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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. A hare you in season presented to us

First Line:
A hare you in season presented to us
Last Line:
For the sauce and the supper will suit to a hair
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
26932

3. A knife dear girl cuts love they say

First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063

4. A soul as full of worth as void of pride

First Line:
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:
If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26108

5. A spending hand that always poureth out

First Line:
A spending hand that always poureth out
Last Line:
And coin to keep as water in a flue
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49368

6. A lady thus her maid addressed

First Line:
A lady thus her maid addressed
Last Line:
When all who see admire
DMI number:
38042

7. A late epistle having chose

First Line:
A late epistle having chose
Last Line:
For every booby that can write
DMI number:
19786

8. Ah Mariana what in anger still

First Line:
Ah Mariana what in anger still
Last Line:
I'll live and die with you and none beside
DMI number:
8563

9. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843

10. Accept dear girl the trifle that I send

First Line:
Accept dear girl the trifle that I send
Last Line:
And may amuse you at your leisure hours
DMI number:
33813

11. Accept dear Hal and kindly use

First Line:
Accept dear Hal and kindly use
Last Line:
May the itch of writing leave my friend
DMI number:
10060

12. 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

13. 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

14. Ah wretched maid those heart felt sighs forbear

First Line:
Ah wretched maid those heart felt sighs forbear
Last Line:
I faint I die eternally farewell
DMI number:
33798

15. Alas dear Pettius for a few months past

First Line:
Alas dear Pettius for a few months past
Last Line:
Nothing but a third tempting she can break the chain
DMI number:
5841

16. Alas it is impossible to tell

First Line:
Alas it is impossible to tell
Last Line:
Farewell oh pity me thou lovely man farewell
DMI number:
8474

17. Alex | For your ungodly letter

First Line:
Alex | For your ungodly letter
Last Line:
And let no more your follies guide you | But trust your friend and servant J D
DMI number:
4744

18. 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

19. Again I urge my old objection

First Line:
Again I urge my old objection
Last Line:
I sit to represent the King
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
32358

20. Agreed we change the male I'm grown

First Line:
Agreed we change the male I'm grown
Last Line:
To lady Jemmy dwindles
DMI number:
24510

21. Ah Celia why this cruel scorn

First Line:
Ah Celia why this cruel scorn
Last Line:
Nor feel the least decay of love
DMI number:
24301

22. 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

23. A youth once free and happy now a slave

First Line:
A youth once free and happy now a slave
Last Line:
Smiles when he weeps and frowns when he complains
DMI number:
3699

24. Among the well bred natives of our isle

First Line:
Among the well bred natives of our isle
Last Line:
We'll wish you still the gout if still you write
Author:
Robert Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
33610

25. Along with me in Oxford-groves confined

First Line:
Along with me in Oxford-groves confined
Last Line:
He mourns for her who mourns for Addison
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
12003

26. Am I or am I not imprudent

First Line:
Am I or am I not imprudent
Last Line:
And you should slight who once did love her
DMI number:
36659

27. As those who frequently resort

First Line:
As those who frequently resort
Last Line:
Le H-nt and Daniel Wr-y esq
DMI number:
19584

28. As to some great and wealthy lord

First Line:
As to some great and wealthy lord
Last Line:
Can do such things most purely
DMI number:
10066

29. As papist when his restiff saint

First Line:
As papist when his restiff saint
Last Line:
To find your humble servant there
DMI number:
3881

30. Apollo's self might well inspire

First Line:
Apollo's self might well inspire
Last Line:
And yet restore our sinking stage
DMI number:
33219

31. As fierce invaders when they sack a state

First Line:
As fierce invaders when they sack a state
Last Line:
Those gave a goddess life and these restore
DMI number:
8042

32. At last the grateful muse presumes to send

First Line:
At last the grateful muse presumes to send
Last Line:
As could not come from any but from you
DMI number:
6570

33. At length fair nymph forget injurious rage

First Line:
At length fair nymph forget injurious rage
Last Line:
They die to meet you live to shun renown
DMI number:
7216

34. At length o nymph forget injurious rage

First Line:
At length o nymph forget injurious rage
Last Line:
They die to meet you live to shun renown
DMI number:
6158

35. At length the mansion gains the welcome shore

First Line:
At length the mansion gains the welcome shore
Last Line:
The story cause and progress of our woe
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36682

