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1. A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed

First Line:
A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed
Last Line:
Derision and contempt's his fate
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Confident)
DMI number:
30216

2. A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule

First Line:
A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule
Last Line:
And bequeathed me nor beauties of body nor mind
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3406

3. A dog at hunger's urgent call

First Line:
A dog at hunger's urgent call
Last Line:
Embraced a cloud within his arms
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30217

4. A dog for fighting much renowned

First Line:
A dog for fighting much renowned
Last Line:
And for his pride and folly dies
DMI number:
1765

5. A dog who had the envied hap

First Line:
A dog who had the envied hap
Last Line:
The dog must fast the boy be whipped
DMI number:
24971

6. A dolphin once had an intent

First Line:
A dolphin once had an intent
Last Line:
But mine's alone the plain
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3402

7. A gardener of peculiar taste

First Line:
A gardener of peculiar taste
Last Line:
Shall mourn the folly soon or late
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23383

8. A dunghill cock was raking in the ground

First Line:
A dunghill cock was raking in the ground
Last Line:
And for thy beauty trade
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4382

9. A famished hare in search of food

First Line:
A famished hare in search of food
Last Line:
And carol forth my maker's praise
DMI number:
32324

10. A famished hare in search of food

First Line:
A famished hare in search of food
Last Line:
And sing unhurt my maker's praise
DMI number:
32474

11. A farmer saw with much regret

First Line:
A farmer saw with much regret
Last Line:
Reflection would have taught me better
DMI number:
37052

12. A farmer's wife with pensive care

First Line:
A farmer's wife with pensive care
Last Line:
To get a surer footed mare
DMI number:
30264

13. A favourite cat that long in brewhouse dwelt

First Line:
A favourite cat that long in brewhouse dwelt
Last Line:
If I said so twas when I was in drink
DMI number:
24450

14. A feeble fox with age decayed

First Line:
A feeble fox with age decayed
Last Line:
Which we all carry to our grave
DMI number:
1749

15. A fellow once when cash was scant

First Line:
A fellow once when cash was scant
Last Line:
And saw the raree show a louse
DMI number:
25017

16. A fierce dispute betwixt birds of night

First Line:
A fierce dispute betwixt birds of night
Last Line:
Of faith as well as sense
DMI number:
4415

17. A fierce wild boar of monstrous size and force

First Line:
A fierce wild boar of monstrous size and force
Last Line:
Which is but adding to their load
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4385

18. A fierce wild boar that had transgressed

First Line:
A fierce wild boar that had transgressed
Last Line:
If P----rs must judge a P-----r
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3413

19. A gardener once at early day

First Line:
A gardener once at early day
Last Line:
The gardener crushed him with his toe
DMI number:
23092

20. A fly quite crank and debonair

First Line:
A fly quite crank and debonair
Last Line:
While he maintains an upright will
DMI number:
19829

21. A fowler in pursuit of game

First Line:
A fowler in pursuit of game
Last Line:
And justly are themselves undone
DMI number:
30269

22. A fowler's dog with curious eye

First Line:
A fowler's dog with curious eye
Last Line:
Mimick with pride their master's crimes
DMI number:
1757

23. A fox and hare once Jove addressed

First Line:
A fox and hare once Jove addressed
Last Line:
Prize what you have and be content
DMI number:
30284

24. A fox half starved a vineyard spied

First Line:
A fox half starved a vineyard spied
Last Line:
Those heights to which they cannot rise
DMI number:
30226

25. A fox more subtle than the rest

First Line:
A fox more subtle than the rest
Last Line:
I jumped but for a frolic
DMI number:
15475

26. A fox would unmolested sleep

First Line:
A fox would unmolested sleep
Last Line:
Possesseth nought thy bags have got
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22791

27. A frog that left her native mud

First Line:
A frog that left her native mud
Last Line:
And the proud fool deserved no less
DMI number:
44681

28. A fruitful vine like a true friend

First Line:
A fruitful vine like a true friend
Last Line:
And by their crimes themselves betray
DMI number:
30243

29. A gardener of fantastic taste

First Line:
A gardener of fantastic taste
Last Line:
Too soon their fatal error find
DMI number:
30254

30. A gaudy rainbow vivid gay

First Line:
A gaudy rainbow vivid gay
Last Line:
Himself replaced upon dry ground
DMI number:
33325

