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3101. Ye patriots in city country and town

First Line:
Ye patriots in city country and town
Last Line:
Vanquish a man made of paper
DMI number:
32173

3102. Yet some grave doctorson their private word

First Line:
Yet some grave doctorson their private word
Last Line:
Up by the roots all piety &c
DMI number:
8950

3103. Yorke's great humility I own

First Line:
Yorke's great humility I own
Last Line:
To sit below sir Fletcher
DMI number:
31983

3104. You always say tomorrow you will live

First Line:
You always say tomorrow you will live
Last Line:
Is even too late the wife lived yesterday
DMI number:
7866

3105. You ask dear Will what we disdain

First Line:
You ask dear Will what we disdain
Last Line:
The middle only gives the greatest joy
DMI number:
10061

3106. You ask me C---y who appears the brighter

First Line:
You ask me C---y who appears the brighter
Last Line:
Which shows the hero in the writer's arse
DMI number:
2077

3107. You ask me C--ll--y who appears the brighter

First Line:
You ask me C--ll--y who appears the brighter
Last Line:
Which shows the hero is the writer's ass
DMI number:
2961

3108. You ask me my friend what lass I'd enjoy

First Line:
You ask me my friend what lass I'd enjoy
Last Line:
By too much indulgence nor too much disdain
DMI number:
31056

3109. You ask me why I have no verses sent

First Line:
You ask me why I have no verses sent
Last Line:
For fear you should return the compliment
DMI number:
27486

3110. 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

3111. 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

3112. 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:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13475

3113. You bid me take my pen again tis true

First Line:
You bid me take my pen again tis true
Last Line:
You need not scribble knight you're sure to live
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3590

3114. Y'are crooked what then Cupid's bow is so

First Line:
Y'are crooked what then Cupid's bow is so
Last Line:
Be crooked still and you shall be my mate
DMI number:
6101

3115. Y'are handsome I am told in some men's eyes

First Line:
Y'are handsome I am told in some men's eyes
Last Line:
The paint we'll praise but not the painter's face
DMI number:
6102

3116. Ye active ministers of Cupid's court

First Line:
Ye active ministers of Cupid's court
Last Line:
Sing Nash or Brocas ancient bards the rest
DMI number:
964

3117. Ye active streams wherever your waters flow

First Line:
Ye active streams wherever your waters flow
Last Line:
How Anne commanded and how Marlborough fought
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13651

3118. Ye cits who with your wives and daughters

First Line:
Ye cits who with your wives and daughters
Last Line:
Your only Pitt's at Chatham
DMI number:
31111

3119. Ye desperate junto ye great or ye small

First Line:
Ye desperate junto ye great or ye small
Last Line:
Do you take the physic and I'll take the money
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31988

3120. Ye ever heedless beaus and belles

First Line:
Ye ever heedless beaus and belles
Last Line:
And prove you've one pretence to taste
Author:
Mary Barber (Confident)
DMI number:
966

3121. Ye saints who make the lord your trust

First Line:
Ye saints who make the lord your trust
Last Line:
In judgment you by god approved
DMI number:
26505

3122. Ye solemn tribe who write and take your fees

First Line:
Ye solemn tribe who write and take your fees
Last Line:
Sent forth by act of parliament to kill
DMI number:
33383

3123. 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

3124. Ye sons of Parnassus that filch for your bread

First Line:
Ye sons of Parnassus that filch for your bread
Last Line:
Of the stage's reformer Cla--n--aux
DMI number:
5255

3125. Ye sons of rotten leather who in stall

First Line:
Ye sons of rotten leather who in stall
Last Line:
And persevered so to the very end
DMI number:
6082

3126. Ye sons of verse transmit to fame

First Line:
Ye sons of verse transmit to fame
Last Line:
And Hartshorn when she pisses
DMI number:
12381

3127. Ye fair whose prudence cautious of deceit

First Line:
Ye fair whose prudence cautious of deceit
Last Line:
Love when it flatters most is most sincere
DMI number:
26920

3128. Ye female artisans who grind the corn

First Line:
Ye female artisans who grind the corn
Last Line:
Your toil remits yet still affords her store
DMI number:
28323

3129. Ye friends of Pitt ye friends of Bute

First Line:
Ye friends of Pitt ye friends of Bute
Last Line:
No longer saint with pension
DMI number:
31165

3130. Ye friends of Pitt ye friends of Bute

First Line:
Ye friends of Pitt ye friends of Bute
Last Line:
Our g-d will d-n em all
DMI number:
31148

3131. Ye graces weep weep all that's fair

First Line:
Ye graces weep weep all that's fair
Last Line:
With weeping for thee now thou art dead
DMI number:
43396

3132. Ye graphists of grub street who scrawl about what

First Line:
Ye graphists of grub street who scrawl about what
Last Line:
Tis more to the purpose than chattering of Chat 'em
DMI number:
31166

3133. Ye heavens if innocence deserves your care

First Line:
Ye heavens if innocence deserves your care
Last Line:
We please too little or we please too much
DMI number:
24903

