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1. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

2. Accept a miracle instead of wit

First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13498

3. All mortal things are frail and go to pot

First Line:
All mortal things are frail and go to pot
Last Line:
With projects tired I'd stick to common cloth
DMI number:
35906

4. 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

5. As on these fading leaves I wrote my name

First Line:
As on these fading leaves I wrote my name
Last Line:
Erased by the next touch as this is here
DMI number:
18130

6. At Chenevix poor little master cries

First Line:
At Chenevix poor little master cries
Last Line:
And when they smile for trifles sob at heart
DMI number:
27955

7. Bright mistress when the outside I beheld

First Line:
Bright mistress when the outside I beheld
Last Line:
Cupid has killed it for to feast upon
DMI number:
42662

8. Cloth of gold do not despise

First Line:
Cloth of gold do not despise
Last Line:
Though thou art matched with cloth of gold
Author:
Sir William Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
9421

9. Cloth of gold do not dispise

First Line:
Cloth of gold do not dispise
Last Line:
Tho' thou art matcht with cloth of gold
Author:
Sir William Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
37840

10. Doomed to cross roads unsafe rough deep narrow

First Line:
Doomed to cross roads unsafe rough deep narrow
Last Line:
Then safely turn thy back upon the load
DMI number:
35046

11. Go go thou envied happy toy

First Line:
Go go thou envied happy toy
Last Line:
And only to my eyes reveal
DMI number:
26737

12. How pleasant is this one horse chair

First Line:
How pleasant is this one horse chair
Last Line:
We three might pass the day full well
DMI number:
27999

13. I have no feet whereon to go

First Line:
I have no feet whereon to go
Last Line:
Tis plain that I am down
DMI number:
7755

14. I have no legs and yet I go and stand

First Line:
I have no legs and yet I go and stand
Last Line:
And when I stand I lie witness my hand
DMI number:
7517

15. In leathern jack to drink much less I hate

First Line:
In leathern jack to drink much less I hate
Last Line:
Should correspond no better with the wine
DMI number:
27506

16. In vain fair maid in vain you would

First Line:
In vain fair maid in vain you would
Last Line:
Between two little hills of snow
DMI number:
19392

17. If in his study Curio takes such care

First Line:
If in his study Curio takes such care
Last Line:
To hang all strange things let his wife beware
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
35148

18. If in his study he hath so much care

First Line:
If in his study he hath so much care
Last Line:
To hang all old strange things let his wife beware
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9155

19. Lady as endless is my love as this

First Line:
Lady as endless is my love as this
Last Line:
If less severe and proner to delight
DMI number:
42658

20. Lady the world's a ring yet that would be

First Line:
Lady the world's a ring yet that would be
Last Line:
With thee the joys of boundless love to share
DMI number:
42663

21. Marble the pillar against which he stood

First Line:
Marble the pillar against which he stood
Last Line:
My hope's last conflict and its last reward
DMI number:
36536

22. 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

23. No longer let men of simile

First Line:
No longer let men of simile
Last Line:
Blow as ye will lybs notus auster
DMI number:
16146

24. O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown

First Line:
O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown
Last Line:
Another age shall set thy buttons right
DMI number:
12736

25. Over A---n's dust what needs this pious care

First Line:
Over A---n's dust what needs this pious care
Last Line:
Widespread on earth all pointing to the skies
DMI number:
33410

26. Puh that's affronting every muse

First Line:
Puh that's affronting every muse
Last Line:
Yet they reject so trivial toys
DMI number:
10034

27. Pleasure is like a building the more high

First Line:
Pleasure is like a building the more high
Last Line:
The narrower still it grows cedars die | Soonest at top
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation) & William Rowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17175

28. Since the times are so bad and are still growing worse

First Line:
Since the times are so bad and are still growing worse
Last Line:
And Spencer will vouch it though married a year
DMI number:
27015

29. Six rings on every finger Vainlove keeps

First Line:
Six rings on every finger Vainlove keeps
Last Line:
It is because he did not hire the case
DMI number:
27973

30. The aged Swan oppressed by time and cares

First Line:
The aged Swan oppressed by time and cares
Last Line:
And phoenix-like from his own ashes rise
DMI number:
12756

31. The holy father bears two keys

First Line:
The holy father bears two keys
Last Line:
Of opening heaven's door
DMI number:
15844

32. The candle quite eclipsed by Celia's eyes

First Line:
The candle quite eclipsed by Celia's eyes
Last Line:
And on that dear that beauteous bosom die
DMI number:
25574

33. The drugs in me which Ch--se was wont to pound

First Line:
The drugs in me which Ch--se was wont to pound
Last Line:
I that gave death to men to plants give birth
DMI number:
6250

34. The bee the goose the calf

First Line:
The bee the goose the calf
Last Line:
For deeds and dead men's wills
DMI number:
41909

35. The sun now clear serene the golden skies

First Line:
The sun now clear serene the golden skies
Last Line:
See here vain man the picture of your friend
DMI number:
16738

36. This fan unfurled like Cupid's bow

First Line:
This fan unfurled like Cupid's bow
Last Line:
The united armoury of love
DMI number:
21482

37. Think and some useful lessons it will impart

First Line:
Think and some useful lessons it will impart
Last Line:
Yourself the bottom and that I'm the cover
DMI number:
17132

38. Thou master of Tete de Mouton

First Line:
Thou master of Tete de Mouton
Last Line:
I speak of miss's solitaire
DMI number:
28013

39. Though ships from China bring you cup and jar

First Line:
Though ships from China bring you cup and jar
Last Line:
But drop the cup and break it if you please
DMI number:
28266

40. Thus learned M---d to H--n--e spoke

First Line:
Thus learned M---d to H--n--e spoke
Last Line:
Took out some charcoal and wrote C---
DMI number:
18837

41. To this great ship which round the globe has run

First Line:
To this great ship which round the globe has run
Last Line:
To her in Oxford and to him in heaven
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17780

42. Venus take my votive glass

First Line:
Venus take my votive glass
Last Line:
Venus let me never see
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13656

43. Vainlove the live-long day strolls up and down

First Line:
Vainlove the live-long day strolls up and down
Last Line:
He buys and bears two glass decanters home
DMI number:
27648

44. Venus dallying with Mars as goes the old story

First Line:
Venus dallying with Mars as goes the old story
Last Line:
Where next will you hide when the shade shows you clearer
DMI number:
17394

45. When Jove Archimedes's sphere surveyed

First Line:
When Jove Archimedes's sphere surveyed
Last Line:
But here is one that counterfeits a world
DMI number:
12426

46. With small or no propriety my fair

First Line:
With small or no propriety my fair
Last Line:
Just tell him that you love and all is peace
DMI number:
26729

47. Wrought graved embossed of old and modern date

First Line:
Wrought graved embossed of old and modern date
Last Line:
I wonder you no silver have in coin
DMI number:
27382

48. You're sorry you forgot to send you say

First Line:
You're sorry you forgot to send you say
Last Line:
It certain is that you have made me so
DMI number:
27562