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1. A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

First Line:: A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:: And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:: 28990

2. A scullion wench had wit at will

First Line:: A scullion wench had wit at will
Last Line:: Except tis in the skull
DMI number:: 33962

3. A-- they say has wit for what

First Line:: A-- they say has wit for what
Last Line:: For writing no for writing not
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12745

4. 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

5. An epigram that's new sharp near and witty

First Line:: An epigram that's new sharp near and witty
Last Line:: Once common though still good they are neglected
DMI number:: 43775

6. Arise ye glimmering stars of wit

First Line:: Arise ye glimmering stars of wit
Last Line:: For lo the sun of verse is set
DMI number:: 25174

7. B-- though with scraps of others wit

First Line:: B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:: For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:: 12731

8. B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest

First Line:: B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest
Last Line:: Thou never will't have thy reckoning paid again
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3630

9. 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

10. Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

First Line:: Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit
Last Line:: Hammering out paltry lines twelve times twelve hundred
DMI number:: 9446

11. 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

12. Disclose your grievances to me

First Line:: Disclose your grievances to me
Last Line:: And take advice without a fee
DMI number:: 36857

13. Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song

First Line:: Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song
Last Line:: The muses and the virtues tune thy mind
Author:: Richard Savage (Confident)
DMI number:: 13091

14. Drink on my friend I'll warrant it

First Line:: Drink on my friend I'll warrant it
Last Line:: Never fear its drowning when you drink
DMI number:: 5267

15. Fat Jack when he lately an opera writ

First Line:: Fat Jack when he lately an opera writ
Last Line:: And in lieu of Mac-Heath only tuck up Mac-Gay
DMI number:: 17075

16. Great wits do not live many days

First Line:: Great wits do not live many days
Last Line:: But thou o laureate live for ever
DMI number:: 24800

17. 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

18. How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit

First Line:: How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit
Last Line:: He sold what he spoke and he bought what he writ
DMI number:: 12732

19. 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

20. I that the winter's daughter am

First Line:: I that the winter's daughter am
Last Line:: By adding Cor to Nix
Author:: Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:: 41930

21. I never can think his conversation good

First Line:: I never can think his conversation good
Last Line:: And lovely Venus with the graces joins
Author:: Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27512

22. I little thought the time would ever be

First Line:: I little thought the time would ever be
Last Line:: To womankind epitomized in you
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12398

23. I would have you to know sir though now you despise

First Line:: I would have you to know sir though now you despise
Last Line:: I should think it might be twenty twelvemonths or so
DMI number:: 33539

24. If B----re labours as he writes to please

First Line:: If B----re labours as he writes to please
Last Line:: As if cannot fall it cannot rise
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3605

25. If bards would have a shortlived poem writ

First Line:: If bards would have a shortlived poem writ
Last Line:: To file the rust of wit from P----ck's sense
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3583

26. 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

27. If wit as we are told be a disease

First Line:: If wit as we are told be a disease
Last Line:: Tis from his pen the grand elixir flows
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3763

28. If honour in the breech is lodged

First Line:: If honour in the breech is lodged
Last Line:: Sir Peter's honour's gone
DMI number:: 36033

29. If you those epigrams commend

First Line:: If you those epigrams commend
Last Line:: Because it ends with --- none at all
DMI number:: 21073

30. Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over

First Line:: Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over
Last Line:: Yet even heroic verse shall stoop to thee
DMI number:: 43411

31. Merit should be forever placed

First Line:: Merit should be forever placed
Last Line:: Alone distinguish man from brute
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30176

32. Milo you tell me is a man of sense

First Line:: Milo you tell me is a man of sense
Last Line:: And true good nature far outshines good sense
DMI number:: 33378

33. Nature has done her part do thou but thine

First Line:: Nature has done her part do thou but thine
Last Line:: A witty sinner is the worst of fools
DMI number:: 24949

34. 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

35. O wit to human minds the dangerous lure

First Line:: O wit to human minds the dangerous lure
Last Line:: Perverse opponent to the Christian name
DMI number:: 36282

36. Our public buildings to defend

First Line:: Our public buildings to defend
Last Line:: We now want sharp conductors
DMI number:: 36038

37. Others their wit on paper oft have shown

First Line:: Others their wit on paper oft have shown
Last Line:: Thy castle full as lumpish as thy wit
DMI number:: 16944

38. One day in Chelsea gardens walking

First Line:: One day in Chelsea gardens walking
Last Line:: And point it at the end
DMI number:: 30108

39. Playwright me reads and still my verses damns

First Line:: Playwright me reads and still my verses damns
Last Line:: In my chaste book profess them in thine own
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13069

40. Poet said Chloe with a laugh

First Line:: Poet said Chloe with a laugh
Last Line:: Both epitaph and elegy
DMI number:: 36024

41. Prithee my gentle man of crape and prayer

First Line:: Prithee my gentle man of crape and prayer
Last Line:: Sir Richard never will say the same of thee
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3602

42. Poor Bardus you say scarce a livelihood gets

First Line:: Poor Bardus you say scarce a livelihood gets
Last Line:: How should he I trow when he lives by his wits
DMI number:: 19365

43. Says a writer genteel of high genius and taste

First Line:: Says a writer genteel of high genius and taste
Last Line:: For like me all the while they were lulled fast asleep
DMI number:: 33541

44. Says R--d to Joe thou art a very sad dog

First Line:: Says R--d to Joe thou art a very sad dog
Last Line:: The one's in the right and the other's not wrong
DMI number:: 12249

45. Says Richard to Joe thou art a very sad dog

First Line:: Says Richard to Joe thou art a very sad dog
Last Line:: The one's in the right and the other's not wrong
DMI number:: 14482

46. Securely may thou mangle others sense

First Line:: Securely may thou mangle others sense
Last Line:: For ere we criticise we're bound to read
DMI number:: 19550

47. See with what virtue wit is fraught

First Line:: See with what virtue wit is fraught
Last Line:: But burn when they unite
DMI number:: 22077

48. 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

49. Since Milo rallies sacred writ

First Line:: Since Milo rallies sacred writ
Last Line:: Who bravely pays his soul to gain it
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11609

50. Stella and Flavia every hour

First Line:: Stella and Flavia every hour
Last Line:: Will give to Stella more
Author:: Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident) & Mary Barber (Confident)
DMI number:: 25170