow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13510

49. How am I rapt when I upon thee gaze

First Line:
How am I rapt when I upon thee gaze
Last Line:
To be ruled here himself by some fair mortal's eyes
DMI number:
6249

50. How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

First Line:
How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell
Last Line:
She was painting her cheeks at the time her nose fell
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13100

51. How many graces are there Colin cried

First Line:
How many graces are there Colin cried
Last Line:
I've lost says Lycidas I see there's four
DMI number:
17568

52. How happy could I be with either

First Line:
How happy could I be with either
Last Line:
Has wisely chose to stitch them both together
DMI number:
11759

53. Here wit and beauty join and who can say

First Line:
Here wit and beauty join and who can say
Last Line:
Since as they pity move they both should love
DMI number:
6065

54. However you may for beauty bear the bell

First Line:
However you may for beauty bear the bell
Last Line:
Yet ever to ring changes sounds not well
Author:
Thomas Bancroft (Confident)
DMI number:
17103

55. In the lines that you sent are the muses and graces

First Line:
In the lines that you sent are the muses and graces
Last Line:
You have the nine in your wit and three in your faces
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
9687

56. In me false Thais as you pass

First Line:
In me false Thais as you pass
Last Line:
All mercury within
DMI number:
33098

57. In nature twas kind by the charms of a face

First Line:
In nature twas kind by the charms of a face
Last Line:
In Madan who never had a fault to conceal
DMI number:
20445

58. In Flavia's eyes is every grace

First Line:
In Flavia's eyes is every grace
Last Line:
And Esau's where it should be
DMI number:
19475

59. In pictures of the evangelists we find

First Line:
In pictures of the evangelists we find
Last Line:
Were't thou dear beauteous angel joined with me
DMI number:
25147

60. Is this the wondrous matchless fair

First Line:
Is this the wondrous matchless fair
Last Line:
Even beauty must not current prove
DMI number:
6129

61. In your celestial face our ravished eyes

First Line:
In your celestial face our ravished eyes
Last Line:
Reason assumes her interrupted reign
DMI number:
5159

62. Like a large lemon stuck with cloves good store

First Line:
Like a large lemon stuck with cloves good store
Last Line:
Into such hands perdition on us all
DMI number:
6239

63. I know not whether in Narcissus' glass

First Line:
I know not whether in Narcissus' glass
Last Line:
Without a rival you yourself adore
DMI number:
10071

64. If beauties faintly copied strike our eyes

First Line:
If beauties faintly copied strike our eyes
Last Line:
Unless you're blind as love and deaf like her
DMI number:
6355

65. If beauty be fancy

First Line:
If beauty be fancy
Last Line:
Will laugh at thy fancy
DMI number:
21996

66. If it be true celestial powers

First Line:
If it be true celestial powers
Last Line:
Bestow upon my mind
Author:
Esther Johnson (Confident)
DMI number:
11627

67. If save whose charms with equal splendor shine

First Line:
If save whose charms with equal splendor shine
Last Line:
None ever thine must be none ever must be thine
DMI number:
24823

68. Kneller take heed for vast is the design

First Line:
Kneller take heed for vast is the design
Last Line:
And tis as rash to imitate her eyes
DMI number:
29991

69. Let meaner beauties conquer singly still

First Line:
Let meaner beauties conquer singly still
Last Line:
illeg at the head of all their squadrons die
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
24370

70. Let no romantic pen hereafter dare

First Line:
Let no romantic pen hereafter dare
Last Line:
Subdue successfully in beauty's charms
DMI number:
5160

71. Let other charmers boast of air

First Line:
Let other charmers boast of air
Last Line:
Are surest of the victory
DMI number:
20326

72. Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

First Line:
Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress
Last Line:
Plain downright ugliness would less offend
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6321

73. Let fools assert that good old Homer nods

First Line:
Let fools assert that good old Homer nods
Last Line:
And Venus sunk beneath old Colin's maid
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11299

74. Let it not move thy wonder that I place

First Line:
Let it not move thy wonder that I place
Last Line:
Disdains to wear the prize she loves to win
DMI number:
13497

75. Lately dear friend your wife I chanced to meet

First Line:
Lately dear friend your wife I chanced to meet
Last Line:
I'd give the Devil two to take the third
DMI number:
10542

