Poem Genre / Form: Lampoon / Poem Theme: Politics and Religion

1. A butcher's son's judge capital

First Line:: A butcher's son's judge capital
Last Line:: And so like a knave let's leave him
Author:: Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:: 4868

2. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:: A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:: His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3638

3. A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate

First Line:: A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate
Last Line:: Our hogs we've brought to a blessed market
DMI number:: 43006

4. A session of lovers was held the other day

First Line:: A session of lovers was held the other day
Last Line:: He had left being a man she would make him a beast
DMI number:: 4446

5. A protestant priest a man of great fame

First Line:: A protestant priest a man of great fame
Last Line:: But the flesh did prevail by the help of his wife | Which nobody can deny deny which nobody can deny
DMI number:: 4970

6. A true dissenter here does lie indeed

First Line:: A true dissenter here does lie indeed
Last Line:: He faced to Rome then marched off to the devil
DMI number:: 42347

7. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:: Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:: Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:: 43028

8. Again my muse - nor fear the steepy flight

First Line:: Again my muse - nor fear the steepy flight
Last Line:: Nor could his virtue win a factious people's love
Author:: William Shippen (Confident)
DMI number:: 5899

9. Among the little pages that were sent

First Line:: Among the little pages that were sent
Last Line:: Or mother-church espouse her bully's cause
DMI number:: 5893

10. Appear thou mighty bard to open view

First Line:: Appear thou mighty bard to open view
Last Line:: Though thou'rt the only proof how interest can prevail
DMI number:: 6455

11. As I walking was the other day

First Line:: As I walking was the other day
Last Line:: And when I more do hear I more will tell ye
DMI number:: 4881

12. At dead of night when peaceful spirits sleep

First Line:: At dead of night when peaceful spirits sleep
Last Line:: By Murray's projects and by Prior's mouse
DMI number:: 7277

13. As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne

First Line:: As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne
Last Line:: For though his pride's as great his cunning's less
DMI number:: 3683

14. Behold from the infernal lake I'm come

First Line:: Behold from the infernal lake I'm come
Last Line:: Good night little good Mr Devil's doctor
DMI number:: 43064

15. Chaste pious prudent C------ the second

First Line:: Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:: Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3653

16. Chaste pious prudent Charles the second

First Line:: Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
Last Line:: Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5673

17. Come all you loyal churchmen

First Line:: Come all you loyal churchmen
Last Line:: And a cart's arse for Hugh
DMI number:: 12136

18. Comus nor Momus now must be my theme

First Line:: Comus nor Momus now must be my theme
Last Line:: The doctor holed with the badger at his back
Author:: John Dean (Absolute)
DMI number:: 43055

19. Damon the author of so great renown

First Line:: Damon the author of so great renown
Last Line:: To find a better patron of the Pope
DMI number:: 4448

20. Dear wife let me have a fire made

First Line:: Dear wife let me have a fire made
Last Line:: For which we have justly deserved a rope | This it is to be learned and witty
DMI number:: 4949

21. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:: Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:: Why then the marvel that a poet sings
DMI number:: 6483

22. Even as a lion with his paws upreared

First Line:: Even as a lion with his paws upreared
Last Line:: And Salamanca's shall be known no more
DMI number:: 43113

23. Friend thou dost lash me with a story

First Line:: Friend thou dost lash me with a story
Last Line:: Was cut from Spain without a hand saw
Author:: James Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42493

24. For the miracles done

First Line:: For the miracles done
Last Line:: From the conducts of W----- and M-----
DMI number:: 4572

25. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:: From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:: Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:: 3659

26. Great truckling soul whose stubborn honesty

First Line:: Great truckling soul whose stubborn honesty
Last Line:: So Jack of all faiths and of none adieu
DMI number:: 4503

27. Good God what means this sudden alteration

First Line:: Good God what means this sudden alteration
Last Line:: For if he rise he'll gaol us all for treason
DMI number:: 43063

28. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

First Line:: Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave
Last Line:: We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:: Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:: 4871

29. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

First Line:: Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave
Last Line:: We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:: Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:: 42318

30. I come to charge ye

First Line:: I come to charge ye
Last Line:: You shall be hanged and Ketch shall have your clothes
DMI number:: 1107

31. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

First Line:: I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey
Last Line:: For a martyr's place above | With a hey tronny nonny nonny no
Author:: Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:: 4737

32. Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied

First Line:: Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied
Last Line:: Is gone a pilgrimage to hell below
DMI number:: 43057

33. Is this thy glory now is this thy pride

First Line:: Is this thy glory now is this thy pride
Last Line:: All the wild mazes of thy politics
DMI number:: 43040

