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1. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
With fury too as well as fancy fired
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10414

2. A single comma set alone

First Line:
A single comma set alone
Last Line:
Et cetera so forth the rest
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36485

3. A spirit which inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit which inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
As that of nature moves the world about
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10390

4. A spirit which inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit which inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
Describing all men but described by none
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10391

5. Above the tallest most exalted view

First Line:
Above the tallest most exalted view
Last Line:
I'll give a list of some that lately died
DMI number:
6893

6. Adverbs denote and make appear

First Line:
Adverbs denote and make appear
Last Line:
And always answer no
DMI number:
36492

7. A wife to make the state of wedlock blessed

First Line:
A wife to make the state of wedlock blessed
Last Line:
Enrolled with those of matrons dear to fame
DMI number:
31190

8. All this together yet is but a part

First Line:
All this together yet is but a part
Last Line:
Their beauties imitate avoid their faults
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10452

9. And did the omnipotent eternal mind

First Line:
And did the omnipotent eternal mind
Last Line:
And merit as before esteem and praise
DMI number:
24379

10. Although that many hinderances be

First Line:
Although that many hinderances be
Last Line:
Little additions to our hope of heaven
DMI number:
5590

11. As gay Larilla from her down arose

First Line:
As gay Larilla from her down arose
Last Line:
And owns your very failings seem divine
DMI number:
12864

12. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art of sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8513

13. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art our sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42445

14. As all is dullness when the fancy's bad

First Line:
As all is dullness when the fancy's bad
Last Line:
Which gains the head while t'other wins the heart
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10393

15. As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed

First Line:
As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed
Last Line:
And all my life be suited to my theme
Author:
Charles Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6650

16. Beauty thou dear deceitful glittering toy

First Line:
Beauty thou dear deceitful glittering toy
Last Line:
illeg the sureties of a better state
DMI number:
24340

17. Behold how quiet there old Gripus lies

First Line:
Behold how quiet there old Gripus lies
Last Line:
Since to command one hour is not in gold
DMI number:
22093

18. Can we succeed by wishing tis a jest

First Line:
Can we succeed by wishing tis a jest
Last Line:
The greatest bar to happiness is pride
DMI number:
22098

19. But above all things raillery decline

First Line:
But above all things raillery decline
Last Line:
Will all be wits and not the livery wear
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30544

20. By education nature is refined

First Line:
By education nature is refined
Last Line:
Of learning her power over all will rise
DMI number:
31183

21. But should this muse harmonious numbers yield

First Line:
But should this muse harmonious numbers yield
Last Line:
Like goodly mountains till they reach the skies
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10408

22. But since the poets we of late have known

First Line:
But since the poets we of late have known
Last Line:
And sense no longer may submit to fools
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10431

23. But to make rage declaim and grief discourse

First Line:
But to make rage declaim and grief discourse
Last Line:
They sigh in simile and die in rhyme
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10441

24. But to write plays why tis a bold pretence

First Line:
But to write plays why tis a bold pretence
Last Line:
To judgement breeding wit and eloquence
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10450

25. Celestial dame adorned with every grace

First Line:
Celestial dame adorned with every grace
Last Line:
O queen of sacred verse your empire to uphold
DMI number:
8130

26. Come come harmonious sounds come sacred lyre

First Line:
Come come harmonious sounds come sacred lyre
Last Line:
For music's force finds passage to our souls
DMI number:
10016

27. Come fair Dorinda and while beauty glows

First Line:
Come fair Dorinda and while beauty glows
Last Line:
And steal persuasive to her virgin breast
Author:
Robert Shiels [Shields] (Absolute)
DMI number:
32297

28. England's a perfect world has Indies too

First Line:
England's a perfect world has Indies too
Last Line:
And gives her a black bag for a green gown
Author:
Thomas Winyard (Absolute)
DMI number:
6740

29. Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise

First Line:
Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise
Last Line:
At once are sunk his genius and her charms
DMI number:
33217

30. Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks

First Line:
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks
Last Line:
Bursts out resistless with a thundering tide
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30882

31. Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires

First Line:
Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires
Last Line:
And opens all the virtues into bloom
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30963

32. Fate gave the word the cruel arrow sped

First Line:
Fate gave the word the cruel arrow sped
Last Line:
That guilt is doomed to sink in infamy
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
22597

33. First is the nominative case

First Line:
First is the nominative case
Last Line:
Tis vain to try to fret or fume
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36506

34. First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts

First Line:
First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts
Last Line:
This oft alone has given success to plays
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10454

35. First then of songs which now so much abound

First Line:
First then of songs which now so much abound
Last Line:
Like heaps of fuel do but choke the fire
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10397

36. First then soliloquies had need be few

First Line:
First then soliloquies had need be few
Last Line:
As when Bellario confesses all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10437

37. First thou that art a freshman and are bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and are bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8511

