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1. About twelve months ago upon searching my brain

First Line:
About twelve months ago upon searching my brain
Last Line:
And who fears success where Tyrawley commands
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11323

2. Accept what thanks a grateful muse can pay

First Line:
Accept what thanks a grateful muse can pay
Last Line:
And owes his music to the friendly ray
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11418

3. Alas poor tadpole how art thou

First Line:
Alas poor tadpole how art thou
Last Line:
And ballads must prevail
DMI number:
3079

4. Ah boast not those obscuring lays

First Line:
Ah boast not those obscuring lays
Last Line:
To wrap his genius there
DMI number:
27249

5. Apollo concerned to see the transgressions

First Line:
Apollo concerned to see the transgressions
Last Line:
And left them together by the ears for the bays
DMI number:
3671

6. All whimsical people come hither

First Line:
All whimsical people come hither
Last Line:
Whereof you may see now therefore
DMI number:
22382

7. As the soul stripped of mortal clay

First Line:
As the soul stripped of mortal clay
Last Line:
At once to purest gold
DMI number:
17185

8. Artist that underneath my table

First Line:
Artist that underneath my table
Last Line:
Ends both the spider and the poet
Author:
Edward Littleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
10577

9. Artist who underneath my table

First Line:
Artist who underneath my table
Last Line:
Ends both the spider and the poet
Author:
Edward Littleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12631

10. As Shakespeare ranged over the regions below

First Line:
As Shakespeare ranged over the regions below
Last Line:
And him thou mayst take for thy pains
DMI number:
37941

11. Be safe nor fear thyself so good a fame

First Line:
Be safe nor fear thyself so good a fame
Last Line:
I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
24922

12. Be still my fears suggest no false alarms

First Line:
Be still my fears suggest no false alarms
Last Line:
And lends the quickening beam to cheer the arts of peace
Author:
Richard Hurd (Absolute)
DMI number:
21800

13. Before Apollo's shrine I prayed

First Line:
Before Apollo's shrine I prayed
Last Line:
Go ask if Prior's still alive
DMI number:
3119

14. Brave lads now squeeze for room

First Line:
Brave lads now squeeze for room
Last Line:
With endless life are crowned
Author:
Robert Herrick (Confident)
DMI number:
6909

15. Behold ye fair on every pane

First Line:
Behold ye fair on every pane
Last Line:
To youths of secrecy and sense
Author:
George Huddesford (Confident)
DMI number:
33442

16. Blush Wilmot blush a female muse

First Line:
Blush Wilmot blush a female muse
Last Line:
The breeches and the bays
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22196

17. Belinda's perfections strike all with surprize

First Line:
Belinda's perfections strike all with surprize
Last Line:
Even dunces themselves to write verses
DMI number:
23560

18. Can nymphs lament or swains be sad

First Line:
Can nymphs lament or swains be sad
Last Line:
With which her temples grace
DMI number:
10076

19. Britons once so famed in story

First Line:
Britons once so famed in story
Last Line:
Future Wallers shall inspire
DMI number:
22966

20. Celia's bright charms no more I'll choose

First Line:
Celia's bright charms no more I'll choose
Last Line:
And make it fashion to be wise
DMI number:
12876

21. Clarinda loves the polished line

First Line:
Clarinda loves the polished line
Last Line:
Must pay her vows to love
DMI number:
35632

22. Colin in easy flow of humourous verse

First Line:
Colin in easy flow of humourous verse
Last Line:
Not from thy mimic memory but thy heart
DMI number:
17494

23. Dear damned distracting town farewell

First Line:
Dear damned distracting town farewell
Last Line:
And so may starve with me
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34928

24. Could I great bard o could I share

First Line:
Could I great bard o could I share
Last Line:
Are enemies to you
DMI number:
3196

25. Depend not upon verse for fame

First Line:
Depend not upon verse for fame
Last Line:
And B---y was thy foe
DMI number:
2743

26. Depend not upon verse for fame

First Line:
Depend not upon verse for fame
Last Line:
And Bentley was thy foe
DMI number:
24710

27. Dire Hannibal the Roman dread

First Line:
Dire Hannibal the Roman dread
Last Line:
Or snatches first the fragrant bliss
DMI number:
915

28. Disarmed with so genteel an air

First Line:
Disarmed with so genteel an air
Last Line:
By admonitions taught
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
8250

29. Dispose of our satiric strains

First Line:
Dispose of our satiric strains
Last Line:
Our muses rage no more
DMI number:
10049

30. Frigidio's muse from ardour free

First Line:
Frigidio's muse from ardour free
Last Line:
T' insure his works from fire
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
22135

31. Forgive me sir if I approve

First Line:
Forgive me sir if I approve
Last Line:
The youth a rival grew
Author:
Edward Cobden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36702

