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1. A juster present sure was never made

First Line:
A juster present sure was never made
Last Line:
They better write of love I better love
DMI number:
43625

2. A monkey once an odd request

First Line:
A monkey once an odd request
Last Line:
As beetles dull and light as flies
DMI number:
21671

3. A pot-bellied justice who thought a good feast

First Line:
A pot-bellied justice who thought a good feast
Last Line:
You will send me the rest of my fish
DMI number:
35674

4. A well known vase of sovereign use I sing

First Line:
A well known vase of sovereign use I sing
Last Line:
Ne other joy but you the faithful striplings know
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22094

5. Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn

First Line:
Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
Last Line:
Till reason's morn arise and light them on their way
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
19721

6. Ah me my joys my hopes are fled

First Line:
Ah me my joys my hopes are fled
Last Line:
My dear Columbo dead and gone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
28975

7. Apelles-like when nature did thee make

First Line:
Apelles-like when nature did thee make
Last Line:
I consecrate these lines in thankful duty
DMI number:
43724

8. An extempore proof of my passion and wit

First Line:
An extempore proof of my passion and wit
Last Line:
Is no more than the work of a minute
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36535

9. And now to the degree of duke

First Line:
And now to the degree of duke
Last Line:
To birth and merit cease
DMI number:
33330

10. As late I strove Lucilla's lip to kiss

First Line:
As late I strove Lucilla's lip to kiss
Last Line:
Like me be scorned nor ever taste a kiss
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
24536

11. As banished from the industrious hive

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

12. Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

First Line:
Beauty's a gaudy sign no more
Last Line:
Be hid to be revered the more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute)
DMI number:
92

13. Bless o my soul the lord exceeding awful

First Line:
Bless o my soul the lord exceeding awful
Last Line:
In concert all the listening worlds around
DMI number:
40595

14. Boy bring an ounce of Weekley's best

First Line:
Boy bring an ounce of Weekley's best
Last Line:
Where tobacco loves to grow
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20692

15. Come live with me and be my dear

First Line:
Come live with me and be my dear
Last Line:
And we will strait begin the year
Author:
John Lyly (Speculation)
DMI number:
28311

16. Conscience thou native guide of human kind

First Line:
Conscience thou native guide of human kind
Last Line:
Soul truth light reason centre all in thee Procul esto severi
DMI number:
24551

17. Eternal source of joys

First Line:
Eternal source of joys
Last Line:
And fix a lasting empire firmly in each heart
DMI number:
10541

18. Farewell vain world and thou it vainest part

First Line:
Farewell vain world and thou it vainest part
Last Line:
Of which the noisy babbling world complains
Author:
Benjamin Ibbot (Absolute)
DMI number:
19121

19. Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred

First Line:
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred
Last Line:
As various hour advised in various habit dressed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11876

20. Evadne I must let you know

First Line:
Evadne I must let you know
Last Line:
To wait eternally
DMI number:
43575

21. Evening thou nymph divine and holy

First Line:
Evening thou nymph divine and holy
Last Line:
Nor begged a saviour's boon
DMI number:
38649

22. Fair Margaret in woeful wise

First Line:
Fair Margaret in woeful wise
Last Line:
She intends to please them all
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11854

23. Fair nymph ascend to beauty's throne

First Line:
Fair nymph ascend to beauty's throne
Last Line:
And owns the inimitable fair
Author:
Isaac Watts (Speculation)
DMI number:
8032

24. For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow

First Line:
For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow
Last Line:
Let fools and madmen scramble for the rest
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33129

25. For P--tt or B--te

First Line:
For P--tt or B--te
Last Line:
Sure all are in the wrong
DMI number:
33402

26. Go lovely flower in all thy pride

First Line:
Go lovely flower in all thy pride
Last Line:
In ecstacies must die
DMI number:
34741

27. Hail thou sole empress of the land of wit

First Line:
Hail thou sole empress of the land of wit
Last Line:
Since the first mother of mankind rebelled
DMI number:
43637

28. Hard is the heart that never knew to love

First Line:
Hard is the heart that never knew to love
Last Line:
Gives me some time to rest and lond with joy I hail
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
25724

29. Hence sage mysterious law

First Line:
Hence sage mysterious law
Last Line:
And I with thee will choose to live
Author:
William Hall (Absolute) & John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27840

30. How could you deceive me my fair

First Line:
How could you deceive me my fair
Last Line:
And I'll sigh that all pleasure is flown
DMI number:
25895