34. Julian in verse to ease thy wants I write

First Line:: Julian in verse to ease thy wants I write
Last Line:: And villain Frank kiss Mazarin no more
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation) & Anthony Cary [Carey] (Confident)
DMI number:: 4763

35. My master Dolben he did well

First Line:: My master Dolben he did well
Last Line:: Good morrow master Dolben my masters and mistresses all good morning
DMI number:: 8063

36. I know you hope all once to be

First Line:: I know you hope all once to be
Last Line:: At last with pox he hurrying went | Like thunder
DMI number:: 43116

37. If I wear out of date as I find I fall down

First Line:: If I wear out of date as I find I fall down
Last Line:: And blind the whole world with fopperies and lies
DMI number:: 42366

38. No wonder winds more dreadful are by far

First Line:: No wonder winds more dreadful are by far
Last Line:: Burn but the witch and all is well
DMI number:: 5014

39. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

First Line:: Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:: Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
DMI number:: 42359

40. Of a tall stature and of sable hue

First Line:: Of a tall stature and of sable hue
Last Line:: Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3637

41. O ye Britons draw near

First Line:: O ye Britons draw near
Last Line:: And so we'll unite the whole nation
DMI number:: 5712

42. Of all the fools the present times produce

First Line:: Of all the fools the present times produce
Last Line:: A high-church footing for the low-church sake
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7970

43. Oh heavens we have signs below

First Line:: Oh heavens we have signs below
Last Line:: Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:: 42307

44. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:: Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:: But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:: Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3665

45. Say goddess muse for thy all searching eyes

First Line:: Say goddess muse for thy all searching eyes
Last Line:: Retiring leaves their hopes involved in endless night
Author:: William Shippen (Confident) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5898

46. Republicans your tuneful voices raise

First Line:: Republicans your tuneful voices raise
Last Line:: But thank the almighty if you are not damned
DMI number:: 7264

47. Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue

First Line:: Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue
Last Line:: The poet's envy and the critic's pain
DMI number:: 4595

48. Shall every Jack and every Jill

First Line:: Shall every Jack and every Jill
Last Line:: From such a vile untimely end
DMI number:: 43007

49. So two rude waves by storms together thrown

First Line:: So two rude waves by storms together thrown
Last Line:: As yours when you thanked God for being beat
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42556

50. Sir William in arcta custodia lies

First Line:: Sir William in arcta custodia lies
Last Line:: And having spit his venom out he died
DMI number:: 4865

51. Sir you'll excuse me for inditing

First Line:: Sir you'll excuse me for inditing
Last Line:: Twill be no hard matter to cuckold the devil
DMI number:: 8060

52. Since plagues were ordered for a scourge to men

First Line:: Since plagues were ordered for a scourge to men
Last Line:: That even God almighty will depose
DMI number:: 7789

53. Since plagues were ordered for a scourge to men

First Line:: Since plagues were ordered for a scourge to men
Last Line:: That even God almighty would depose
Author:: John Tutchin (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4449

54. Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost

First Line:: Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost
Last Line:: And make us while we pity him forget our loyalty
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4444

55. Spread a large canvas painter to contain

First Line:: Spread a large canvas painter to contain
Last Line:: This crowd of traitors hanged in effigy
Author:: Henry Savile (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3633

56. Stand forth thou grand impostor of our time

First Line:: Stand forth thou grand impostor of our time
Last Line:: Recant thy books and then go hang thyself
DMI number:: 6546

57. 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

58. The calve's head brawny c---- leads the van

First Line:: The calve's head brawny c---- leads the van
Last Line:: And faction's baleful damps extinguish gospel light
DMI number:: 7450

59. The mighty monarch of this British isle

First Line:: The mighty monarch of this British isle
Last Line:: Your souls to Rome but send the pope to hell
DMI number:: 4920

60. To speak the truth is criminal now

First Line:: To speak the truth is criminal now
Last Line:: And our distressed land surround
DMI number:: 7478

61. Tis strange that you to whom I've long been known

First Line:: Tis strange that you to whom I've long been known
Last Line:: And leave the bishops to reform the age
DMI number:: 3647

62. Tis said when George did dragon slay

First Line:: Tis said when George did dragon slay
Last Line:: We shall Grex it
DMI number:: 4880

63. To make myself for this employment fit

First Line:: To make myself for this employment fit
Last Line:: That and his courage too are on record
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6383

64. To our once loyal town is lately come down

First Line:: To our once loyal town is lately come down
Last Line:: Like a Cordelier friar must be saved by his ropes | When Satan was squeamish and longed for a dainty | The pope fricasseed him this new four and twenty
DMI number:: 42370

