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1.
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083
2.
As nature H----y's clay was blending
First Line:
As nature H----y's clay was blending
Last Line:
A pin dropped in and turned the scale
DMI number:
17992
3.
As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief
First Line:
As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief
Last Line:
One day's enough for that we'll wed tomorrow
DMI number:
22981
4.
Chloe with Tom went out one day
First Line:
Chloe with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
With Ralph the gardener on the green
DMI number:
23056
5.
Chloris your rigor was to blame
First Line:
Chloris your rigor was to blame
Last Line:
You've freed a captive by too strait a chain
DMI number:
22947
6.
Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light
First Line:
Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light
Last Line:
For Curio dresses nothing but himself
DMI number:
16782
7.
Cries Celia to a reverend dean
First Line:
Cries Celia to a reverend dean
Last Line:
They cannot find a priest
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
19289
8.
Dear M-- heaven to thee assigned
First Line:
Dear M-- heaven to thee assigned
Last Line:
The drapery of wealth
DMI number:
23016
9.
For every pin in this through vanquished hearts
First Line:
For every pin in this through vanquished hearts
Last Line:
In killing absence and tormenting fears
DMI number:
19806
10.
Florio one evening brisk and gay
First Line:
Florio one evening brisk and gay
Last Line:
Go bar the door you fool she cries
DMI number:
19268
11.
Gripe-all a cunning cit a niggard elf
First Line:
Gripe-all a cunning cit a niggard elf
Last Line:
As he does all things she'll deny us nought
DMI number:
16680
12.
He that owns with his heart and helps with his hand
First Line:
He that owns with his heart and helps with his hand
Last Line:
Whose health now I drink and whose friendship I own
DMI number:
21777
13.
How sweet to man the heaven descending voice
First Line:
How sweet to man the heaven descending voice
Last Line:
To err is human to forgive divine
DMI number:
23022
14.
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
15.
Mopsa whipping her scarf on scuds away to the park
First Line:
Mopsa whipping her scarf on scuds away to the park
Last Line:
Since her face would strike dead if revealed in the light
DMI number:
23040
16.
I wonder what these nice distinctions mean
First Line:
I wonder what these nice distinctions mean
Last Line:
They're of the truest church that live the best
DMI number:
7481
17.
Nature is rising from the dead
First Line:
Nature is rising from the dead
Last Line:
Ah Chloe when my charming fair
Author:
John Winstanley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13023
18.
One Sunday entering the house of prayer
First Line:
One Sunday entering the house of prayer
Last Line:
Through Damon's heart it drives and fixes there
DMI number:
23030
19.
Pope dead who'll write his monumental stone
First Line:
Pope dead who'll write his monumental stone
Last Line:
For with him Phoebus and the nine are gone
DMI number:
23009
20.
Roused from the slumber of three thousand years
First Line:
Roused from the slumber of three thousand years
Last Line:
And shines distinguished in his genuine wreaths
DMI number:
19262
21.
Revenge is ever sweet though sometimes slow
First Line:
Revenge is ever sweet though sometimes slow
Last Line:
I sting your fingers whilst you sting my heart
DMI number:
19270
22.
Religion never was designed
First Line:
Religion never was designed
Last Line:
Will prove to every one a guide
DMI number:
20065
23.
Richard of the green grown old and very poor
First Line:
Richard of the green grown old and very poor
Last Line:
Those that have something they must something lose
DMI number:
17149
24.
Sage formal apes endeavor all they can
First Line:
Sage formal apes endeavor all they can
Last Line:
These mimic apes and we but mimic these
DMI number:
17058
25.
See charming Celia see my lovely fair
First Line:
See charming Celia see my lovely fair
Last Line:
Or why oh why cannot past years return
DMI number:
19397
26.
Sir Bob in crowded senate vainly tries
First Line:
Sir Bob in crowded senate vainly tries
Last Line:
It is proclaimed beneath the girdle free
DMI number:
23024
27.
Stop friend and see
First Line:
Stop friend and see
Last Line:
And one hog root another
DMI number:
21508
28.
The famed Lycurgus found a way
First Line:
The famed Lycurgus found a way
Last Line:
What here no women hide
DMI number:
21479
29.
This dance foretells the couple's life
First Line:
This dance foretells the couple's life
Last Line:
Cast off and end in back to back
DMI number:
23077
30.
To sparkling wit to knowledge and to sense
First Line:
To sparkling wit to knowledge and to sense
Last Line:
Malice and hatred and an envious mind
DMI number:
23023
31.
To fetter wit's a vain intent
First Line:
To fetter wit's a vain intent
Last Line:
It gets more fame by punishment
DMI number:
22998
32.
Tom ever jovial ever gay
First Line:
Tom ever jovial ever gay
Last Line:
And I could cry for him
DMI number:
15817
33.
Tomorrow the ladies all go to the park
First Line:
Tomorrow the ladies all go to the park
Last Line:
Their breeches to ladies to wear while they live
DMI number:
21481
34.
True wit is like the brilliant stone
First Line:
True wit is like the brilliant stone
Last Line:
And sparkles as it wounds
DMI number:
22997
35.
Vain art indeed to attempt disguise
First Line:
Vain art indeed to attempt disguise
Last Line:
The picture's Celia's see her eyes
DMI number:
21700
36.
Vain painter why would'st thou attempt to draw
First Line:
Vain painter why would'st thou attempt to draw
Last Line:
And if you paint her you must paint a sound
DMI number:
19267
37.
What legions of fables and whimsical tales
First Line:
What legions of fables and whimsical tales
Last Line:
So now we believe troth nothing at all
DMI number:
22945
38.
When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown
First Line:
When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown
Last Line:
The canvas painted is and so are you
DMI number:
15825
39.
What wondrous effects doth the laurel produce
First Line:
What wondrous effects doth the laurel produce
Last Line:
He should taste of the juice for abusing the bough
DMI number:
19375
40.
When fatty walks the streets the pavers cry
First Line:
When fatty walks the streets the pavers cry
Last Line:
God bless you sir and lay their rammers by
DMI number:
21512
41.
When young I was as poor as Job
First Line:
When young I was as poor as Job
Last Line:
I'm impotently poor
DMI number:
21505
42.
When wags pervert what others serious writ
First Line:
When wags pervert what others serious writ
Last Line:
Or a Dutch pencil or a Cotton's muse
DMI number:
23084
43.
Who on her outward form alone would look
First Line:
Who on her outward form alone would look
Last Line:
In a fair volume bound a fairer mind
DMI number:
19275
44.
Who can behold that sweetness in her eyes
First Line:
Who can behold that sweetness in her eyes
Last Line:
To eyes that look so bright and sweetly smile like thine
DMI number:
23060
45.
Whoever wrote that must surely be a fibber
First Line:
Whoever wrote that must surely be a fibber
Last Line:
Though Pope is dead yet still lives Colley Cibber
DMI number:
23010
46.
Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more
First Line:
Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more
Last Line:
Of thousands who Belinda's darts receive
DMI number:
12755