38. First thou that art a freshman and art bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and art bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42444

39. Figures of speech which poets think so fine

First Line:
Figures of speech which poets think so fine
Last Line:
And in descriptions only claim a place
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10439

40. Glory is shared in common all unite

First Line:
Glory is shared in common all unite
Last Line:
That saints are happy and unhappy too
DMI number:
6905

41. Hail potent deity mysterious gold

First Line:
Hail potent deity mysterious gold
Last Line:
Clio's unchaste Melpomene a whore
DMI number:
14303

42. Hail reverend night come gloomy goddess come

First Line:
Hail reverend night come gloomy goddess come
Last Line:
And sleeps upon the thorny bed of conscience
DMI number:
5844

43. Hail sacred art that canst in colours show

First Line:
Hail sacred art that canst in colours show
Last Line:
A reverence for their past laborious pains
DMI number:
11173

44. Hail to the sage who from his native store

First Line:
Hail to the sage who from his native store
Last Line:
Thou lovely fleeting image of a sound
DMI number:
10623

45. Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise

First Line:
Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise
Last Line:
And the world's victor stood subdued by sound
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30485

46. Happy the man whose mind is fraught

First Line:
Happy the man whose mind is fraught
Last Line:
Though bustling to supply their wants
DMI number:
25043

47. Happy's the man who rightly understands

First Line:
Happy's the man who rightly understands
Last Line:
With prudence temperance justice fortitude
DMI number:
35464

48. Harmonious sound

First Line:
Harmonious sound
Last Line:
That never does the ear with harshness wound
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10381

49. He that on earth will happy be must use

First Line:
He that on earth will happy be must use
Last Line:
The joys of earth and heaven in our mind
DMI number:
5586

50. Hence satire's power tis her corrective part

First Line:
Hence satire's power tis her corrective part
Last Line:
And slaves and sycophants surround in vain
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30878

51. Here as in all things else is most unfit

First Line:
Here as in all things else is most unfit
Last Line:
Like heaps of fuel do but choke the fire
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10399

52. Here I should all the various sorts of verse

First Line:
Here I should all the various sorts of verse
Last Line:
And new absurdities inspire new thoughts
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10394

53. Her faded charms now drooping nature mourns

First Line:
Her faded charms now drooping nature mourns
Last Line:
Old age life's winter leads him to the tomb
DMI number:
31186

54. How calm a how sedate from realms of light

First Line:
How calm a how sedate from realms of light
Last Line:
And with profound respect your steps explore
DMI number:
31188

55. How free and happy was the state of man

First Line:
How free and happy was the state of man
Last Line:
Nor Jove himself shall more unbounded live
DMI number:
6416

56. How gay this renovation of the year

First Line:
How gay this renovation of the year
Last Line:
And god create anew both earth and skies
DMI number:
31185

57. How weak the atheist's argument how odd

First Line:
How weak the atheist's argument how odd
Last Line:
Repents his folly but repents too late
DMI number:
30755

58. In that soft age when guiltless of offence

First Line:
In that soft age when guiltless of offence
Last Line:
And boldly claim the philosophic bard
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31407

59. In Cupid's school whoever would take degree

First Line:
In Cupid's school whoever would take degree
Last Line:
But here tis time to rest myself and you
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7332

60. In former times when learning blessed our isle

First Line:
In former times when learning blessed our isle
Last Line:
And truth and justice seek their native skies
DMI number:
11140

61. In Pliny the receipt's conveyed

First Line:
In Pliny the receipt's conveyed
Last Line:
Because it every day grows less
DMI number:
31191

62. In various courses busy mortals move

First Line:
In various courses busy mortals move
Last Line:
And calmly bear the griefs we cannot shun
DMI number:
8144

63. Judgement two syllables can make

First Line:
Judgement two syllables can make
Last Line:
While we live here we must provision make
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
7196

64. In vain alas for who by wit is moved

First Line:
In vain alas for who by wit is moved
Last Line:
Mankind take most with that fantastic sex
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10411

65. Look well my friend over life's amazing scene

First Line:
Look well my friend over life's amazing scene
Last Line:
And guarding angels waft it into heaven
DMI number:
30757

66. Love is our reason's paradox which still

First Line:
Love is our reason's paradox which still
Last Line:
As warm our hands by putting out the fire
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
5480

67. Move faster life thou tiresome guest away

First Line:
Move faster life thou tiresome guest away
Last Line:
Tis better once to die then welcome death
DMI number:
6157

68. Money being the common scale

First Line:
Money being the common scale
Last Line:
But so much money as 'twill bring
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5541

69. Money thou source of grief and happiness

First Line:
Money thou source of grief and happiness
Last Line:
What you despised and trod upon before
DMI number:
11061

70. My dear Zelinda since you would explore

First Line:
My dear Zelinda since you would explore
Last Line:
That wisdom taste and virtue can bestow
DMI number:
25864