36. Aurelius I entreat your care

First Line:
Aurelius I entreat your care
Last Line:
What is to lewd adulterers due
DMI number:
8590

37. 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

38. Beauty is justly termed a divine ray

First Line:
Beauty is justly termed a divine ray
Last Line:
Prepare to meet me and the coming joy
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25412

39. Because my heart is not mine own but resteth now with thee

First Line:
Because my heart is not mine own but resteth now with thee
Last Line:
To save or spill
DMI number:
49189

40. Begin my friend to uncommon things aspire

First Line:
Begin my friend to uncommon things aspire
Last Line:
It would be good to read and to converse with thee
DMI number:
12687

41. 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

42. 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

43. Blessed is the muse that can with joy declare

First Line:
Blessed is the muse that can with joy declare
Last Line:
Then think who's most the madman I or you
DMI number:
24342

44. 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

45. Brethren by this my mind you'll know

First Line:
Brethren by this my mind you'll know
Last Line:
Will soon fill up their proper places
Author:
John Byrom (Absolute)
DMI number:
21770

46. Believe me Celia tis the heart that speaks

First Line:
Believe me Celia tis the heart that speaks
Last Line:
All this I took from Garth's dispensary
DMI number:
12700

47. Believe me Harry you're mistaken quite

First Line:
Believe me Harry you're mistaken quite
Last Line:
Nor envy Jove his sunshine nor his skies
DMI number:
11167

48. Believe me Rose however this Con may please

First Line:
Believe me Rose however this Con may please
Last Line:
But you fond boy may prove a phaeton
DMI number:
11396

49. Believe me Will that they who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that they who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or less degree of sense
DMI number:
3865

50. Believe me Will that those who have least sense

First Line:
Believe me Will that those who have least sense
Last Line:
Lies in the more or the less want of sense
DMI number:
6496

51. 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

52. Beneath thy envied shade what beauties lie

First Line:
Beneath thy envied shade what beauties lie
Last Line:
And silent wishes that the whole was seen
DMI number:
26743

53. By what offences could the world undo

First Line:
By what offences could the world undo
Last Line:
What never was done by these and all the rest
DMI number:
5372

54. By my monarch's command I have taken pen and ink

First Line:
By my monarch's command I have taken pen and ink
Last Line:
Good subjects to cherish and traitors control
DMI number:
19874

55. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And died in woe that thou might'st live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4252

56. By the backside good lack good lack

First Line:
By the backside good lack good lack
Last Line:
And leave you to my betters
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
39090

57. By the butcher's boy on Tuesday night

First Line:
By the butcher's boy on Tuesday night
Last Line:
Your crazy brains and cool your mettle
Author:
Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
8641

58. By custom doomed to folly sloth and ease

First Line:
By custom doomed to folly sloth and ease
Last Line:
New Claelias vie in fame with Greece or Rome
Author:
Anne Ingram [nee Howard; other married name Douglas] (Absolute)
DMI number:
19785

59. 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

60. 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

61. But over the twilight groves and dusky caves

First Line:
But over the twilight groves and dusky caves
Last Line:
And breathes a browner horror on the woods
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30402

62. Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires

First Line:
Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires
Last Line:
How mad she lies in solitude on Caunus raves and dies
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
8647

63. Brimful of anger not of love

First Line:
Brimful of anger not of love
Last Line:
And meet my charmer though I die
Author:
George Villiers (Absolute)
DMI number:
32633

64. Brimful of anger not of love

First Line:
Brimful of anger not of love
Last Line:
Resolved to fight though sure to die
DMI number:
31979

65. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

First Line:
Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:
I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:
8969

66. Cheer thy fond breast and every fear remove

First Line:
Cheer thy fond breast and every fear remove
Last Line:
And gives me fortitude from thee to part
DMI number:
24275

67. Chloe this comes to let you know

First Line:
Chloe this comes to let you know
Last Line:
This billet burn and pardon me
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22798

68. Come Thomas give us t' other sonnet

First Line:
Come Thomas give us t' other sonnet
Last Line:
Your most obliged and humble servant
Author:
Lewis Thomas (Absolute)
DMI number:
22180

69. Come Thomas give us t' other sonnet

First Line:
Come Thomas give us t' other sonnet
Last Line:
Your most obliged humble servant
Author:
Lewis Thomas (Absolute)
DMI number:
27727