32. Friend for your epitaphs I grieved

First Line:
Friend for your epitaphs I grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
36376

33. Friend for your epitaphs I'm grieved

First Line:
Friend for your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32427

34. Friend of my youth these lines receive

First Line:
Friend of my youth these lines receive
Last Line:
And then condemn me if you can
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35209

35. For rural virtues and for native skies

First Line:
For rural virtues and for native skies
Last Line:
The faithful muse shall meet thee in the grove
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
35429

36. For God's sake dear ladies how can you impose

First Line:
For God's sake dear ladies how can you impose
Last Line:
Then take me a fourth in your love
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
33889

37. From Latian fields the mansions of renown

First Line:
From Latian fields the mansions of renown
Last Line:
And still new trophies rise at once to arts and arms
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27814

38. From pounce and paper ink and pen

First Line:
From pounce and paper ink and pen
Last Line:
George Savage and Will Knapp
DMI number:
18447

39. From serious arts or glorious arms

First Line:
From serious arts or glorious arms
Last Line:
Of Waller Dryden or of Pope
Author:
Edmund Curll (Speculation)
DMI number:
2922

40. Go Thames and tell the busy town

First Line:
Go Thames and tell the busy town
Last Line:
A Pope of every swain
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22317

41. Fungus by a peculiar knack

First Line:
Fungus by a peculiar knack
Last Line:
When fame declared poor Fung a poet
DMI number:
2940

42. Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage

First Line:
Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage
Last Line:
Has wounded thee and fled
DMI number:
36039

43. Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines

First Line:
Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines
Last Line:
Amid the mansions of eternal light
Author:
Reginald Heber (Absolute)
DMI number:
32685

44. Harcourt so pleasing are thy lays

First Line:
Harcourt so pleasing are thy lays
Last Line:
And Harcourt praise a Hyde
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10604

45. Have you not known a small machine

First Line:
Have you not known a small machine
Last Line:
Or render it obscurer
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27248

46. Here a poet you behold

First Line:
Here a poet you behold
Last Line:
I would never steal a thought
DMI number:
1451

47. Here Mercury this present take

First Line:
Here Mercury this present take
Last Line:
And for it I'll take care of you
DMI number:
19271

48. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth

First Line:
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
Last Line:
While truth and honour bled in every line
DMI number:
30561

49. Here traveller under this cot

First Line:
Here traveller under this cot
Last Line:
The poet's ashes vigorous yet
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9762

50. How shall Voltaire's recording lay

First Line:
How shall Voltaire's recording lay
Last Line:
Are deaf to slaughter's call and blind to plunder's charms
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26661

51. How sweet is praise and justly purchased glory

First Line:
How sweet is praise and justly purchased glory
Last Line:
And such the prize that crowns a generous mind
DMI number:
1010

52. I hate the vulgar a licentious throng

First Line:
I hate the vulgar a licentious throng
Last Line:
Who sings in strains to Roman ears unknown
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25567

53. In the shade of my vine as I lay

First Line:
In the shade of my vine as I lay
Last Line:
And the garland for Wilkes will entwine
DMI number:
36761

54. In Britain's isle no matter where

First Line:
In Britain's isle no matter where
Last Line:
And keep my lady from her rubbers
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
24571

55. In characters so fair we trace

First Line:
In characters so fair we trace
Last Line:
But there the wounded heart
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
36424

56. In garret high there lives a swain

First Line:
In garret high there lives a swain
Last Line:
For wit is neither here nor there
DMI number:
35324

57. In life's fair dawning but deceitful morn

First Line:
In life's fair dawning but deceitful morn
Last Line:
His genius triumphs over time and death
DMI number:
30177

58. In earliest times ere man had learned

First Line:
In earliest times ere man had learned
Last Line:
Inspired by fair Maria's charms
DMI number:
33840

59. In Oxford bards there are most sad ones

First Line:
In Oxford bards there are most sad ones
Last Line:
And stamping damns the revolution
DMI number:
12010

60. In Phoebus wit as Ovid said

First Line:
In Phoebus wit as Ovid said
Last Line:
She pays you as a tree
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8399

61. In vain was ministerial breath

First Line:
In vain was ministerial breath
Last Line:
And Queensberry in Polly
DMI number:
35068

62. In yonder grove a druid lies

First Line:
In yonder grove a druid lies
Last Line:
In yonder grave your druid lies
Author:
William Collins (Absolute)
DMI number:
32266

63. In vain for thee the critic lurks

First Line:
In vain for thee the critic lurks
Last Line:
For both are ever young
DMI number:
19186

64. In vain Orinda on my aid

First Line:
In vain Orinda on my aid
Last Line:
And singly you redeem the sex
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
10611