31. A generous race of croaking frogs

First Line:
A generous race of croaking frogs
Last Line:
And still have found it the same thing
DMI number:
4400

32. A gentleman two whelps did get

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

33. A good honest farmer by providence blessed

First Line:
A good honest farmer by providence blessed
Last Line:
I'm sure those will never that are to come after
DMI number:
5075

34. 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

35. A grasshopper who chirped and sung

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

36. A badger once did ravage all the fields

First Line:
A badger once did ravage all the fields
Last Line:
To save the better half
DMI number:
4396

37. A bag wig of a jaunty air

First Line:
A bag wig of a jaunty air
Last Line:
And plainness is the dress of use
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
24598

38. A bat by dismal chance one day

First Line:
A bat by dismal chance one day
Last Line:
'S occasional conformity
DMI number:
5124

39. A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise

First Line:
A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise
Last Line:
From a fool of a bear he appears a strange ass
DMI number:
21749

40. A brazen pot by scouring vexed

First Line:
A brazen pot by scouring vexed
Last Line:
When none oppress nor are oppressed
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23848

41. A bumpkin unrefined and rude

First Line:
A bumpkin unrefined and rude
Last Line:
Thy company is worse than none
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30290

42. A butterfly awake one night

First Line:
A butterfly awake one night
Last Line:
I but a reptile thou a fly
DMI number:
33725

43. A cardinal deprived of hope

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

44. A cat and monkey tired with play

First Line:
A cat and monkey tired with play
Last Line:
Be wise and of false friends beware
DMI number:
30259

45. A certain brewer whose liquor of life

First Line:
A certain brewer whose liquor of life
Last Line:
That those who touch cash should have clean washen hands
DMI number:
4412

46. A certain dog of middling birth

First Line:
A certain dog of middling birth
Last Line:
That they are neither worth your love nor hate
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30865

47. A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound

First Line:
A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound
Last Line:
And whistled as he went for want of thought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28959

48. A cobbler once upon a time

First Line:
A cobbler once upon a time
Last Line:
Act always by inclination not by force
DMI number:
5078

49. A cock an officer of foot

First Line:
A cock an officer of foot
Last Line:
And ask them nothing but their skins
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30861

50. A cock who long had ruled the roast

First Line:
A cock who long had ruled the roast
Last Line:
The ungrateful crew will tire
DMI number:
31130

51. A collier held a farm too large

First Line:
A collier held a farm too large
Last Line:
Black as the coals in which you trade
DMI number:
30268

52. 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

53. A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd

First Line:
A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd
Last Line:
Had it been worth a farthing you would not have gave it
DMI number:
6917

54. A cow and goat and simple ewe

First Line:
A cow and goat and simple ewe
Last Line:
Silent and sad renounce their dinners
DMI number:
19887

55. A crafty mouse as ever made

First Line:
A crafty mouse as ever made
Last Line:
And those that judge are asses
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3411

56. A critic with a phiz severe

First Line:
A critic with a phiz severe
Last Line:
Thought on as he had thought before
Author:
James Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33448

57. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:
A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:
Cuckoos go out cuckoos come back
DMI number:
30817

58. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:
A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:
Is not the moral of it true
DMI number:
33323

59. 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

60. A grove there was by nature made

First Line:
A grove there was by nature made
Last Line:
With separate maintenance for life
Author:
Nicholas Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
22500

61. A grumbler full of discontent

First Line:
A grumbler full of discontent
Last Line:
A thousand smarts with shadowy woes
DMI number:
33356

62. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

63. A hare beloved by all the train

First Line:
A hare beloved by all the train
Last Line:
Sincere unless to one confined
DMI number:
30220

64. A hare did once into a garden get

First Line:
A hare did once into a garden get
Last Line:
And well deserve the brains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4392

65. A hare did to a garden get

First Line:
A hare did to a garden get
Last Line:
And thank hath wrought in one
DMI number:
40576

66. A hen one evening to enjoy the cool

First Line:
A hen one evening to enjoy the cool
Last Line:
Strangers to thee and to thy schools
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30860

67. A hern more malapert than wise

First Line:
A hern more malapert than wise
Last Line:
An ugly empty dwarfish tailor
DMI number:
11110

68. A horse and ass were journeying on their way

First Line:
A horse and ass were journeying on their way
Last Line:
This fable may not be forgot
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4383