70. Celia dear nymph than whom no fairer toast

First Line:
Celia dear nymph than whom no fairer toast
Last Line:
And hide its beauties in obscurity
DMI number:
24289

71. Certain it is man was not born

First Line:
Certain it is man was not born
Last Line:
And this my friend is liberty
DMI number:
11283

72. Charmed with the lettered lustre of the press

First Line:
Charmed with the lettered lustre of the press
Last Line:
To save unwilling friends in vain is labour tried
DMI number:
25780

73. Cinthia may blush that poorly could admit

First Line:
Cinthia may blush that poorly could admit
Last Line:
Without a blush what love bids her indite
DMI number:
5318

74. 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

75. Clarinda loves the polished line

First Line:
Clarinda loves the polished line
Last Line:
Must pay her vows to love
DMI number:
35632

76. Close to the fireside confined

First Line:
Close to the fireside confined
Last Line:
Where all things wear an honest face
Author:
Martha Sansom [nee Fowke] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17490

77. Dear Anne | In prose I've wrote you many a journal

First Line:
Dear Anne | In prose I've wrote you many a journal
Last Line:
And now it flies to kiss your hands | Sep 6 1759
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30836

78. Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport

First Line:
Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport
Last Line:
Merit that fame and worth that peace secures
DMI number:
35368

79. Dear friend by this you may discern well

First Line:
Dear friend by this you may discern well
Last Line:
I'll go without or have it gratis
DMI number:
5094

80. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

81. Dear friend | Your letter I with grief perused

First Line:
Dear friend | Your letter I with grief perused
Last Line:
And by your penitence make glad your friend | J D
DMI number:
4746

82. Dear good master Gill

First Line:
Dear good master Gill
Last Line:
As the dean doctor duke or the squire
DMI number:
36902

83. Cooper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cooper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
6205

84. Could Horace poet critic wit

First Line:
Could Horace poet critic wit
Last Line:
Blessed with plain sense and sober reason
DMI number:
22181

85. Cowper how foolish would that author be

First Line:
Cowper how foolish would that author be
Last Line:
It may a while be thumbed and then forgot
DMI number:
8970

86. D- of rural scenes a lover grown

First Line:
D- of rural scenes a lover grown
Last Line:
Don't spare thy satire prithee be severe
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23420

87. Daphnis because I am your debtor

First Line:
Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:
I rest your very humble servant
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41818

88. Dark was the day the wind raged high

First Line:
Dark was the day the wind raged high
Last Line:
He'll prove a feast for shark or conger
DMI number:
35981

89. Dear sister | Blessed is the man beyond expression blessed

First Line:
Dear sister | Blessed is the man beyond expression blessed
Last Line:
Be thou my friend as I am always thine
DMI number:
24357

90. Dear to my heart my joy my pride

First Line:
Dear to my heart my joy my pride
Last Line:
Pray let your answer be as long
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
34007

91. Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown

First Line:
Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown
Last Line:
And wit that at a quibble never fails
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
8705

92. Dear Tom | Never minding that the weather

First Line:
Dear Tom | Never minding that the weather
Last Line:
I now remain | dear Tom | your humble &c
DMI number:
12886

93. Dear Tom | This comes to let you know

First Line:
Dear Tom | This comes to let you know
Last Line:
Laid down his book blew out the candle
Author:
Henry Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
40653

94. Dear Tom | This comes to let you know

First Line:
Dear Tom | This comes to let you know
Last Line:
Laid down his book blowed out the candle
Author:
Henry Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
18705

95. Dear Tom | This comes to let you know

First Line:
Dear Tom | This comes to let you know
Last Line:
Laid down the book blowed out the candle
Author:
Henry Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
24591

96. Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder

First Line:
Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder
Last Line:
You may depend upon my story | Your most affectionate | Albion's Glory
DMI number:
31213

97. Dear John if you are not belied

First Line:
Dear John if you are not belied
Last Line:
Believe me for thy sake
Author:
Anthony Alsop (Absolute)
DMI number:
22152

98. Dear Lady decked with comeliness

First Line:
Dear Lady decked with comeliness
Last Line:
Which through your favour I aspire
DMI number:
49197

99. Dear madam although I must own you are clever

First Line:
Dear madam although I must own you are clever
Last Line:
In schemes and ambition each devil in hell
DMI number:
37780

100. Dear madam oh how great the pity

First Line:
Dear madam oh how great the pity
Last Line:
And all be music rapture love
DMI number:
24288