71. I yield I yield and can no longer stay

First Line:
I yield I yield and can no longer stay
Last Line:
Then I with reason against all I write
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4156

72. If any atheist rashly does disown

First Line:
If any atheist rashly does disown
Last Line:
And by the creature find the deity
Author:
Sir William Dawes (Absolute)
DMI number:
7688

73. If man be free let him his rights maintain

First Line:
If man be free let him his rights maintain
Last Line:
Their filthy blood manures the murky ground
DMI number:
26803

74. If we with brutes must share a common fate

First Line:
If we with brutes must share a common fate
Last Line:
Prove glorious victors over sin and death
DMI number:
35679

75. If happiness with wisdom has its seat

First Line:
If happiness with wisdom has its seat
Last Line:
The way to bliss tis all I want to know
DMI number:
26802

76. If poets be as they pretend inspired

First Line:
If poets be as they pretend inspired
Last Line:
That from long bondage set the muses free
DMI number:
42578

77. If that some painter in a piece should place

First Line:
If that some painter in a piece should place
Last Line:
Will burst or kill them ere they'll reading leave
DMI number:
42213

78. Know then thyself presume not god to scan

First Line:
Know then thyself presume not god to scan
Last Line:
Tis this though man's a fool yet god is wise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12322

79. Learn dullness learn the universal cause

First Line:
Learn dullness learn the universal cause
Last Line:
And bade self love and social be the same
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12323

80. Learning is only useful when tis known

First Line:
Learning is only useful when tis known
Last Line:
And sure relief to human wants convey
DMI number:
10593

81. Let libertines their boisterous pleasures boast

First Line:
Let libertines their boisterous pleasures boast
Last Line:
Possessed of every good omnipotence can give
DMI number:
33767

82. Marcus my friend I greet you safe to town

First Line:
Marcus my friend I greet you safe to town
Last Line:
Unconscious if thou'rt free or if confined
Author:
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (Absolute)
DMI number:
26801

83. Marriage thou bliss of love thou prop of life

First Line:
Marriage thou bliss of love thou prop of life
Last Line:
And leave the rest upon the poet's hands
DMI number:
6556

84. Marriage thou curse of love and snare of life

First Line:
Marriage thou curse of love and snare of life
Last Line:
Love couples friends but marriage enemies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5555

85. make rage declaim and grief discourse

First Line:
make rage declaim and grief discourse
Last Line:
They sigh in simile and die in rhyme
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10442

86. Mammon thou heathenish oar but christian lord

First Line:
Mammon thou heathenish oar but christian lord
Last Line:
And there lie buried in its native urn
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5440

87. Not all the threats or favours of a crown

First Line:
Not all the threats or favours of a crown
Last Line:
Who love fierce drivers and a looser rein
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
3969

88. Nine sense-assisting words or more

First Line:
Nine sense-assisting words or more
Last Line:
Glory to God our heavenly king
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36503

89. Nature and friendship held in love sincere

First Line:
Nature and friendship held in love sincere
Last Line:
And bid the former in oblivion sleep
DMI number:
30771

90. Next elegy of sweet but solemn voice

First Line:
Next elegy of sweet but solemn voice
Last Line:
And of a subject grave exacts the choice
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10407

91. Now Io paean sing new wreaths prepare

First Line:
Now Io paean sing new wreaths prepare
Last Line:
Them I commit to a more skillful hand
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7358

92. Now Io paean sing now wreaths prepare

First Line:
Now Io paean sing now wreaths prepare
Last Line:
Them I commit to a more skilful hand
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7333

93. Nothing dear madam nothing is more true

First Line:
Nothing dear madam nothing is more true
Last Line:
Bliss so adored but seldom found below
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23738

94. O happiness our being's end and aim

First Line:
O happiness our being's end and aim
Last Line:
And all our knowledge is ourselves to know
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12324

95. O happiness our nature's only end

First Line:
O happiness our nature's only end
Last Line:
Then to be happy he must cease to live
DMI number:
31175

96. Number and -- that harmonious sound

First Line:
Number and -- that harmonious sound
Last Line:
That never does the ear with harshness wound
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10380

97. Number and rhyme and that harmonious sound

First Line:
Number and rhyme and that harmonious sound
Last Line:
Without a genius too for that's the soul
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10388

98. Of chosen words some take not care enough

First Line:
Of chosen words some take not care enough
Last Line:
Malice itself may sometimes pass for truth
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10429

99. Of man's pursuits in this wide sea of life

First Line:
Of man's pursuits in this wide sea of life
Last Line:
Love well on earth and be beloved in heaven
DMI number:
24351

100. Of all the arts in which the wise excel

First Line:
Of all the arts in which the wise excel
Last Line:
That knowledge useless is we can't impart
DMI number:
31169