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1. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931

2. 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:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
12745

3. 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

4. Adam had fallen twice if for an apple

First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9690

5. Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog

First Line:
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
Last Line:
Whom once a lobster killed and now a log
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2762

6. Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote

First Line:
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
Last Line:
They'll serve no man alive
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3204

7. Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote

First Line:
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
Last Line:
Twill suit no man alive
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24698

8. At length my friend while time with still career

First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060

9. Burnet and Ducket friends in spite

First Line:
Burnet and Ducket friends in spite
Last Line:
For both heads are but tails
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2772

10. 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

11. Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved

First Line:
Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24504

12. Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil

First Line:
Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
Last Line:
The rest god knows perhaps the devil
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13473

13. I am the prince's dog at Kew

First Line:
I am the prince's dog at Kew
Last Line:
Pray tell me sir whose dog are you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25859

14. 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

15. In merry old England it once was a rule

First Line:
In merry old England it once was a rule
Last Line:
That C----r can serve both for fool and for poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
15802

16. In merry old England it once was a rule

First Line:
In merry old England it once was a rule
Last Line:
That Cibber can serve for both fool and for poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2756

17. Moore always smiles whenever he recites

First Line:
Moore always smiles whenever he recites
Last Line:
A modest man may like what's not his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2764

18. If none must be admired but poets born

First Line:
If none must be admired but poets born
Last Line:
These should be pumped ducked pilloried pissed and shit on
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2751

19. Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes

First Line:
Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes
Last Line:
And kings have been your ancestors in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation) & Richardson Pack (Confident)
DMI number:
7437

20. On Sunday at six in the street that's called Gerrard

First Line:
On Sunday at six in the street that's called Gerrard
Last Line:
You may meet the two champions who are no Lord S--d
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9691

21. Once in his life Moore judges right

First Line:
Once in his life Moore judges right
Last Line:
Who's but a publisher himself
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2748

22. Quoth Cibber to Pope though in verse you foreclose

First Line:
Quoth Cibber to Pope though in verse you foreclose
Last Line:
For know the last word is the word that lasts longest
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17979

23. Should Dennis print how once you robbed your brother

First Line:
Should Dennis print how once you robbed your brother
Last Line:
Secure in dullness madness want and age
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3015

24. See sir see here's the grand approach

First Line:
See sir see here's the grand approach
Last Line:
That tis a house but not a dwelling
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Speculation) & Abel Evans (Speculation)
DMI number:
9840

25. See sirs see here the grand approach

First Line:
See sirs see here the grand approach
Last Line:
That tis a house but not to dwell in
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation) & Abel Evans (Speculation)
DMI number:
26775

26. Shall royal praise be rhymed by such a ribald

First Line:
Shall royal praise be rhymed by such a ribald
Last Line:
Oh save the salary and drink the sack
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3071

27. Sir I admit your general rule

First Line:
Sir I admit your general rule
Last Line:
That every fool is not a poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13479

28. So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

First Line:
So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song
Last Line:
That the beasts must have starved and the poet have died
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
8408

29. So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

First Line:
So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song
Last Line:
That the beasts must have starved and the prophet have died
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
1989

30. They may talk of the goddesses in Ida vales

First Line:
They may talk of the goddesses in Ida vales
Last Line:
But you show your wit whereas they showed their tails
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9688

31. They say A--'s a wit for what

First Line:
They say A--'s a wit for what
Last Line:
For writing no for writing not
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9692

32. Though Artemisia talks by fits

First Line:
Though Artemisia talks by fits
Last Line:
And wear a cleaner smock
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34629

33. Tis generous Theobald in thee and thy brothers

First Line:
Tis generous Theobald in thee and thy brothers
Last Line:
For who will help us ever to read thy own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
16082

34. Tis generous Tibbald in thee and thy brothers

First Line:
Tis generous Tibbald in thee and thy brothers
Last Line:
For who will help us ever to read thy own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2761

35. To prove himself no plagiary Moore

First Line:
To prove himself no plagiary Moore
Last Line:
Who showed his breech to prove twas not beshit
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2745

36. Trust not too much your now resistless charms

First Line:
Trust not too much your now resistless charms
Last Line:
Still makes new conquests and maintains the past
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
23104

37. Well sir suppose the bust is a damned head

First Line:
Well sir suppose the bust is a damned head
Last Line:
The busto nor himself
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
30622

38. Well sir suppose the busto's a damned head

First Line:
Well sir suppose the busto's a damned head
Last Line:
The busto nor himself
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2767

39. Well then poor G-- lies under ground

First Line:
Well then poor G-- lies under ground
Last Line:
Tis ten to one he'll never come back
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13480

40. What makes for once squire Jemmy's muse so toward

First Line:
What makes for once squire Jemmy's muse so toward
Last Line:
Mere joy to see a cosen of Ned Howard
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2765

41. What's fame with men by custom of the nation

First Line:
What's fame with men by custom of the nation
Last Line:
Part you with one and I'll part with the other
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
16090

42. What's fame with men by custom of the nation

First Line:
What's fame with men by custom of the nation
Last Line:
Part you with one and I'll renounce the other
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13482

43. When other ladies to the groves go down

First Line:
When other ladies to the groves go down
Last Line:
And haunt the places where their honour died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13478

44. When Israel's daughters mourned their past offences

First Line:
When Israel's daughters mourned their past offences
Last Line:
As decent to repent in as to sin in
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1992

45. While maudlin whigs deplored their Cato's fate

First Line:
While maudlin whigs deplored their Cato's fate
Last Line:
For that road leads directly to the heart
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
1991

46. Whence deathless Kit-Cat took its name

First Line:
Whence deathless Kit-Cat took its name
Last Line:
Of old cats and young kits
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13481

47. Whilst maudlin whigs deplore their Cato's fate

First Line:
Whilst maudlin whigs deplore their Cato's fate
Last Line:
For this road leads directly to the heart
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
8008

48. With scornful mien and various toss of air

First Line:
With scornful mien and various toss of air
Last Line:
Be what she was and charm mankind once more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
9699

49. Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

First Line:
Ye little wits that gleamed awhile
Last Line:
And must to earth return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2763

50. Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

First Line:
Ye little wits that gleamed awhile
Last Line:
And shall to earth return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
30621

51. You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes

First Line:
You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes
Last Line:
The jest is lost unless he prints his face
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2771

52. You B-n-ne G-ff-n and little La P-ll

First Line:
You B-n-ne G-ff-n and little La P-ll
Last Line:
And send what A-le would he write might have writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9689

53. You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

First Line:
You beat your pate and fancy wit will come
Last Line:
Knock as you please there's nobody at home
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13475