Poem Genre / Form: Epigram / Related People: Not attributed

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

21. A brow austere a circumspective eye

First Line:: A brow austere a circumspective eye
Last Line:: Will deem you sir a man of consequence
DMI number:: 31908

22. A brute thou art at best but mad with wine

First Line:: A brute thou art at best but mad with wine
Last Line:: Not makes thee bad but shows thee as thou art
DMI number:: 35716

23. A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown

First Line:: A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown
Last Line:: I knew our fate for he's an Oxford man
DMI number:: 31048

24. A cannon ball one bloody day

First Line:: A cannon ball one bloody day
Last Line:: His leg was off and not his head
Author:: William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27767

25. A chapel of the riding house is made

First Line:: A chapel of the riding house is made
Last Line:: The laymen bridled and the clergy ride
Author:: George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13076

26. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:: A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:: To this day that I heard
DMI number:: 41932

27. A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch

First Line:: A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch
Last Line:: To loose aul at last and his sole to boot
DMI number:: 5224

28. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:: A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:: When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3730

29. 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

30. A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife

First Line:: A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife
Last Line:: And you know well that my flesh and yours are but one
DMI number:: 33247

31. A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

First Line:: A haughty courtier meeting in the streets
Last Line:: The scholar said I do and gave him it
DMI number:: 17372

32. A healthful body and a peaceful breast

First Line:: A healthful body and a peaceful breast
Last Line:: Of all the gifts of providence are best
DMI number:: 35440

33. A humorous fellow in a tavern late

First Line:: A humorous fellow in a tavern late
Last Line:: When I began this brawl I had no brains
Author:: Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16101

34. A jealous merchant that a sailor met

First Line:: A jealous merchant that a sailor met
Last Line:: Tis done the time while you but walk the exchange
Author:: Henry Parrot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12447

35. A jolly tinker and a boon companion

First Line:: A jolly tinker and a boon companion
Last Line:: Should rule abroad that could not rule at home
DMI number:: 5838

36. A justice walking over the frozen Thames

First Line:: A justice walking over the frozen Thames
Last Line:: I prithee help me over on thy back
DMI number:: 13071

37. A knot of packthread strongly spun

First Line:: A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:: His son should wish him still alive
Author:: Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:: 231

38. A monster in a course of vice grown old

First Line:: A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:: Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13487

39. A monument of dullness to erect

First Line:: A monument of dullness to erect
Last Line:: To pare excrescencies from Bl-----re's wit
Author:: Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:: 3734

40. A murderer flying from his fate sat down

First Line:: A murderer flying from his fate sat down
Last Line:: I saved thee from this death to meet a worse
Author:: Alexander Brome (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5842

41. A noble ambition this motto reveals

First Line:: A noble ambition this motto reveals
Last Line:: It tells you the orator hopes for the seals
DMI number:: 32021

42. A nobleman of late a damsel took

First Line:: A nobleman of late a damsel took
Last Line:: All things go backwards so pray turn your a--se
DMI number:: 17928

43. A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

First Line:: A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit
Last Line:: Parsons to the alehouse we to taverns go
DMI number:: 17584

44. A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

First Line:: A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
Last Line:: And the nymph may be chaste that has never been tried
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12460

45. A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute

First Line:: A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute
Last Line:: She cries you parrots talk as well as see
DMI number:: 31354

46. A swarm of sparks young gay and bold

First Line:: A swarm of sparks young gay and bold
Last Line:: Some say she's wed I say she's sold
DMI number:: 16229

47. A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears

First Line:: A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears
Last Line:: But all is quiet all is ease below
DMI number:: 6396

48. A thousand suitors courted me in throng

First Line:: A thousand suitors courted me in throng
Last Line:: A matron's glory is to live retired
DMI number:: 6238

49. A trade of knowledge as replete

First Line:: A trade of knowledge as replete
Last Line:: And then they fall to th'argument
Author:: Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5545

50. A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter

First Line:: A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter
Last Line:: D'ye think hur know not chalk from cheese
DMI number:: 12750

51. A man there is to all the country known

First Line:: A man there is to all the country known
Last Line:: For want of business is a busy fellow
DMI number:: 33369

52. A miser spied a mouse about his house

First Line:: A miser spied a mouse about his house
Last Line:: I come for lodging friend and not for meat
DMI number:: 31380

53. A pleasing subject first with care provide

First Line:: A pleasing subject first with care provide
Last Line:: And sure to please although ten times repeated
Author:: John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3045