69. A horse in science deeply skilled

First Line:
A horse in science deeply skilled
Last Line:
Listen alone to nature's voice
DMI number:
31192

70. A justice in a country town

First Line:
A justice in a country town
Last Line:
Choused of his goose and reason too
DMI number:
10503

71. A labouring swain had been at work

First Line:
A labouring swain had been at work
Last Line:
They'll find their cause beshit
DMI number:
4395

72. A monkey to reform the times

First Line:
A monkey to reform the times
Last Line:
For vice is fitted to his parts
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24081

73. A monkey with ambition fired

First Line:
A monkey with ambition fired
Last Line:
You'll grow polite and act like men
DMI number:
30265

74. A monkey with parental care

First Line:
A monkey with parental care
Last Line:
That is indulged too much is spoiled
DMI number:
30219

75. A monkey with paternal care

First Line:
A monkey with paternal care
Last Line:
That is indulged too much is spoiled
DMI number:
33636

76. A mountain once strange tale to tell

First Line:
A mountain once strange tale to tell
Last Line:
Nothing ensues their words are wind
DMI number:
30278

77. A mouse who lived in Golden-square

First Line:
A mouse who lived in Golden-square
Last Line:
At him and all his state I laugh
DMI number:
6196

78. A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers

First Line:
A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers
Last Line:
Near the old yew in -- church yard
Author:
Benjamin Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
22582

79. A nightingale in her retreat

First Line:
A nightingale in her retreat
Last Line:
Woe to the humble neighbour of the great
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33281

80. A noisey foy of little fame

First Line:
A noisey foy of little fame
Last Line:
Are sure to make their follies known
Author:
John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
1774

81. A northern pair we waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
23390

82. A northern pair we'll waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we'll waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
32315

83. A Nymph of fifteen that had often been chid

First Line:
A Nymph of fifteen that had often been chid
Last Line:
Consulted their glass and chid Betty no more
DMI number:
21716

84. A pair of sheers both strong and keen

First Line:
A pair of sheers both strong and keen
Last Line:
You all have sense enough to find it out
DMI number:
30124

85. A pampered hern of lofty mein in state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mein in state
Last Line:
And gorged the nauseous thing for all her pride
DMI number:
37058

86. A paultry creeping ivy had

First Line:
A paultry creeping ivy had
Last Line:
And turns the villains over and over
DMI number:
33381

87. A peacock kept by Juno's side

First Line:
A peacock kept by Juno's side
Last Line:
But you my bird are better dressed
DMI number:
30232

88. A peacock nobly born and bred

First Line:
A peacock nobly born and bred
Last Line:
With honour live with honour die
Author:
Thomas Sheridan (Confident)
DMI number:
1798

89. A swain who had from time to time

First Line:
A swain who had from time to time
Last Line:
By those that set him on
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7974

90. A tawdry teapot a la mode

First Line:
A tawdry teapot a la mode
Last Line:
A scrubbing brush to scour the mind
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
25480

91. A tender miss whom mother's care

First Line:
A tender miss whom mother's care
Last Line:
A butterfly is all thy gains
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3269

92. A thick twisted brake in the time of a storm

First Line:
A thick twisted brake in the time of a storm
Last Line:
By Jove you'll be fleeced to your skin
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
30847

93. A thousand tricks a juggler showed

First Line:
A thousand tricks a juggler showed
Last Line:
Acknowledged her superior art
DMI number:
30280

94. A tiger in pursuit of prey

First Line:
A tiger in pursuit of prey
Last Line:
The prince that's good is only great
DMI number:
30213

95. A man having got a most excellent hatchet

First Line:
A man having got a most excellent hatchet
Last Line:
Must in return expect dry blows
DMI number:
19840

96. A man of sense may find

First Line:
A man of sense may find
Last Line:
May fall off from another
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3395

97. A man unfortunate was wont to cry

First Line:
A man unfortunate was wont to cry
Last Line:
And all of us would say the same Mecaenas said before
DMI number:
6247

98. A man with poverty oppressed

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

99. A mastiff trained to hostile deeds

First Line:
A mastiff trained to hostile deeds
Last Line:
Our future fortune's good or ill
DMI number:
30207

100. A mighty lion heretofore

First Line:
A mighty lion heretofore
Last Line:
And Nassau's arms avenge the public wrong
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4425