3134. Ye hypocrites leave off your pranks

First Line:
Ye hypocrites leave off your pranks
Last Line:
For God accepts no thanks for murder
DMI number:
8056

3135. You Chloe all mankind must own

First Line:
You Chloe all mankind must own
Last Line:
You soften stony hearts
DMI number:
22003

3136. You dare not marry friend you own

First Line:
You dare not marry friend you own
Last Line:
Husband to one and wife to the other
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
182

3137. You imitate dean Swift you say

First Line:
You imitate dean Swift you say
Last Line:
Adieu to your poetic fame
DMI number:
33403

3138. You know the ancient writings say

First Line:
You know the ancient writings say
Last Line:
And beef keeps sweeter once 'tis powdered
DMI number:
5766

3139. Would every Briton an Horatius prove

First Line:
Would every Briton an Horatius prove
Last Line:
And every fair be crowned with happiness
Author:
John Morrice (Speculation)
DMI number:
14116

3140. Would lovely Chloe to my vows attend

First Line:
Would lovely Chloe to my vows attend
Last Line:
Or Judas like fall headlong and be burst
DMI number:
24360

3141. Would thou hadst beauty less or virtue more

First Line:
Would thou hadst beauty less or virtue more
Last Line:
For nothing's uglier than a pretty whore
DMI number:
12603

3142. Would woman rather from the throng retired

First Line:
Would woman rather from the throng retired
Last Line:
Whilst love good sense and virtue ever last
DMI number:
5179

3143. Would you be free tis what you most desire

First Line:
Would you be free tis what you most desire
Last Line:
The Parthian king compared to thee's a slave
DMI number:
6230

3144. Would you my friend in little room express

First Line:
Would you my friend in little room express
Last Line:
Not tired with life nor yet afraid to die
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6469

3145. Would you to Oreus's shades descend

First Line:
Would you to Oreus's shades descend
Last Line:
And you will soon be there
DMI number:
25687

3146. Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved

First Line:
Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved
Last Line:
Or dead amongst Grub-street's records lie
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27749

3147. You mistake sir I think I'm come not too late

First Line:
You mistake sir I think I'm come not too late
Last Line:
Though empty and vexed I return too late home
DMI number:
6073

3148. You mock me fair one when you say

First Line:
You mock me fair one when you say
Last Line:
Since aggravated with your laughter
DMI number:
17406

3149. You now Maria never look

First Line:
You now Maria never look
Last Line:
Or holy or prophane
DMI number:
17740

3150. You nursed me and bussed me and hugged me tis true

First Line:
You nursed me and bussed me and hugged me tis true
Last Line:
I'll promise to make you a martyr
DMI number:
19870

3151. You oft Corinna ask me if you're fair

First Line:
You oft Corinna ask me if you're fair
Last Line:
Their senses still who loves Corinna's mad
DMI number:
10051

3152. You often pity honest Ned

First Line:
You often pity honest Ned
Last Line:
Writes not so much for bread as beer
DMI number:
35893

3153. You often wonder what the devil

First Line:
You often wonder what the devil
Last Line:
Should be so terrible a creature
DMI number:
33023

3154. You rakes who midnight judges sit

First Line:
You rakes who midnight judges sit
Last Line:
The gods of wit and pleasure dwell
DMI number:
4310

3155. You rhymes appropriate can make

First Line:
You rhymes appropriate can make
Last Line:
To have been the theme of your song
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5547

3156. You say I'm false and fickle no

First Line:
You say I'm false and fickle no
Last Line:
As she resembles you
DMI number:
22016

3157. You say nought but the fear of hell

First Line:
You say nought but the fear of hell
Last Line:
The men will never send you there
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21955

3158. You say she's tall why true and what of that

First Line:
You say she's tall why true and what of that
Last Line:
Her body's but proportioned to her wit
DMI number:
17785

3159. You say the ministry are young tis truth

First Line:
You say the ministry are young tis truth
Last Line:
Grant ye good gods the cart and string they merit
DMI number:
37884

3160. You say you nothing owe and so I say

First Line:
You say you nothing owe and so I say
Last Line:
He only owes who something hath to pay
DMI number:
27330

3161. You say you'll spend a thousand pound

First Line:
You say you'll spend a thousand pound
Last Line:
That you may pass unknown
DMI number:
12375

3162. You say you're old in hopes we'll say you're young

First Line:
You say you're old in hopes we'll say you're young
Last Line:
But tis your face we credit not your tongue
DMI number:
35743

3163. You sell your wife's rich jewels lace and clothes

First Line:
You sell your wife's rich jewels lace and clothes
Last Line:
Still sold returns and still is to be sold
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27758

3164. You're fair and rich a maid and virtuous too

First Line:
You're fair and rich a maid and virtuous too
Last Line:
We had allowed it and the rest would spare
DMI number:
17366

3165. You're fine and ridicule my threadbare gown

First Line:
You're fine and ridicule my threadbare gown
Last Line:
Threadbare indeed it is but tis my own
DMI number:
27350

