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1. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:
A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:
Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25782

2. A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight

First Line:
A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight
Last Line:
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18340

3. A mighty pain to love it is

First Line:
A mighty pain to love it is
Last Line:
Gold alas does love beget
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9748

4. A skin flayed off yields my materials

First Line:
A skin flayed off yields my materials
Last Line:
Yet not except you pluck me by the ear
DMI number:
26723

5. A weasel once who long had been

First Line:
A weasel once who long had been
Last Line:
Lays waste mankind for their souls good
DMI number:
19559

6. A lofty brazen tower once was built

First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864

7. Ah me vile interest every bosom stains

First Line:
Ah me vile interest every bosom stains
Last Line:
The maid who prostitutes her heart for gold
Author:
Torquato Tasso (Absolute)
DMI number:
25898

8. A wife who as our own by law we hold

First Line:
A wife who as our own by law we hold
Last Line:
And a false woman is a matchless curse
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6760

9. Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know

First Line:
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
Last Line:
It costs them less to hate than to bestow
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15986

10. Besides those things you have already told

First Line:
Besides those things you have already told
Last Line:
Who bears me hence live happy and farewell
DMI number:
25725

11. Between what you collect and what you set

First Line:
Between what you collect and what you set
Last Line:
The promise of a golden harvest yields
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25766

12. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

13. Born for a court and versed in every art

First Line:
Born for a court and versed in every art
Last Line:
I who to sweet content do every good confine
DMI number:
8966

14. Beneath my humble roof no gold

First Line:
Beneath my humble roof no gold
Last Line:
And endless rest bestows
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25543

15. By wondrous power of music's artful force

First Line:
By wondrous power of music's artful force
Last Line:
Her formal chastity is much belied
DMI number:
10545

16. Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat

First Line:
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
Last Line:
And is plague on him what he would be thought
DMI number:
3197

17. Colin by promise being obliged to pay

First Line:
Colin by promise being obliged to pay
Last Line:
That Colin gives but Aulus dearly sells
DMI number:
36130

18. Cursed poverty that tames a good man more

First Line:
Cursed poverty that tames a good man more
Last Line:
Than bear the weight of life if life must still be poor
DMI number:
7483

19. Could heaps of wealth prolong our fate

First Line:
Could heaps of wealth prolong our fate
Last Line:
We that best know how to live
DMI number:
3453

20. Damon a mighty author who had long

First Line:
Damon a mighty author who had long
Last Line:
Adieu to Paris then a long adieu
DMI number:
8797

21. Descended of an ancient line

First Line:
Descended of an ancient line
Last Line:
And see the storm ashore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
935

22. Furius whose dwelling's not possessed

First Line:
Furius whose dwelling's not possessed
Last Line:
For thou art but too happy in thy fate
DMI number:
8545

23. Furius you to me often cry

First Line:
Furius you to me often cry
Last Line:
Worse that those four together joined
DMI number:
8605

24. Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow

First Line:
Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow
Last Line:
He'd have thee dead and cold
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15987

25. Happy the house the goods whereof excel

First Line:
Happy the house the goods whereof excel
Last Line:
When the owner's godly and those gotten well
DMI number:
41992

26. Health from the lover of the country me

First Line:
Health from the lover of the country me
Last Line:
The horse doth with the horseman run away
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
958

27. He that for money weds preposterous shapes

First Line:
He that for money weds preposterous shapes
Last Line:
And curse you with a race of monkey sons
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6761

28. In times of yore an honest country mouse

First Line:
In times of yore an honest country mouse
Last Line:
My slender pulse and bless the calm retreat
DMI number:
22088

29. In each ambitious measure crossed

First Line:
In each ambitious measure crossed
Last Line:
As shamefully as they came in
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
18291

30. In want and what's a greater curse

First Line:
In want and what's a greater curse
Last Line:
Was ever gratitude so rare
DMI number:
8977

31. In youth by cheerless poverty oppressed

First Line:
In youth by cheerless poverty oppressed
Last Line:
When past enjoyment tantalized with wealth
DMI number:
32999

32. Love's a pain that works our woe

First Line:
Love's a pain that works our woe
Last Line:
Love alas is bought and sold
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27329

33. My lord whence comes it that with wavering thought

First Line:
My lord whence comes it that with wavering thought
Last Line:
Lest Crispin's tedious rhymes should be reputed mine
DMI number:
949

34. Iccius thou now the Arabs dost envy

First Line:
Iccius thou now the Arabs dost envy
Last Line:
With promise to thyself of better state
DMI number:
42062

35. If all the sorcery of gold

First Line:
If all the sorcery of gold
Last Line:
Thus I shall longer live than he
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39237

36. If the treasured gold could give

First Line:
If the treasured gold could give
Last Line:
Friends sincere and beauty kind
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27199

37. If gold could give us ease in pain

First Line:
If gold could give us ease in pain
Last Line:
And reel at night into her arms
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
21071

38. Let others heap of wealth a shining store

First Line:
Let others heap of wealth a shining store
Last Line:
This hour is love's be fortune's all the rest
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22315

39. Let proud Gyges what care I

First Line:
Let proud Gyges what care I
Last Line:
Mortals quaff the foaming store
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31422

40. Maro you'll give me nothing while you live

First Line:
Maro you'll give me nothing while you live
Last Line:
Thou knowest what I desire to come to pass
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15990

41. Martin pox on him that impudent devil

First Line:
Martin pox on him that impudent devil
Last Line:
Without losing my paper to boot
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12567

42. Madam accept these lines which he who durst not bring

First Line:
Madam accept these lines which he who durst not bring
Last Line:
But spring was going and with him he fled
DMI number:
24686

43. Once more Crispinus called upon the stage

First Line:
Once more Crispinus called upon the stage
Last Line:
Him who so many lords had slain they slew
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
7293

44. Once more Crispinus called upon the stage

First Line:
Once more Crispinus called upon the stage
Last Line:
Him whom so many lords had slain they slew
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
7238

45. On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise

First Line:
On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
Last Line:
Thou Croesus rich on earth hast nothing here
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13485

46. Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

First Line:
Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown
Last Line:
They are surely his own for which a man pays
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
13738

47. Persian magnificence I hate

First Line:
Persian magnificence I hate
Last Line:
And shady vines from heat defend me
DMI number:
31199

48. Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell

First Line:
Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell
Last Line:
Get help you rascal where you are not known
DMI number:
42207

49. Riches I saw must be acquired by sweat

First Line:
Riches I saw must be acquired by sweat
Last Line:
Is how I shall the hero's praises sing
DMI number:
27916

50. Some four years ago I made Phillis an offer

First Line:
Some four years ago I made Phillis an offer
Last Line:
Than all that I offered before
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16705