76. Laura in vain upon your neck are seen

First Line:
Laura in vain upon your neck are seen
Last Line:
The soul is touched and the whole man is moved
DMI number:
11149

77. Lydia once was pretty

First Line:
Lydia once was pretty
Last Line:
Without remorse or pity
DMI number:
21976

78. Madam in this your beauties you may see

First Line:
Madam in this your beauties you may see
Last Line:
Your pity me from ruin to restore
DMI number:
42691

79. Madam that you're an angel all here know it

First Line:
Madam that you're an angel all here know it
Last Line:
Not Fogher only but the world should know it
DMI number:
25145

80. Mistaken nature here has joined

First Line:
Mistaken nature here has joined
Last Line:
As unsuspected as unseen
DMI number:
24707

81. Lovely shines thy wedded fair

First Line:
Lovely shines thy wedded fair
Last Line:
Ere thou thinkst her only thine
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22450

82. Lovely shines thy wedded fair

First Line:
Lovely shines thy wedded fair
Last Line:
Ere thou thinkst her wholly thine
DMI number:
25205

83. Lucetta's charms our hearts surprise

First Line:
Lucetta's charms our hearts surprise
Last Line:
But in her voice his thunder
DMI number:
26604

84. Lucinda has the devil and all

First Line:
Lucinda has the devil and all
Last Line:
But who minds sauce that must not eat
DMI number:
24908

85. Nature in pity has denied you shape

First Line:
Nature in pity has denied you shape
Last Line:
At sight are captives and at sight are free
DMI number:
8390

86. Nature perversely to thy wish has given

First Line:
Nature perversely to thy wish has given
Last Line:
For only misers want what they possess
DMI number:
24726

87. Never till her we saw we never thought

First Line:
Never till her we saw we never thought
Last Line:
'Tis gracefulness of mein of carriage and of dress
DMI number:
5230

88. Not Ida's top was ever so bright a place

First Line:
Not Ida's top was ever so bright a place
Last Line:
With you most proud to feast on such a hill
DMI number:
6061

89. Not pleased with reasonable mortal bliss

First Line:
Not pleased with reasonable mortal bliss
Last Line:
Had dashed his lightning and his thunders drowned
DMI number:
24784

90. Number the days the cloudy and the clear

First Line:
Number the days the cloudy and the clear
Last Line:
Doth penance daily yet sins all his life
DMI number:
44107

91. Number the days the cloudy and the clear

First Line:
Number the days the cloudy and the clear
Last Line:
The greatest numbers are more foul than fair
DMI number:
41906

92. Ovid who bid the ladies laugh

First Line:
Ovid who bid the ladies laugh
Last Line:
And laugh not above once a year
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Confident)
DMI number:
6313

93. Prithee old Ruga paint give over

First Line:
Prithee old Ruga paint give over
Last Line:
And Ruga in faith you'd less offend
DMI number:
16687

94. Poor old neglected Chloe still takes care

First Line:
Poor old neglected Chloe still takes care
Last Line:
From whence she's forced to borrow all her light
DMI number:
5850

95. Power wisdom and beauty stark naked were seen

First Line:
Power wisdom and beauty stark naked were seen
Last Line:
Their wisdom's pretence but their beauty a wonder
DMI number:
21978

96. Phillis like Daphne strives each day to shun

First Line:
Phillis like Daphne strives each day to shun
Last Line:
Did her heart melt as often as her brow
DMI number:
16741

97. Says Bacchus to Cupid who has got the handsomest face

First Line:
Says Bacchus to Cupid who has got the handsomest face
Last Line:
Says Cupid D-n ye are you blind can't you see Miss B--ce
DMI number:
18095

98. Sally and Molly though of different hues

First Line:
Sally and Molly though of different hues
Last Line:
Sally my days shall share Molly my nights
DMI number:
12815

99. Silence were sin when Percival thy name

First Line:
Silence were sin when Percival thy name
Last Line:
Let conversation show how great's thy mind
DMI number:
10132

100. Silence were sin when Percival thy name

First Line:
Silence were sin when Percival thy name
Last Line:
Thy conversation shows a polished mind
DMI number:
10170