65. To get a good peace and a flourishing trade

First Line:: To get a good peace and a flourishing trade
Last Line:: In hopes to procure a dewitting
DMI number:: 8057

66. Unhappier age who ever saw

First Line:: Unhappier age who ever saw
Last Line:: To Jesuits the state
DMI number:: 6485

67. Unhappy age and we in it

First Line:: Unhappy age and we in it
Last Line:: To Jesuits the state
DMI number:: 42326

68. Unhappy state condemned to worst of things

First Line:: Unhappy state condemned to worst of things
Last Line:: And send us Daniel to the lion's den
DMI number:: 5688

69. Twere folly if ever

First Line:: Twere folly if ever
Last Line:: But tis lately found out by our prudent addressors
Author:: William Wharton (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3967

70. We read in profane and sacred records

First Line:: We read in profane and sacred records
Last Line:: There's ten times more treason in brandy and ale
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3639

71. We are told by the town that a man of great note

First Line:: We are told by the town that a man of great note
Last Line:: To bail high-church one day and vote next for the low
DMI number:: 8076

72. What shall a glorious nation be overthrown

First Line:: What shall a glorious nation be overthrown
Last Line:: And suck all the sweetness of the land
DMI number:: 43080

73. What a devil ails the parliament

First Line:: What a devil ails the parliament
Last Line:: As Thomas Earl of D--by
DMI number:: 4866

74. When Clarendon had discerned beforehand

First Line:: When Clarendon had discerned beforehand
Last Line:: He comes to be roasted next St James's fair
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:: 3680

75. When great Nassau is dead and gone

First Line:: When great Nassau is dead and gone
Last Line:: The strangest Queendom ever was
Author:: Henry Mordaunt (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5889

76. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:: When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:: His body fell out fled his frighted soul
DMI number:: 43706

77. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:: When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:: With equal gratitude and treachery
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 42301

78. When the plot I first invented

First Line:: When the plot I first invented
Last Line:: Then take thy own associate devil
DMI number:: 43054

79. Ye freeholders most dear

First Line:: Ye freeholders most dear
Last Line:: And a f--t for the sons of Apollo
DMI number:: 5715

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1. A butcher's son's judge capital

2. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

3. A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate

4. A session of lovers was held the other day

5. A protestant priest a man of great fame

6. A true dissenter here does lie indeed

7. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

8. Again my muse - nor fear the steepy flight

9. Among the little pages that were sent

10. Appear thou mighty bard to open view

11. As I walking was the other day

12. At dead of night when peaceful spirits sleep

13. As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne

14. Behold from the infernal lake I'm come

15. Chaste pious prudent C------ the second

16. Chaste pious prudent Charles the second

17. Come all you loyal churchmen

18. Comus nor Momus now must be my theme

19. Damon the author of so great renown

20. Dear wife let me have a fire made

21. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

22. Even as a lion with his paws upreared

23. Friend thou dost lash me with a story

24. For the miracles done

25. From the blessed regions of eternal day

26. Great truckling soul whose stubborn honesty

27. Good God what means this sudden alteration

28. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

29. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

30. I come to charge ye

31. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

32. Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied

33. Is this thy glory now is this thy pride

34. Julian in verse to ease thy wants I write

35. My master Dolben he did well

36. I know you hope all once to be

37. If I wear out of date as I find I fall down

38. No wonder winds more dreadful are by far

39. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

40. Of a tall stature and of sable hue

41. O ye Britons draw near

42. Of all the fools the present times produce

43. Oh heavens we have signs below

44. Once how I doted on this jilting town

45. Say goddess muse for thy all searching eyes

46. Republicans your tuneful voices raise

47. Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue

48. Shall every Jack and every Jill

49. So two rude waves by storms together thrown

50. Sir William in arcta custodia lies

51. Sir you'll excuse me for inditing

52. Since plagues were ordered for a scourge to men

53. Since plagues were ordered for a scourge to men

54. Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost

55. Spread a large canvas painter to contain

56. Stand forth thou grand impostor of our time

57. Strange and unnatural let's stay and see

58. The calve's head brawny c---- leads the van

59. The mighty monarch of this British isle

60. To speak the truth is criminal now

61. Tis strange that you to whom I've long been known

62. Tis said when George did dragon slay

63. To make myself for this employment fit

64. To our once loyal town is lately come down

65. To get a good peace and a flourishing trade

66. Unhappier age who ever saw

67. Unhappy age and we in it

68. Unhappy state condemned to worst of things

69. Twere folly if ever

70. We read in profane and sacred records

71. We are told by the town that a man of great note

72. What shall a glorious nation be overthrown