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1. A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

First Line:
A haughty courtier meeting in the streets
Last Line:
The scholar said I do and gave him it
DMI number:
17372

2. A man there is to all the country known

First Line:
A man there is to all the country known
Last Line:
For want of business is a busy fellow
DMI number:
33369

3. Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense

First Line:
Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense
Last Line:
Thou lackst his reason and he lacks thy place
DMI number:
1000

4. As Giron in the temple lately sat

First Line:
As Giron in the temple lately sat
Last Line:
Twas cause he could not sleep they talked so loud
DMI number:
7519

5. As Giron lately in the temple sat

First Line:
As Giron lately in the temple sat
Last Line:
Twas 'cause he could not sleep they talked so loud
DMI number:
17488

6. At wit perplexed if you would smile

First Line:
At wit perplexed if you would smile
Last Line:
Bestow it on the poor Noailles
DMI number:
18070

7. 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

8. Can you count the silver lights

First Line:
Can you count the silver lights
Last Line:
Or Marlborough's acts or -----n's charms
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8395

9. Could our first father at his toilsome plough

First Line:
Could our first father at his toilsome plough
Last Line:
To fix the wavering form and give the thing a name
DMI number:
30988

10. Could our first father at his toilsome plough

First Line:
Could our first father at his toilsome plough
Last Line:
To hit the wavering form or give the thing a name
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6969

11. Don't boast prithee Cibber so much of thy state

First Line:
Don't boast prithee Cibber so much of thy state
Last Line:
And tis easy to know their buffoons from their friends
DMI number:
17981

12. Four arrant knaves in one deceitful pack

First Line:
Four arrant knaves in one deceitful pack
Last Line:
Instead of knaves shall pass for single tens
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8019

13. Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

First Line:
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
Last Line:
For of late I invite him but four times a week
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12424

14. From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome

First Line:
From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome
Last Line:
He knows the world ay and the world knows him
DMI number:
22054

15. Happy boy no more complain

First Line:
Happy boy no more complain
Last Line:
And corked thee but to make thee quicker
DMI number:
24692

16. Had not good humour over the ill prevailed

First Line:
Had not good humour over the ill prevailed
Last Line:
His blood being sweetened off trooped Dr Lower
DMI number:
7132

17. Half clothed and dirty does the miser go

First Line:
Half clothed and dirty does the miser go
Last Line:
Dress shows the strength and weakness of the mind
DMI number:
17646

18. I'm glad to see you well O faithless breath

First Line:
I'm glad to see you well O faithless breath
Last Line:
I wish not for your death but for your living
DMI number:
17428

19. I prithee good folks who have heard all the satire

First Line:
I prithee good folks who have heard all the satire
Last Line:
And let 'em contend to excel most in dirt
DMI number:
2496

20. I took the wall one thrust me rudely by

First Line:
I took the wall one thrust me rudely by
Last Line:
The walls the subjects but the way's the king's
Author:
Sir John Davies (Speculation) & John Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
41929