31. How vain is man with reason born

First Line:
How vain is man with reason born
Last Line:
And said I'm envied even in death
DMI number:
11109

32. In every town where Thamis rolls his tide

First Line:
In every town where Thamis rolls his tide
Last Line:
Vales spires meandering streams and Windsor's towery pride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1957

33. Indulgence soon takes with a noble mind

First Line:
Indulgence soon takes with a noble mind
Last Line:
To make even passion with their nature join
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
29839

34. Little tube of mighty power

First Line:
Little tube of mighty power
Last Line:
Happiest he of happy men
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20693

35. My bed which once the softest seat of rest

First Line:
My bed which once the softest seat of rest
Last Line:
And darkness help those griefs which it in peace should find
DMI number:
16567

36. My lord great commoner no more

First Line:
My lord great commoner no more
Last Line:
The Pitt and upper gallery
DMI number:
31127

37. I strolled one day into a room

First Line:
I strolled one day into a room
Last Line:
A chamber pot and that was all
DMI number:
22548

38. If to a human face sir James should draw

First Line:
If to a human face sir James should draw
Last Line:
Till off they drop with skinfuls to the ground
Author:
James Bramston (Absolute)
DMI number:
22221

39. Let art my fair one to your charms resign

First Line:
Let art my fair one to your charms resign
Last Line:
And sport thy unchecked tresses to the winds
DMI number:
33134

40. Just over the eastern hills the blushing morn

First Line:
Just over the eastern hills the blushing morn
Last Line:
To bless thy days with joy and lasting love
DMI number:
21962

41. Keep now my muse the great pindaric road

First Line:
Keep now my muse the great pindaric road
Last Line:
If we had not been happy in a king
DMI number:
43582

42. Latest thou came most perfect work of all

First Line:
Latest thou came most perfect work of all
Last Line:
Thee the most finished of his last best work
DMI number:
12657

43. Laws as we read in ancient sages

First Line:
Laws as we read in ancient sages
Last Line:
And to the mountains scoured away
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32468

44. Mysus and Mopsa hardly can agree

First Line:
Mysus and Mopsa hardly can agree
Last Line:
Could not be ended till both were one wife
DMI number:
43771

45. Now had the archangel trumpet raised sublime

First Line:
Now had the archangel trumpet raised sublime
Last Line:
For penance and the destined body wait
Author:
Abel Evans (Speculation)
DMI number:
22237

46. No more shall Ilium boast her towers

First Line:
No more shall Ilium boast her towers
Last Line:
Then perish sinking in the gulfs below
DMI number:
32380

47. O Mallow dear Mallow adieu

First Line:
O Mallow dear Mallow adieu
Last Line:
O Mallow dear Mallow adieu
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33781

48. Oft musing over some sonnet long I sit

First Line:
Oft musing over some sonnet long I sit
Last Line:
And execution trembles to perform
DMI number:
12765

49. Parent of good almighty god

First Line:
Parent of good almighty god
Last Line:
To sing thy maker's matchless praise
DMI number:
27053

50. Once on a time a grand lord mayor

First Line:
Once on a time a grand lord mayor
Last Line:
Cry lash no more we'll work we'll work
DMI number:
38557

51. Poets invoke when they rehearse

First Line:
Poets invoke when they rehearse
Last Line:
And made him live to die for her
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
24431

52. Peace doting wretch for ever cease thy faith

First Line:
Peace doting wretch for ever cease thy faith
Last Line:
Left the fabric fallen from the ruins spring my shame
DMI number:
43548

53. Pressed with my thoughts I to confession fall

First Line:
Pressed with my thoughts I to confession fall
Last Line:
My love will find a tally for them all
DMI number:
43537

54. Say all you judging wise

First Line:
Say all you judging wise
Last Line:
Tis beauty is alone superlative
DMI number:
43614

55. Say chattering bird that darest invade

First Line:
Say chattering bird that darest invade
Last Line:
Phyllis the fair the young the gay
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27185

56. Silence coeval with eternity

First Line:
Silence coeval with eternity
Last Line:
All rest in peace at last and sleep eternally
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6012

57. Should some strange poet in his piece affect

First Line:
Should some strange poet in his piece affect
Last Line:
Like leeches sticking till they've sucked you dry
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
38219

58. Strange and unnatural let's stay and see

First Line:
Strange and unnatural let's stay and see
Last Line:
And all thy damned forefathers were from Martell down to Pen
DMI number:
42375

