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1. A faultless sonnet finished thus would be

First Line:
A faultless sonnet finished thus would be
Last Line:
Worth tedious volumes of loose poetry
DMI number:
10398

2. - Without judgment fancy is but mad

First Line:
- Without judgment fancy is but mad
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10417

3. A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems

First Line:
A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems
Last Line:
He loathed much to write ne cared to repeat
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute) & George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32267

4. A heat that glows in every line that's writ

First Line:
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
Last Line:
Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775

5. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
And makes the work much easier than it shows
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10413

6. 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

7. A mother who vast pleasure finds

First Line:
A mother who vast pleasure finds
Last Line:
And tell of Addison and Pope
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
30509

8. A story should to please at least seem true

First Line:
A story should to please at least seem true
Last Line:
In vain the forced half smile to keep alive
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30895

9. A perfect judge will read each work of wit

First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
29633

10. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:
A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:
And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:
Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27118

11. A shower of soft and fleecy rain

First Line:
A shower of soft and fleecy rain
Last Line:
As if with fur of ermin crowned
DMI number:
29672

12. A skillful ear in numbers should preside

First Line:
A skillful ear in numbers should preside
Last Line:
Before mistaken stops debauched the sound
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10822

13. A spirit that inspires the work throughout

First Line:
A spirit that inspires the work throughout
Last Line:
As that of nature moves the world about
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10773

14. 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

15. 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

16. Absurd expressions crude abortive thoughts

First Line:
Absurd expressions crude abortive thoughts
Last Line:
And sacred laws with insolence defy
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10819

17. Affected noise is the most wretched thing

First Line:
Affected noise is the most wretched thing
Last Line:
That to contempt can empty scribblers bring
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10795

18. After a serious and judicious choice

First Line:
After a serious and judicious choice
Last Line:
Method and eloquence will never fail
DMI number:
10495

19. And's heraldry he from the muses farms

First Line:
And's heraldry he from the muses farms
Last Line:
For Pegasus should be a poet's arms
DMI number:
6808

20. Another fault which often does befall

First Line:
Another fault which often does befall
Last Line:
Well may we laugh but at the poet's cost
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10467

21. Among the famed remains of ancient time

First Line:
Among the famed remains of ancient time
Last Line:
Soul moving poetry shines most sublime
DMI number:
10370

22. An author young who pants for fame

First Line:
An author young who pants for fame
Last Line:
And looks a critic in the face
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17289

23. 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

24. And cures because the remedy is loved

First Line:
And cures because the remedy is loved
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10428

25. And here and there she innocently slays

First Line:
And here and there she innocently slays
Last Line:
How can it choose but fall
DMI number:
6850

26. And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed

First Line:
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8258

27. And such applause it must expect to meet

First Line:
And such applause it must expect to meet
Last Line:
That calls the staring sots to nasty wine
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10767

28. And there too oft despairing love complains

First Line:
And there too oft despairing love complains
Last Line:
The many raise the value of the few
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10410

29. Arms and the man I sing

First Line:
Arms and the man I sing
DMI number:
10475

30. Art's needless varnish to make nature shine

First Line:
Art's needless varnish to make nature shine
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10440

31. 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

32. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

33. As when the cheerful hours too freely pass

First Line:
As when the cheerful hours too freely pass
Last Line:
Leave off and for another summons wait
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10815

34. Before the radiant sun a glimmering lamp

First Line:
Before the radiant sun a glimmering lamp
Last Line:
There cold salutes but here a lover's kiss
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10816

35. Besides the main design composed with art

First Line:
Besides the main design composed with art
Last Line:
But change hereafter what appears amiss
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10461

36. Breathless almost we are at last got up

First Line:
Breathless almost we are at last got up
Last Line:
Succeed where Spenser and Torquato fail
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10473

37. By nature not inspired nor learning taught

First Line:
By nature not inspired nor learning taught
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10445

38. By satan taught all conjurers know

First Line:
By satan taught all conjurers know
Last Line:
And thine I swear are such
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17159

39. By secret infl'ence of indulgent skies

First Line:
By secret infl'ence of indulgent skies
Last Line:
E're felt the raptures of poetic rage
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10824

40. But human frailty nicely to unfold

First Line:
But human frailty nicely to unfold
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10427

41. 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

42. 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

43. But since the poets we of late have known

First Line:
But since the poets we of late have known
Last Line:
To love and living in his lady's arms
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10471

44. But since the press the pulpit and the stage

First Line:
But since the press the pulpit and the stage
Last Line:
Or dig in Grecian mines for purer ore
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10481

45. But though we must obey when heaven commands

First Line:
But though we must obey when heaven commands
Last Line:
And write with fury but correct with phlegm
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10814

46. But to collect like bees from every flower

First Line:
But to collect like bees from every flower
Last Line:
But Falstaff stands unimitated yet
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10466

47. 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

48. 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

49. But well those raptures if you'll make us see

First Line:
But well those raptures if you'll make us see
Last Line:
In a cold style describes a hot desire
DMI number:
10409

50. But where now sings this western nightingale

First Line:
But where now sings this western nightingale
Last Line:
It does suffice that Dunton once was blest
DMI number:
6874

51. Dan Congreve spent in writing plays

First Line:
Dan Congreve spent in writing plays
Last Line:
And so might every dunce alive
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17291

