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1. A cap and bells for him produce

First Line:
A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:
Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:
36076

2. Accept my lord the tribute which I bring

First Line:
Accept my lord the tribute which I bring
Last Line:
And find not Timon but a Ch-nd-s there
DMI number:
19702

3. Advice that opposes a passion like thine

First Line:
Advice that opposes a passion like thine
Last Line:
And leave her to bow down to the calf
DMI number:
35949

4. After venting all my spite

First Line:
After venting all my spite
Last Line:
I to laugh and you grow wise
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
11316

5. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028

6. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
My footstool earth my canopy the skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30521

7. Between what you collect and what you set

First Line:
Between what you collect and what you set
Last Line:
The promise of a golden harvest yields
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25766

8. Blessed is the man as far as earth can bless

First Line:
Blessed is the man as far as earth can bless
Last Line:
While joys tumultuous sink in silent peace
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
30900

9. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

10. Born for a court and versed in every art

First Line:
Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:
I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:
8966

11. By good St Andrew and the thistle

First Line:
By good St Andrew and the thistle
Last Line:
The harm there is in all the three
DMI number:
31874

12. But must we then desert love and the fair

First Line:
But must we then desert love and the fair
Last Line:
To make the nauseous draught of life go down
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
33738

13. Clarinda dearly loved attend

First Line:
Clarinda dearly loved attend
Last Line:
Than virtues of a narrow mind
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22433

14. Few people know it yet dear sir tis true

First Line:
Few people know it yet dear sir tis true
Last Line:
To read such lines is drudgery to those
Author:
Edward Rolle (Absolute)
DMI number:
22624

15. From noise and business for a while retired

First Line:
From noise and business for a while retired
Last Line:
And let them thank thee with a heart like mine
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36554

16. Heaven in the human breast implants

First Line:
Heaven in the human breast implants
Last Line:
To treasure in the stores of fame
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22416

17. Haste muse to Spithead and if winds do not alter

First Line:
Haste muse to Spithead and if winds do not alter
Last Line:
Bid him look to his ballast and take in his sails
DMI number:
25757

18. Loaded my lord with cares of state

First Line:
Loaded my lord with cares of state
Last Line:
An English dean or Irish bishop
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
11528

19. Mr C--- I pray

First Line:
Mr C--- I pray
Last Line:
For a toothless old man and a rock
DMI number:
33161

20. My dearest boy

First Line:
My dearest boy
Last Line:
And raise him to a nobler speed
Author:
John Straight (Absolute)
DMI number:
27729

21. Kind and worthy sir | The last week I received your letter

First Line:
Kind and worthy sir | The last week I received your letter
Last Line:
Remains your most obliged friend | and humble servant
DMI number:
25321

22. Near Eden side there is a hero known

First Line:
Near Eden side there is a hero known
Last Line:
He's now musician lover and a poet
DMI number:
35341

23. Princes my fair unfortunately great

First Line:
Princes my fair unfortunately great
Last Line:
Farewell hope all things and remember me
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
25326

24. Self-taught though Brevil nicely can discern

First Line:
Self-taught though Brevil nicely can discern
Last Line:
While all the village rings a cheat a cheat
DMI number:
25775

25. Sir | Promises are different cases

First Line:
Sir | Promises are different cases
Last Line:
Proud of the burden of thy song
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27728

26. Since language never can describe my pain

First Line:
Since language never can describe my pain
Last Line:
Tis all I ask eternally adieu
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
25328

27. The first physicians by debauch were made

First Line:
The first physicians by debauch were made
Last Line:
God never made his works for man to mend
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30075

28. This motley piece to you I send

First Line:
This motley piece to you I send
Last Line:
Life's voyage to the world unknown
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
21318

29. Through the wild maze of life's still varying plan

First Line:
Through the wild maze of life's still varying plan
Last Line:
And in the tasteless now the future fears
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22415

30. To wake the soul by every power sublime

First Line:
To wake the soul by every power sublime
Last Line:
And breathes the notes of Virtue to the ear
DMI number:
38518

31. Tis true Vetulia once I held you fair

First Line:
Tis true Vetulia once I held you fair
Last Line:
Men see thee as thou art a very thorn
DMI number:
22191

32. To you my lord these lines I humbly send

First Line:
To you my lord these lines I humbly send
Last Line:
And our dependence with success abound
DMI number:
11008

33. To you Tom Rakish Townly sends these lines

First Line:
To you Tom Rakish Townly sends these lines
Last Line:
Take my advice and never rake again
DMI number:
15276

34. Welcome fair nymph from Hockerill's gloomy plains

First Line:
Welcome fair nymph from Hockerill's gloomy plains
Last Line:
We many L----- for one Eden find
DMI number:
33666

35. What boots it friend on hidden pelf

First Line:
What boots it friend on hidden pelf
Last Line:
Not think the indies worth possessing
DMI number:
26829

36. When flourished with their state the Athenian name

First Line:
When flourished with their state the Athenian name
Last Line:
To build the free the sensible good man
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
22503

37. While you my friend are ever doomed to town

First Line:
While you my friend are ever doomed to town
Last Line:
Nor envy those who bravely lead the way
DMI number:
25738

38. Whilst carping critics rules censorious use

First Line:
Whilst carping critics rules censorious use
Last Line:
And pay unasked and your own merit due
DMI number:
11155

39. Who laugh at virtue yet secure of fame

First Line:
Who laugh at virtue yet secure of fame
Last Line:
And know the joys that wit and wine can give
DMI number:
3875

40. Why do you ask that in this courtly dance

First Line:
Why do you ask that in this courtly dance
Last Line:
On those avowed their favourite sons below
Author:
Paul Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27158

41. Yes though my friends engaging arts employ

First Line:
Yes though my friends engaging arts employ
Last Line:
Even let the fools be wretched if they will
DMI number:
25770

42. Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive

First Line:
Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive
Last Line:
What others in return of mine may say
DMI number:
8964

43. Ye generous Britons sons of fair renown

First Line:
Ye generous Britons sons of fair renown
Last Line:
The sage instructions of the meek eyed fair
DMI number:
30838