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1. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840

2. A dying Latinist of great renown

First Line:
A dying Latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With female gender the case masculine
DMI number:
17152

3. A famous assembly was summoned of late

First Line:
A famous assembly was summoned of late
Last Line:
But vowed that till then he never heard of his name
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12304

4. A friend proposed to me a wife

First Line:
A friend proposed to me a wife
Last Line:
Their husbands know from other men
DMI number:
36730

5. A German princess once adorned this isle

First Line:
A German princess once adorned this isle
Last Line:
May this hereafter share the other's fate
DMI number:
7963

6. 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

7. 1 Positive is termed hard

First Line:
1 Positive is termed hard
Last Line:
A wearied spirit is the worst of all
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36502

8. A baronet lately a dutchman I trow

First Line:
A baronet lately a dutchman I trow
Last Line:
So he bravely resolved even to take to his heels
DMI number:
28784

9. A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches

First Line:
A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches
Last Line:
Will not believe the devil before the scot
DMI number:
42730

10. A chapel of the riding house is made

First Line:
A chapel of the riding house is made
Last Line:
The laymen bridled and the clergy ride
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
13076

11. A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife

First Line:
A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife
Last Line:
And you know well that my flesh and yours are but one
DMI number:
33247

12. A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

First Line:
A haughty courtier meeting in the streets
Last Line:
The scholar said I do and gave him it
DMI number:
17372

13. A hummingbird by nature led

First Line:
A hummingbird by nature led
Last Line:
But mischief oft concealed lies there
DMI number:
32658

14. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

15. A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

First Line:
A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
Last Line:
And the nymph may be chaste who has never been tried
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
23673

16. A story I'll tell you a story so merry

First Line:
A story I'll tell you a story so merry
Last Line:
And not trust to such as have treasury views | Derry down &c
DMI number:
20467

17. A swain long tortured with disdain

First Line:
A swain long tortured with disdain
Last Line:
And make us tyrants by their fear
DMI number:
11840

18. A tailor there was and he lived in a garret

First Line:
A tailor there was and he lived in a garret
Last Line:
For cross legged together they sat till they died
DMI number:
25250

19. A tailor there was and he lived in a garret

First Line:
A tailor there was and he lived in a garret
Last Line:
For cross legged together they stitched till they died
DMI number:
31817

20. A tale of grief I must unfold

First Line:
A tale of grief I must unfold
Last Line:
Of this great duke of Buckingham
DMI number:
37020

21. A tale of the grief I must unfold

First Line:
A tale of the grief I must unfold
Last Line:
Of this great Duke of Buckingham
Author:
Richard Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
12053

22. A thief may rob me of my wealth and store

First Line:
A thief may rob me of my wealth and store
Last Line:
Lost from my soul alas I am no more
DMI number:
36810

23. A man had three apples gave one to his mother

First Line:
A man had three apples gave one to his mother
Last Line:
They each had an apple and one for himself
DMI number:
36873

24. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
That every man with him was God or devil
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36900

25. A session was held the other day

First Line:
A session was held the other day
Last Line:
When he lends to any poet about the town
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
3962

26. A shower of soft and fleecy rain

First Line:
A shower of soft and fleecy rain
Last Line:
As if with fur of ermin crowned
DMI number:
29672

27. A smoke a storm and a contentious wife

First Line:
A smoke a storm and a contentious wife
Last Line:
When children cry for hunger wanting bread
DMI number:
41912

28. A stands for Adam made of earth

First Line:
A stands for Adam made of earth
Last Line:
In music Are Almire
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Speculation)
DMI number:
36510

29. A whimsical lover's a prey to each care

First Line:
A whimsical lover's a prey to each care
Last Line:
Indifference that sovereign cure of all care
DMI number:
25875

30. A late regulation requires that no stain

First Line:
A late regulation requires that no stain
Last Line:
For who sprung from Adam untainted is found
DMI number:
15834

31. A little languishing thou sentest to me

First Line:
A little languishing thou sentest to me
Last Line:
I scarcely then was sick but now am like to die
DMI number:
17388

32. A little world I say again

First Line:
A little world I say again
Last Line:
And capons in Haymarket
DMI number:
16335

33. A lovely pair endued by fate

First Line:
A lovely pair endued by fate
Last Line:
But alas his stakes are done | But alas &c
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
42286

34. A lovely pair endued by fate

First Line:
A lovely pair endued by fate
Last Line:
You know you know what I mean | You know &c
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
42769

35. Ah gaze not on those eyes forbear

First Line:
Ah gaze not on those eyes forbear
Last Line:
Is too far lost to have the power to fly
Author:
Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23540

36. Ah love ah beauty both how frail

First Line:
Ah love ah beauty both how frail
Last Line:
He her true human flesh and blood
DMI number:
19802

37. Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought

First Line:
Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought
Last Line:
Each yard of pleasure she'd have made an ell
DMI number:
18843

38. Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born

First Line:
Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born
Last Line:
To murder him and twas the very same
DMI number:
37059

39. Alike in temper and in life

First Line:
Alike in temper and in life
Last Line:
The devil's in it they don't agree
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27755

40. All all is Ceasar's new robed Aston cries

First Line:
All all is Ceasar's new robed Aston cries
Last Line:
Since all is Caesar's which belonged to me
DMI number:
39089

41. All an accomplished body lends mankind

First Line:
All an accomplished body lends mankind
Last Line:
And took back with him as an angel's due
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
33893

42. All day the shrew Afflana does complain

First Line:
All day the shrew Afflana does complain
Last Line:
And praises the pleasures of a nuptial bed
Author:
John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:
13791

43. A zealous locksmith died of late

First Line:
A zealous locksmith died of late
Last Line:
Because he meant to pick the lock
DMI number:
21867

44. Acon his right Leonilla her left eye

First Line:
Acon his right Leonilla her left eye
Last Line:
So shall she Venus be thou god of love
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12586

45. Adam our father and our head

First Line:
Adam our father and our head
Last Line:
To sing and love as angels do
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23529

46. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

First Line:
Adieu the pleasing rural scene
Last Line:
One glorious and eternal spring
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
30855

47. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

First Line:
Adieu the pleasing rural scene
Last Line:
One glorious one eternal spring
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
32651

48. Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys

First Line:
Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys
Last Line:
Thy steps adieu vain world adieu
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
15405

49. Adieu ye jovial youths who join

First Line:
Adieu ye jovial youths who join
Last Line:
And value reason next to love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27281

50. Ah what is science what is art

First Line:
Ah what is science what is art
Last Line:
And happiest he who most excels
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27225