52. Even I whose merit's so much less than thine

First Line:
Even I whose merit's so much less than thine
Last Line:
My vengeance was in virtue to improve
DMI number:
27918

53. Elegies were at first designed for grief

First Line:
Elegies were at first designed for grief
Last Line:
Is undecided by the men of skill
DMI number:
10405

54. Each poet with a different talent writes

First Line:
Each poet with a different talent writes
Last Line:
Nor lofty Maro stooped to lyric lays
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10759

55. Defects of witty men deserve a cure

First Line:
Defects of witty men deserve a cure
Last Line:
And those who are so will even this endure
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10396

56. Examine how your humour is inclined

First Line:
Examine how your humour is inclined
Last Line:
Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
9485

57. Excursions are inexpiably bad

First Line:
Excursions are inexpiably bad
Last Line:
Fall when he falls and when he rises rise
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10794

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. Expose no single fop but lay the load

First Line:
Expose no single fop but lay the load
Last Line:
But Falstaff stands unimitated yet
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10465

62. Extremely short and spoke in passion too

First Line:
Extremely short and spoke in passion too
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10438

63. 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

64. Frail state of man thy living lot I deem

First Line:
Frail state of man thy living lot I deem
Last Line:
Now started at thy shame I downwards turn my eyes
DMI number:
10433

65. Glittering stones and golden things

First Line:
Glittering stones and golden things
Last Line:
We can never call our own
DMI number:
29673

66. Hail mighty Maro may that sacred name

First Line:
Hail mighty Maro may that sacred name
Last Line:
The muse instruct my voice and thou inspire my muse
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10781

67. Happy the man who gives a loose to joy

First Line:
Happy the man who gives a loose to joy
Last Line:
As soft and wanton as she's fair
DMI number:
22744

68. Have you been led through the Cumaean cave

First Line:
Have you been led through the Cumaean cave
Last Line:
She makes the obedient ghosts peep trembling through the ground
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10811

69. Harmonious sound

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

70. 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

71. 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

72. Here rest my muse suspend thy cares a while

First Line:
Here rest my muse suspend thy cares a while
Last Line:
To give instructions that concern the stage
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10430

73. 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

74. Her generous style at random oft will part

First Line:
Her generous style at random oft will part
Last Line:
And by a brave disorder shows her art
DMI number:
10418

75. How many ages since has Virgil writ

First Line:
How many ages since has Virgil writ
Last Line:
Than poets should before their Mantuan god
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10780

76. Heroic claims a loftier strain

First Line:
Heroic claims a loftier strain
Last Line:
And strows with lavish hand his opening flowers
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7506

77. How shameful and what monstrous things are these

First Line:
How shameful and what monstrous things are these
Last Line:
And grudge the sign of old Ben Johnson's head
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10472

78. In all your words let energy be found

First Line:
In all your words let energy be found
Last Line:
None please the fancy which offend the ear
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
30969

79. In clouded majesty here dulness shone

First Line:
In clouded majesty here dulness shone
Last Line:
And solid pudding against empty praise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29802

80. Is there a parson much bemused in beer

First Line:
Is there a parson much bemused in beer
Last Line:
And curses wit and poetry and Pope
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22468

81. 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

82. My sire to business threescore years applied

First Line:
My sire to business threescore years applied
Last Line:
On scrolls over which with so much gain they pored
DMI number:
27909

83. Muse speak the man who since the siege of Troy

First Line:
Muse speak the man who since the siege of Troy
Last Line:
So many towns such change of manners saw
DMI number:
10474

84. If dying lovers yet deserve a tear

First Line:
If dying lovers yet deserve a tear
Last Line:
O were you but as kind we know you are as fair
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17530

85. If my past writings for my present plead

First Line:
If my past writings for my present plead
Last Line:
Yet will not dare his frailties to defend
DMI number:
27920

86. Let all his faults sleep in his mournful chest

First Line:
Let all his faults sleep in his mournful chest
Last Line:
Something he might have mended so may all
DMI number:
13164

87. Let Crassus's ghost and Labienus tell

First Line:
Let Crassus's ghost and Labienus tell
Last Line:
Few know Pacorus or Moneses name
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10790

88. Let poets match their subject to their strength

First Line:
Let poets match their subject to their strength
Last Line:
And what their shoulders are too weak to bear
DMI number:
10494

89. 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

90. Lucilius was the man who bravely bold

First Line:
Lucilius was the man who bravely bold
Last Line:
If clean expression cover not the sense
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7515

91. Nay more for they must look within to find

First Line:
Nay more for they must look within to find
Last Line:
And but a body all without a soul
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10451

92. Ne doth this man Troy's Wars divide so well

First Line:
Ne doth this man Troy's Wars divide so well
Last Line:
So that ne first nor midst in it I view
DMI number:
44533

93. 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

94. Next elegy of sweet but solemn voice

First Line:
Next elegy of sweet but solemn voice
Last Line:
No panegyric nor a Cooper's Hill
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10403

95. Not even the hardest of our foes could hear

First Line:
Not even the hardest of our foes could hear
Last Line:
Nor stern Ulysses tell without a tear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
10959

96. Not that warm thoughts of the transporting joy

First Line:
Not that warm thoughts of the transporting joy
Last Line:
Can shock the chastest or the nicest cloy
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10402

97. No sort of work requires so nice a touch

First Line:
No sort of work requires so nice a touch
Last Line:
And finished well nothing delights so much
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10372

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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