54. A poet and a traitor is such news

First Line:: A poet and a traitor is such news
Last Line:: Poets should live by lines not die by the rope
DMI number:: 17122

55. A poet late of no ignoble fame

First Line:: A poet late of no ignoble fame
Last Line:: The men are blacksmiths and their wives are whores
DMI number:: 34625

56. A poor man once a judge besought

First Line:: A poor man once a judge besought
Last Line:: And broke the pot of oil
DMI number:: 21786

57. A poor old wretch beneath the weight

First Line:: A poor old wretch beneath the weight
Last Line:: And your petitioner shall pray
DMI number:: 8976

58. A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried

First Line:: A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried
Last Line:: My papers may but thou canst never be spoiled
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3579

59. A reason why we love

First Line:: A reason why we love
Last Line:: That love has reason
DMI number:: 22015

60. A preachment late was made by Parson K--t

First Line:: A preachment late was made by Parson K--t
Last Line:: For take away the K and all is night
DMI number:: 13025

61. A prison is a house of care

First Line:: A prison is a house of care
Last Line:: No place for men to thrive
DMI number:: 43768

62. A prisoner once to execution lead

First Line:: A prisoner once to execution lead
Last Line:: And therefore cannot eat until 'tis past
DMI number:: 5777

63. A prodigal's an ass

First Line:: A prodigal's an ass
Last Line:: As those which he has not
DMI number:: 8167

64. A riddle tis as you are pleased to think

First Line:: A riddle tis as you are pleased to think
Last Line:: Find us more Dorsets we can heroes make
DMI number:: 6404

65. A rival in a friend to see

First Line:: A rival in a friend to see
Last Line:: Than do one infidelity
DMI number:: 8535

66. A robber on a captain popped

First Line:: A robber on a captain popped
Last Line:: By soldiers run away
DMI number:: 25027

67. A rocket the true court machine

First Line:: A rocket the true court machine
Last Line:: Thy fame is feu de joy
DMI number:: 31095

68. 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

69. A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene

First Line:: A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene
Last Line:: The empire sooner than the empire Spain
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7971

70. A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come

First Line:: A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come
Last Line:: For fear for want your wife should twelve pence borrow
DMI number:: 41922

71. A Welshman and an Englishman disputed

First Line:: A Welshman and an Englishman disputed
Last Line:: Ay quoth the other each man toasts his cheese
Author:: Henry Parrot (Confident)
DMI number:: 17363

72. A Welshman coming late into an inn

First Line:: A Welshman coming late into an inn
Last Line:: In the morning took his heels and ran away
DMI number:: 12413

73. A whig a nettle and a toad

First Line:: A whig a nettle and a toad
Last Line:: And neither then can do you hurt
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 8017

74. A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist

First Line:: A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist
Last Line:: Pray God send the next remove be not an atheist
Author:: Edmund Curll (Speculation)
DMI number:: 2151

75. A lady lately that was fully sped

First Line:: A lady lately that was fully sped
Last Line:: We'll to it each morn for health each night for pleasure
DMI number:: 2901

76. A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum

First Line:: A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:: I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:: 26608

77. A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum

First Line:: A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:: I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:: 32356

78. A late regulation requires that no stain

First Line:: A late regulation requires that no stain
Last Line:: For who sprung from Adam untainted is found
DMI number:: 15834

79. A law eternal does decree

First Line:: A law eternal does decree
Last Line:: That all things born shall mortal be
DMI number:: 33679

80. A little languishing thou sentest to me

First Line:: A little languishing thou sentest to me
Last Line:: I scarcely then was sick but now am like to die
DMI number:: 17388

81. A little world I say again

First Line:: A little world I say again
Last Line:: And capons in Haymarket
DMI number:: 16335

82. A lusty old grave and grey headed sire

First Line:: A lusty old grave and grey headed sire
Last Line:: Oh what quoth she are other lawyers then
DMI number:: 14627

83. A lusty old grave grey-headed sire

First Line:: A lusty old grave grey-headed sire
Last Line:: Oh what quoth she are other lawyers then
DMI number:: 12479

84. A maid unasked may own a well placed flame

First Line:: A maid unasked may own a well placed flame
Last Line:: Not loving first but loving ill's the shame
Author:: George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26918

85. Ah grant me fair one all I crave

First Line:: Ah grant me fair one all I crave
Last Line:: Believe me is my love for you
DMI number:: 21983