3166. You've often averred I'm the perfectest wit

First Line:
You've often averred I'm the perfectest wit
Last Line:
For as you laugh at me so do I laugh at you
DMI number:
1413

3167. You've undone Horace what should hinder

First Line:
You've undone Horace what should hinder
Last Line:
Tis ten to one he breaks your neck
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
15975

3168. Young Acon wants Lunilla wants an eye

First Line:
Young Acon wants Lunilla wants an eye
Last Line:
So shall she Venus be blind Cupid thou
DMI number:
13662

3169. Young Cupid one Sunday in holiday time

First Line:
Young Cupid one Sunday in holiday time
Last Line:
No wonder her son then knew Rowing so well
DMI number:
5221

3170. Young Strephon working hard all day

First Line:
Young Strephon working hard all day
Last Line:
But called me to my rest
DMI number:
17964

3171. Young wanton Julia flung the gathered snow

First Line:
Young wanton Julia flung the gathered snow
Last Line:
With water which thou kindlest quench with fire
DMI number:
31505

3172. Your compliments dear lady pray forbear

First Line:
Your compliments dear lady pray forbear
Last Line:
Give me but one and burn the other nine
DMI number:
27709

3173. Your compliments lady I pray you forbear

First Line:
Your compliments lady I pray you forbear
Last Line:
Give me but one heart you may burn the other nine
DMI number:
24476

3174. Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven

First Line:
Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven
Last Line:
So that nothing but halters your faction can bind
DMI number:
11915

3175. Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives

First Line:
Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives
Last Line:
So go and be hanged like rogues as you are
DMI number:
11913

3176. Your favours to me I remember well

First Line:
Your favours to me I remember well
Last Line:
The obligation dies upon the sound
DMI number:
27424

3177. Your fighting ass is a bully

First Line:
Your fighting ass is a bully
Last Line:
He only fools himself
DMI number:
25202

3178. Your formal apes endeavor all they can

First Line:
Your formal apes endeavor all they can
Last Line:
These mimic apes and we but mimic these
DMI number:
24702

3179. Your guests cry --- elegant and neat

First Line:
Your guests cry --- elegant and neat
Last Line:
What sir your verses no your treat
DMI number:
6413

3180. Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

First Line:
Your homely face Flippanta you disguise
Last Line:
Wear but one patch and be that patch a mask
DMI number:
24880

3181. Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

First Line:
Your homely face Flippanta you disguise
Last Line:
Wear but one patch but be that patch a mask
DMI number:
12494

3182. Your justice sirs is wondrous great

First Line:
Your justice sirs is wondrous great
Last Line:
And with the greatest reason
DMI number:
23184

3183. Your mistress that you follow whores still taxeth you

First Line:
Your mistress that you follow whores still taxeth you
Last Line:
Tis strange that she should thus confess it though it be true
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9153

3184. Your pen with Marlborough's sword is much the same

First Line:
Your pen with Marlborough's sword is much the same
Last Line:
Gold was his god of war your god of verse
DMI number:
2148

3185. Your Poll sir Knight with deep concern you own

First Line:
Your Poll sir Knight with deep concern you own
Last Line:
Ah friend I shrewdly fear thy wife's priest-ridden
DMI number:
24808

3186. Your savage manners when you would excuse

First Line:
Your savage manners when you would excuse
Last Line:
Nor like Domitian wage a war with flies
DMI number:
12719

3187. Your scholars want the whip I shan't demur

First Line:
Your scholars want the whip I shan't demur
Last Line:
But then I'm sure friend Charles you want the spur
DMI number:
15971

3188. Your shoe is a neat one dear friend I declare it

First Line:
Your shoe is a neat one dear friend I declare it
Last Line:
Yet you'd know where it pinches if you were to wear it
DMI number:
22006

3189. Your soup you call and really tis plain pottage

First Line:
Your soup you call and really tis plain pottage
Last Line:
Your house a cottage call and tis a cottage
DMI number:
35744

3190. Your teeth from Hemmet and your hair from Bolney

First Line:
Your teeth from Hemmet and your hair from Bolney
Last Line:
Was not an eye too to be had for money
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27756

3191. Your uncle did as you affirm

First Line:
Your uncle did as you affirm
Last Line:
Behold I'm living still
DMI number:
33970

3192. You Strephon had a sumptuous treat

First Line:
You Strephon had a sumptuous treat
Last Line:
And kiss the tip of Chloe's ear
DMI number:
22021

3193. You swear by heaven some witch has done you wrong

First Line:
You swear by heaven some witch has done you wrong
Last Line:
D'ye think he'll change thus an indulgent host
DMI number:
6412

3194. You tell us doctor tis a sin to steal

First Line:
You tell us doctor tis a sin to steal
Last Line:
From dull companions don't you steal away
DMI number:
33992

3195. You want you say something in verse

First Line:
You want you say something in verse
Last Line:
To find those scarce ingredients out
DMI number:
36060

3196. You'll part with nothing whilst you live you say

First Line:
You'll part with nothing whilst you live you say
Last Line:
You can't but know the bottom of my soul
DMI number:
5829