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1. A doctor lately was a captain made

First Line:
A doctor lately was a captain made
Last Line:
It is a change of title not of trade
DMI number:
27578

2. A doctor who for want of skill

First Line:
A doctor who for want of skill
Last Line:
And let your motto be quack quack
DMI number:
35935

3. 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

4. A drop of amber from a poplar plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813

5. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
28989

6. A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence

First Line:
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Last Line:
We shall go one and all where we find the best beer
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27766

7. A dying Latinist of great renown

First Line:
A dying Latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With female gender the case masculine
DMI number:
17152

8. A famous critic called the man of taste

First Line:
A famous critic called the man of taste
Last Line:
And a damned Abigail as the critic thought it
DMI number:
24717

9. 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

10. A finished form charms to allure the eye

First Line:
A finished form charms to allure the eye
Last Line:
Chaste without pride a wife devoid of art
DMI number:
21736

11. A fool a wise man riding once espied

First Line:
A fool a wise man riding once espied
Last Line:
Themselves not horse appoint where they must lie
Author:
John Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
41938

12. A gallant courting of a gamesome maid

First Line:
A gallant courting of a gamesome maid
Last Line:
If you will kiss you may if not forbear
DMI number:
18839

13. A German princess once adorned this isle

First Line:
A German princess once adorned this isle
Last Line:
May this hereafter share the other's fate
DMI number:
7963

14. 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

15. A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath

First Line:
A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's choked at last by a potato
DMI number:
37902

16. A bachelor would have a wife that's wise

First Line:
A bachelor would have a wife that's wise
Last Line:
He should bespeak her there's none ready made
DMI number:
12446

17. A band of cupids the other day

First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Last Line:
Who's station's now the best
DMI number:
33964

18. A barber swore whose substance was but small

First Line:
A barber swore whose substance was but small
Last Line:
You can't be censured then for superstition
DMI number:
5793

19. A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

First Line:
A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf
Last Line:
And the muses he knows have a numerous train
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
11658

20. A blooming youth lies buried here

First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361