86. Ah hapless slave didst think thy gold could save

First Line:: Ah hapless slave didst think thy gold could save
Last Line:: Than to die for him in his temple too
DMI number:: 6037

87. Ah Lesbia now or never pity show

First Line:: Ah Lesbia now or never pity show
Last Line:: Or dry my tears up with more potent flame
DMI number:: 15382

88. Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought

First Line:: Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought
Last Line:: Each yard of pleasure she'd have made an ell
DMI number:: 18843

89. Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense

First Line:: Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense
Last Line:: Thou lackst his reason and he lacks thy place
DMI number:: 1000

90. Alike in temper and alike in life

First Line:: Alike in temper and alike in life
Last Line:: I wonder so great likeness can't agree
Author:: Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11165

91. Alike in temper and in life

First Line:: Alike in temper and in life
Last Line:: The devil's in it they don't agree
Author:: John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27755

92. Alike to all I fortune do appear

First Line:: Alike to all I fortune do appear
Last Line:: I make the poor to hope the rich to fear
DMI number:: 7870

93. All day the shrew Afflana does complain

First Line:: All day the shrew Afflana does complain
Last Line:: And praises the pleasures of a nuptial bed
Author:: John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:: 13791

94. All flesh is frail poor Aldus knows

First Line:: All flesh is frail poor Aldus knows
Last Line:: And proved the doctor's maxim true
DMI number:: 12738

95. All folks who pretend to religion or grace

First Line:: All folks who pretend to religion or grace
Last Line:: How happy for us that it is not at home
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17403

96. All health to her in whose bright form we find

First Line:: All health to her in whose bright form we find
Last Line:: For Venus and the graces were but four
Author:: Arthur Maynwaring (Confident)
DMI number:: 4259

97. 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

98. Abdera mourns her Agatho who died

First Line:: Abdera mourns her Agatho who died
Last Line:: A chief so young and yet so valiant too
DMI number:: 39272

99. Abel prescribe thyself trust not another

First Line:: Abel prescribe thyself trust not another
Last Line:: Some envious leech like Cain may slay his brother
DMI number:: 33395

100. Absurdly craft and wisdom we confound

First Line:: Absurdly craft and wisdom we confound
Last Line:: Craft packs the cards but wisdom plays the game
DMI number:: 6192

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1. A doctor lately was a captain made

2. A doctor who for want of skill

3. A doting old fool had a mind for to wed

4. A drop of amber from a poplar plant

5. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

6. A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence

7. A dying Latinist of great renown

8. A famous critic called the man of taste

9. A fate like mine as poets sing

10. A finished form charms to allure the eye

11. A fool a wise man riding once espied

12. A gallant courting of a gamesome maid

13. A German princess once adorned this isle

14. A gold watch found on cinder whore

15. A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath

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

17. A band of cupids the other day

18. A barber swore whose substance was but small

19. A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

20. A blooming youth lies buried here

21. A brow austere a circumspective eye

22. A brute thou art at best but mad with wine

23. A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown

24. A cannon ball one bloody day

25. A chapel of the riding house is made

26. A clergyman that oft hath preached

27. A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch

28. A grave physician used to write for fees

29. A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

30. A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife

31. A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

32. A healthful body and a peaceful breast

33. A humorous fellow in a tavern late

34. A jealous merchant that a sailor met

35. A jolly tinker and a boon companion

36. A justice walking over the frozen Thames

37. A knot of packthread strongly spun

38. A monster in a course of vice grown old

39. A monument of dullness to erect

40. A murderer flying from his fate sat down

41. A noble ambition this motto reveals

42. A nobleman of late a damsel took

43. A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

44. A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

45. A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute

46. A swarm of sparks young gay and bold

47. A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears

48. A thousand suitors courted me in throng

49. A trade of knowledge as replete

50. A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter

51. A man there is to all the country known

52. A miser spied a mouse about his house

53. A pleasing subject first with care provide

54. A poet and a traitor is such news

55. A poet late of no ignoble fame

56. A poor man once a judge besought

57. A poor old wretch beneath the weight

58. A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried

59. A reason why we love

60. A preachment late was made by Parson K--t

61. A prison is a house of care

62. A prisoner once to execution lead

63. A prodigal's an ass

64. A riddle tis as you are pleased to think

65. A rival in a friend to see

66. A robber on a captain popped

67. A rocket the true court machine

68. A scullion wench had wit at will

69. A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene

70. A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come

71. A Welshman and an Englishman disputed

72. A Welshman coming late into an inn