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1. A gentleman two whelps did get

First Line:
A gentleman two whelps did get
Last Line:
Maintains me to this day
DMI number:
24765

2. A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed

First Line:
A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
Last Line:
All idlers shall suffer the woes they deserve
DMI number:
36291

3. A grasshopper who chirped and sung

First Line:
A grasshopper who chirped and sung
Last Line:
And so unpitied bleed
DMI number:
19856

4. A cardinal deprived of hope

First Line:
A cardinal deprived of hope
Last Line:
Which no man ever can refute
DMI number:
12709

5. A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride

First Line:
A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride
Last Line:
In hopes alas to see their dam again
DMI number:
31928

6. A Grecian youth of talents rare

First Line:
A Grecian youth of talents rare
Last Line:
To govern men and guide the state
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22456

7. A man with poverty oppressed

First Line:
A man with poverty oppressed
Last Line:
And plunged the wretch in endless woe
DMI number:
24978

8. A miser on a scurvy tit

First Line:
A miser on a scurvy tit
Last Line:
The beam that spreads his own all over
DMI number:
23399

9. A sparrow pert and loud and vain

First Line:
A sparrow pert and loud and vain
Last Line:
Now justly weep your own
DMI number:
19672

10. A stag applied to mighty Jove

First Line:
A stag applied to mighty Jove
Last Line:
But his repentance came too late
DMI number:
24976

11. A starling long had ranged the woods

First Line:
A starling long had ranged the woods
Last Line:
The cure's a pillory or rope
DMI number:
25894

12. A rake by every passion ruled

First Line:
A rake by every passion ruled
Last Line:
For care by right should go before
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33375

13. A trout the plumpest in the tide

First Line:
A trout the plumpest in the tide
Last Line:
Nor sees her folly till undone
DMI number:
23094

14. A wolf on surreptitious mutton

First Line:
A wolf on surreptitious mutton
Last Line:
What we don't lose must pass for gain
DMI number:
19671

15. An owl of grave deport and mien

First Line:
An owl of grave deport and mien
Last Line:
Fools in derision follow fools
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33380

16. An eagle of majestic size

First Line:
An eagle of majestic size
Last Line:
Made thee an eagle me a dove
DMI number:
33320

17. As two young bears in wanton mood

First Line:
As two young bears in wanton mood
Last Line:
It leaves a real sting behind
Author:
James Merrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
27722

18. As genius virtue reputation

First Line:
As genius virtue reputation
Last Line:
Lost reputation's never to be found
Author:
Nicholas Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
22499

19. As banished from the industrious hive

First Line:
As banished from the industrious hive
Last Line:
Unfit to live unpitied dies
DMI number:
22082

20. As I rummaging was

First Line:
As I rummaging was
Last Line:
I'm content to jog on like an ass
DMI number:
19801

21. Begin my lord in early youth

First Line:
Begin my lord in early youth
Last Line:
Their merits heighten your disgrace
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30410

22. Bright shone the taper's sparkling blaze

First Line:
Bright shone the taper's sparkling blaze
Last Line:
The issues of your heart
DMI number:
33784

23. Ere yet hypocrisy and art

First Line:
Ere yet hypocrisy and art
Last Line:
Sure filter tis the light within
DMI number:
38487

24. Dorinda once the fairest of the train

First Line:
Dorinda once the fairest of the train
Last Line:
And give a tear to grace the mournful tomb
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23729

25. Folly and ignorance by chance or fate

First Line:
Folly and ignorance by chance or fate
Last Line:
This third another coterie might breed
DMI number:
38141

26. Haply there met the other day

First Line:
Haply there met the other day
Last Line:
That union happily complete
DMI number:
33376

27. Here Hermes says Jove who with nectar was mellow

First Line:
Here Hermes says Jove who with nectar was mellow
Last Line:
You Hermes shall fetch him to make us sport here
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
36042

28. How weak how vain is human pride

First Line:
How weak how vain is human pride
Last Line:
For different tastes please different vermin
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23349

29. In other men we faults can spy

First Line:
In other men we faults can spy
Last Line:
Nor for a breakfast nations kill
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23330

30. It chanced upon a summer's night

First Line:
It chanced upon a summer's night
Last Line:
Proclaim our insignificance
DMI number:
19495

31. Into a brook both deep and strong

First Line:
Into a brook both deep and strong
Last Line:
But wicked vows come never there
DMI number:
23097

32. Love thou divinest good below

First Line:
Love thou divinest good below
Last Line:
They leave not thee the less unjust
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23391

33. Love thou divinest good below

First Line:
Love thou divinest good below
Last Line:
Till Hardwick soothed her into grace
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
33382

34. My waking dreams are best concealed

First Line:
My waking dreams are best concealed
Last Line:
A fall thus dreadful had been mine
DMI number:
33374

35. My dears tis said in days of old

First Line:
My dears tis said in days of old
Last Line:
The wicked wanton sparrow died
Author:
Nathaniel Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
27712

36. I'll try to mimic honest Gay

First Line:
I'll try to mimic honest Gay
Last Line:
Condemn for vices all their own
DMI number:
30845

37. Led on by hope in quest of fame

First Line:
Led on by hope in quest of fame
Last Line:
I should but moralize in vain
DMI number:
36131

38. Now had the son of Jove mature attained

First Line:
Now had the son of Jove mature attained
Last Line:
Crowned with eternal youth among the gods a god
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22522

39. No more will I grow vain and boast

First Line:
No more will I grow vain and boast
Last Line:
The plumage of the butterfly
DMI number:
36289

40. Of old a grave ass paced in pomp

First Line:
Of old a grave ass paced in pomp
Last Line:
Compared to the great Charles Stuart
DMI number:
35356

41. Once on a time in sunshine weather

First Line:
Once on a time in sunshine weather
Last Line:
Beloved by all who truth revere
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16912

42. Poor puss run down by country squire

First Line:
Poor puss run down by country squire
Last Line:
While others are as bad or worse
DMI number:
19614

43. See on his labouring pinions rise

First Line:
See on his labouring pinions rise
Last Line:
Till life arrives its end
DMI number:
36292

44. Shall ignorance of good and ill

First Line:
Shall ignorance of good and ill
Last Line:
To providence resign the rest
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30189

45. See how the foolish insect plays

First Line:
See how the foolish insect plays
Last Line:
I die into Eternity
DMI number:
36288

46. Studious from differing tales to show

First Line:
Studious from differing tales to show
Last Line:
The virtuous are and can alone be blest
DMI number:
21727

47. The cloth removed the dinner done

First Line:
The cloth removed the dinner done
Last Line:
Age can't regain what youth has lost
DMI number:
27167

48. The man who seeks to win the fair

First Line:
The man who seeks to win the fair
Last Line:
Spurned at the crowd and sought the plain
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
33372

49. The nymph who walks the public streets

First Line:
The nymph who walks the public streets
Last Line:
By folly your own schemes undo
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23096

50. The prudent nymph whose cheeks disclose

First Line:
The prudent nymph whose cheeks disclose
Last Line:
And beauty wrecks whom she adorns
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23406