59. The doleful dumps I sing and direful woes

First Line:
The doleful dumps I sing and direful woes
Last Line:
At length pride conquered and she soused her son
DMI number:
24435

60. The doleful dumps I sing and tearful woes

First Line:
The doleful dumps I sing and tearful woes
Last Line:
At length pride conquered and she dropped her son
DMI number:
24560

61. The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound

First Line:
The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound
Last Line:
With these few lines engraved upon his tomb
DMI number:
37160

62. The peasant's blest who in his cot

First Line:
The peasant's blest who in his cot
Last Line:
And may good deeds when ever I die | Record my fame
DMI number:
25663

63. The warbling lark and rook with hoarser scream

First Line:
The warbling lark and rook with hoarser scream
Last Line:
Their gossips visit to tell lies and smoke
DMI number:
25702

64. The tribe of templars players apothecaries

First Line:
The tribe of templars players apothecaries
Last Line:
This truth let L----l J---ys O----w tell
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12328

65. There lived in Derby near the peak

First Line:
There lived in Derby near the peak
Last Line:
Sweet Isaac hide them in my womb
Author:
John Markland (Speculation)
DMI number:
11363

66. Thinking unseen essence go

First Line:
Thinking unseen essence go
Last Line:
Each planet and each sphere
DMI number:
31177

67. There storied on the walls were to behold

First Line:
There storied on the walls were to behold
Last Line:
And in his arms the fleeting aether caught
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
11807

68. Those dreams that on the silent night intrude

First Line:
Those dreams that on the silent night intrude
Last Line:
Flirts from his cart the mud in --'s face
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
2016

69. Thus when by fortune and by man disgraced

First Line:
Thus when by fortune and by man disgraced
Last Line:
And kings not envied when I think on thee
DMI number:
16576

70. Tis not Chloe's piercing eye

First Line:
Tis not Chloe's piercing eye
Last Line:
Ten thousand ways to wound the heart
DMI number:
21972

71. To tune thy praise what muse shall I invoke what quire

First Line:
To tune thy praise what muse shall I invoke what quire
Last Line:
Both to you shared equally
DMI number:
43533

72. To stand or not to stand that is the question

First Line:
To stand or not to stand that is the question
Last Line:
Ambition thus makes c-rt-rs of us all
DMI number:
24425

73. To his dear Sylvia the lost Strephon sends

First Line:
To his dear Sylvia the lost Strephon sends
Last Line:
And to the grave contented I'll descend
DMI number:
37548

74. What art thou oh thou new found pain

First Line:
What art thou oh thou new found pain
Last Line:
To charming Paris yields her heart and bed
DMI number:
43649

75. When stately Fusca stalks along

First Line:
When stately Fusca stalks along
Last Line:
With rancid oil and ruddle
DMI number:
33101

76. When in the opening of the youthful year

First Line:
When in the opening of the youthful year
Last Line:
Each gloomy thought clears up and I'm all blithe and gay
DMI number:
33600

77. Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams

First Line:
Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams
Last Line:
Unyoke the toiled steers the weary sun goes down
Author:
Glocester Ridley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22547

78. Whilome a merchant at St Dennis lived

First Line:
Whilome a merchant at St Dennis lived
Last Line:
I'll hold the parchment you shall seal the deed
Author:
John Markland (Speculation)
DMI number:
11308

79. With too much toil methinks you trace

First Line:
With too much toil methinks you trace
Last Line:
The slow consenting maid
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35711

80. With glittering beams and native glory bright

First Line:
With glittering beams and native glory bright
Last Line:
On life or death a prison or a crown
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
30943

81. Women tho nat sans leacherie

First Line:
Women tho nat sans leacherie
Last Line:
Than trust on mon whose yerde can talke
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1956

82. Women tho nat sans leacherie

First Line:
Women tho nat sans leacherie
Last Line:
Then trust on mon whose yerde can talke
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13455

83. Yes these are the meadows the shrubs and the plains

First Line:
Yes these are the meadows the shrubs and the plains
Last Line:
That again we may meet and to lose her no more
DMI number:
27175

84. Young Cupid elate with cruel design

First Line:
Young Cupid elate with cruel design
Last Line:
Need I steal your arrows pray look at my eyes
DMI number:
38430

85. Young Damon was the blithest lad

First Line:
Young Damon was the blithest lad
Last Line:
For Damon was not there
DMI number:
37067