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1. A clergyman of special note

First Line:
A clergyman of special note
Last Line:
Take care betimes to run him down
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
40246

2. A curious eye

First Line:
A curious eye
Last Line:
And superscribed this from suspicion
Author:
John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13215

3. Ah what is man when his own wish prevails

First Line:
Ah what is man when his own wish prevails
Last Line:
Proud of his power and boundless in his will
DMI number:
39822

4. Affection is a fire

First Line:
Affection is a fire
Last Line:
Upon kings may place their hearts upon vassals
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
13425

5. Affection is become a parasite

First Line:
Affection is become a parasite
Last Line:
Strives to please whom it cannot benefit
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13436

6. Affection is the savage beast

First Line:
Affection is the savage beast
Last Line:
Than he that kingdoms winneth
Author:
Samuel Brandon (Absolute)
DMI number:
13426

7. A wise well tempered valour

First Line:
A wise well tempered valour
Last Line:
By the impetuous torrent
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
18535

8. And yet | A kind of weight hangs heavy at my heart

First Line:
And yet | A kind of weight hangs heavy at my heart
Last Line:
To tell me fate's at hand
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18691

9. All the world's a stage

First Line:
All the world's a stage
Last Line:
Sans teeth sans eyes sans taste sans everything
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21641

10. All their actions are governed by crude opinion

First Line:
All their actions are governed by crude opinion
Last Line:
To the worst when they are left to themselves
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13311

11. And when the mind a violent passion shakes

First Line:
And when the mind a violent passion shakes
Last Line:
And feeble shakings seize of every limb
DMI number:
20295

12. As there is by nature

First Line:
As there is by nature
Last Line:
We are heaven's bounty all but fortune's exercise
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
16408

13. Are we not brothers

First Line:
Are we not brothers
Last Line:
Whose dust is both alike
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14515

14. At last his guide him brings

First Line:
At last his guide him brings
Last Line:
Till all be spent and he his number missed
Author:
Sir John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13199

15. Blame no employment but blame idleness

First Line:
Blame no employment but blame idleness
Last Line:
-
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
9373

16. Blinded with spite how vain a thing is man

First Line:
Blinded with spite how vain a thing is man
Last Line:
And law's to the litigious slave the same
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
9534

17. Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew

First Line:
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
Last Line:
So lightning gilds the unrelenting storm
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29809

18. Can prayers to all alike so gentle be

First Line:
Can prayers to all alike so gentle be
Last Line:
Are little more than curses for the rest
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17297

19. By heaven tis false I am not vain

First Line:
By heaven tis false I am not vain
Last Line:
And witty at my cost
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2860

20. But fear some other might the honour win

First Line:
But fear some other might the honour win
Last Line:
And he too late or second should come in
DMI number:
5603

21. Clear me ye gods and fix my understanding

First Line:
Clear me ye gods and fix my understanding
Last Line:
And run to madness
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20292

22. Curses on him

First Line:
Curses on him
Last Line:
Must women cold appear false to herself and him
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
18687

23. Constancy is that which marreth all

First Line:
Constancy is that which marreth all
Last Line:
Small is their care how often they do slide
Author:
Samuel Brandon (Absolute)
DMI number:
14015

24. Cowards have courage when they see not death

First Line:
Cowards have courage when they see not death
Last Line:
Still love the sun should witness what they do
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18560

25. Consider | We're but shadows motions others give us

First Line:
Consider | We're but shadows motions others give us
Last Line:
Take him by the teeth
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
16313

26. Dare all that's possible

First Line:
Dare all that's possible
Last Line:
I'll fall their envy if they doom my fall
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
18605

27. Envy will merit as its shade pursue

First Line:
Envy will merit as its shade pursue
Last Line:
The opposing body's grossness not its own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29808

28. Every word he speaks a siren's note

First Line:
Every word he speaks a siren's note
Last Line:
We fasten to our freedoms
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
19899

29. Fair though you are

First Line:
Fair though you are
Last Line:
Yet than to change tis nobler to despair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18514

30. Forsooth to say it is no sort of life

First Line:
Forsooth to say it is no sort of life
Last Line:
Disdains so much that none them in doth call
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14110

31. For fools are stubborn in their way

First Line:
For fools are stubborn in their way
Last Line:
As when tis in a wrong belief
DMI number:
39987

32. For he that has but impudence

First Line:
For he that has but impudence
Last Line:
To all the world may lay his claim
DMI number:
39717

33. For your behaviour let it be free and

First Line:
For your behaviour let it be free and
Last Line:
And this is the grace of a right gentleman
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14861

34. For the dull world most honour pay to those

First Line:
For the dull world most honour pay to those
Last Line:
And he knows most who latest is undone
DMI number:
39354

35. For the dull world most honour pay to those

First Line:
For the dull world most honour pay to those
Last Line:
And though they're cozened still they still believe
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
9779

36. For various thoughts began to bustle

First Line:
For various thoughts began to bustle
Last Line:
Besets my puzzled wits about
DMI number:
39480

37. For affections injured

First Line:
For affections injured
Last Line:
Never spring to timely growth
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
13434

38. For double shame he doth deserve

First Line:
For double shame he doth deserve
Last Line:
Who being guide doth soonest swerve
Author:
Samuel Brandon (Absolute)
DMI number:
14984

39. Fly from his charms betimes

First Line:
Fly from his charms betimes
Last Line:
To tell my story out twould move your pity
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
19891

40. From the crown of his head to the sole of

First Line:
From the crown of his head to the sole of
Last Line:
The clapper for what his heart things his tongue speaks
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16542

41. Gentry and baseness in all ages jar

First Line:
Gentry and baseness in all ages jar
Last Line:
And poverty and wealth are still at war
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute) & William Rowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
14864

42. Get that great gift and talent impudence

First Line:
Get that great gift and talent impudence
Last Line:
Worth merit honour virtue innocence
DMI number:
39716

43. Great honours are great burdens but on whom

First Line:
Great honours are great burdens but on whom
Last Line:
A most small praise and that wrung out by force
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14516

44. Great nature break thy chain that links together

First Line:
Great nature break thy chain that links together
Last Line:
Too powerful rebels and too weak a prince
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20298

45. Great souls by mightiest passions are tormented

First Line:
Great souls by mightiest passions are tormented
Last Line:
-
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
20304

46. Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind

First Line:
Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
Last Line:
The priest could not out-preach you at St Roach
DMI number:
39953

47. Hard though they were and villains to all worth

First Line:
Hard though they were and villains to all worth
Last Line:
Not hardened by the rigour of the wind
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
13976

48. He is a fine courtier flatters admirable kisses

First Line:
He is a fine courtier flatters admirable kisses
Last Line:
When I pass into the presence very gracefully
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
14124

49. He is a noble gentleman withal

First Line:
He is a noble gentleman withal
Last Line:
Who is himself an honour to his title
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
14866

50. He is the card or calendar of gentry

First Line:
He is the card or calendar of gentry
Last Line:
Of what part a gentleman would see
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14859