65. Let there be light the Almighty said

First Line:
Let there be light the Almighty said
Last Line:
He ever received from heaven
DMI number:
16950

66. Lo every subject Berkley treats

First Line:
Lo every subject Berkley treats
Last Line:
And beaux to relish tar
DMI number:
33280

67. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou may swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
24576

68. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou mayest swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12481

69. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou shalt swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
31007

70. I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder

First Line:
I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder
Last Line:
Which surely you will not deny
DMI number:
38109

71. I thank you sir for this the first

First Line:
I thank you sir for this the first
Last Line:
And send the seven more
DMI number:
3308

72. I've read your book of poems over

First Line:
I've read your book of poems over
Last Line:
To oblige yourself and tribe
DMI number:
19184

73. If when at all suppose it should be so

First Line:
If when at all suppose it should be so
Last Line:
Or easier climbed the steep ascent than I
DMI number:
3055

74. If when the breast is rent with pain

First Line:
If when the breast is rent with pain
Last Line:
And almost think there's nothing wanting
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
33576

75. If when the breast is rent with pain

First Line:
If when the breast is rent with pain
Last Line:
Is then most shy when most he's wanted
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
18828

76. Lest you should think that verse shall die

First Line:
Lest you should think that verse shall die
Last Line:
They had no poet and are dead
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32401

77. Let beauty with the sun arise

First Line:
Let beauty with the sun arise
Last Line:
Which beauty deigns to crown
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33315

78. Keen wholesome satire all endure

First Line:
Keen wholesome satire all endure
Last Line:
This like the doctor writes to kill
DMI number:
23183

79. Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke

First Line:
Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke
Last Line:
Procure a nap though never so tipsy
DMI number:
5942

80. Leave teasing principle my breast

First Line:
Leave teasing principle my breast
Last Line:
Thy fanes destroy and all is gloom
Author:
John Lockman (Confident)
DMI number:
2943

81. Led by thy gift through paths unknown

First Line:
Led by thy gift through paths unknown
Last Line:
To raise and mend the heart
DMI number:
3307

82. Make way we are of room bereft

First Line:
Make way we are of room bereft
Last Line:
To let the members in
DMI number:
36910

83. Now see my goddess earthly born

First Line:
Now see my goddess earthly born
Last Line:
I'll scorn the scorn of all the wise
DMI number:
29008

84. O formed at once to feel and to inspire

First Line:
O formed at once to feel and to inspire
Last Line:
And mock the painted impotence of art
Author:
Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:
25860

85. No more the feeble lyre persuade

First Line:
No more the feeble lyre persuade
Last Line:
The easy ravished bliss
DMI number:
16632

86. O libel born to endless shame

First Line:
O libel born to endless shame
Last Line:
Agree in hating you
DMI number:
18257

87. O morall Gower this boke I directe

First Line:
O morall Gower this boke I directe
Last Line:
Of your benignitees and zeles good
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:
13124

88. Oft Faunus leaves Arcadia's plain

First Line:
Oft Faunus leaves Arcadia's plain
Last Line:
But love and Horace guard the fair
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26248

89. Of thy judicious muse's sense

First Line:
Of thy judicious muse's sense
Last Line:
Thou should'st forget his daughter's beauty
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16886

90. On cham's fair banks where learning's hallowed fane

First Line:
On cham's fair banks where learning's hallowed fane
Last Line:
Fixed on the solid base of adamantine fame
Author:
John Tait (Confident)
DMI number:
32758

91. Old Jacob by deep judgment led

First Line:
Old Jacob by deep judgment led
Last Line:
And the other sent his packing
DMI number:
35099

92. Parnassus sacred hill we're told

First Line:
Parnassus sacred hill we're told
Last Line:
On lessening earth with pride look down
DMI number:
11278

93. Ovid is the surest guide

First Line:
Ovid is the surest guide
Last Line:
Who intends to go astray
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12376

94. Orinda's judgment's just and true

First Line:
Orinda's judgment's just and true
Last Line:
The other when she blamed her own
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
25212

95. On nonsense so much sense bestowed

First Line:
On nonsense so much sense bestowed
Last Line:
And brightens up a shade
DMI number:
24821

96. On Pindar's top our bards of old

First Line:
On Pindar's top our bards of old
Last Line:
The goddess and her urn
DMI number:
999

97. Once Clodio's productions lay

First Line:
Once Clodio's productions lay
Last Line:
They're still inclosed in calf
DMI number:
32488

98. Phoebus now shortening every shade

First Line:
Phoebus now shortening every shade
Last Line:
A Whig and one that wears a gown
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
2344

99. Poet renowned in every age

First Line:
Poet renowned in every age
Last Line:
And Jennings publishes thy plays
DMI number:
38095

100. 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