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1. Among the race of England's modern peers

First Line:
Among the race of England's modern peers
Last Line:
With such a subject and a brother blessed
DMI number:
4766

2. Among the writing race of modern wits

First Line:
Among the writing race of modern wits
Last Line:
By gentle poet and by small commander
DMI number:
4767

3. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

4. Clarendon had law and sense

First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182

5. Come listen a while and I'll tell you some news

First Line:
Come listen a while and I'll tell you some news
Last Line:
He got from his P------------t
DMI number:
18316

6. Dear Jack if you mean

First Line:
Dear Jack if you mean
Last Line:
As the famous Sublimy or Dowson
DMI number:
445

7. Dear Julian twice or thrice a year

First Line:
Dear Julian twice or thrice a year
Last Line:
From some of the authors named above
DMI number:
4440

8. Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320

9. Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by --- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4769

10. Do not most fragrant earl disclaim

First Line:
Do not most fragrant earl disclaim
Last Line:
Am turned of five and forty
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
5448

11. Farewell Petre farewell cross

First Line:
Farewell Petre farewell cross
Last Line:
Farewell all that deserve a r-----
DMI number:
42374

12. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
Or ever see Breda again | Quaesumus te domine
DMI number:
42358

13. From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth

First Line:
From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth
Last Line:
Who'll endeavour to save St Paul's work 'tis thought | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7457

14. From the deep vaulted den of endless night

First Line:
From the deep vaulted den of endless night
Last Line:
Souls damned to night must never see the day
DMI number:
4437

15. Gay was the treat and spacious was the board

First Line:
Gay was the treat and spacious was the board
Last Line:
And couchant c---ch was crammed into the cage
DMI number:
7673

16. Great E---- of B----h

First Line:
Great E---- of B----h
Last Line:
You must the nation round
DMI number:
17972

17. Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived

First Line:
Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived
Last Line:
To see those more prodigious ----- there
DMI number:
6494

18. Good people I pray give ear unto me

First Line:
Good people I pray give ear unto me
Last Line:
And no man ever heard of them since or before | The truth &c
DMI number:
43151

19. Here dead to fame lives patriot Will

First Line:
Here dead to fame lives patriot Will
Last Line:
His robes his winding sheet
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
21784

20. 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

21. In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known

First Line:
In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known
Last Line:
Ere she can raise the member she enjoys
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2176

22. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

23. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

24. Loud blasphemy Jack being stripped by oak royal

First Line:
Loud blasphemy Jack being stripped by oak royal
Last Line:
If he had not shamefully eat his own words
DMI number:
7267

25. 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

26. If Cecil the wise

First Line:
If Cecil the wise
Last Line:
And swear he was none of his race
DMI number:
6486

27. If any Briton in this place appears

First Line:
If any Briton in this place appears
Last Line:
Some of you frown why faith she's something stale
DMI number:
8373

28. Let cynics bark and the stern Stagyrite

First Line:
Let cynics bark and the stern Stagyrite
Last Line:
Props of the church and pillars of the throne
DMI number:
42353

29. Methinks I see you newly risen

First Line:
Methinks I see you newly risen
Last Line:
The reins of government must break
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2189

30. Madam | I've heard how sullen knight

First Line:
Madam | I've heard how sullen knight
Last Line:
I'll make the peeping Knight of Coventry look Bluely
DMI number:
8910

31. Near Holbourne lies a park of great renown

First Line:
Near Holbourne lies a park of great renown
Last Line:
If such turd-flies shall break through cobweb laws
DMI number:
3652

32. 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

33. Old I------y to show a most elegant taste

First Line:
Old I------y to show a most elegant taste
Last Line:
With a clump of Scots firs by way of a screen
Author:
James Bramston (Speculation) & Philip Dormer Stanhope (Speculation) & Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation) & John Hervey (Speculation)
DMI number:
17978

34. Oh Joy thy name I never knew

First Line:
Oh Joy thy name I never knew
Last Line:
And South-Sea be like Tagus sung
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:
11800

35. Oh that sh'had lived in Cleopatra's age

First Line:
Oh that sh'had lived in Cleopatra's age
Last Line:
That would have stole the pearl that then was lost
DMI number:
4758

36. 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

37. Prithee Jerry be quiet cease railing in vain

First Line:
Prithee Jerry be quiet cease railing in vain
Last Line:
She perfectly longed to be ---- by a P---
DMI number:
5883

38. Say E of B--- can you your friends deceive

First Line:
Say E of B--- can you your friends deceive
Last Line:
Who will exact due penitence from thee
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
21783

39. Says his grace to Will Green whom he found at his stall

First Line:
Says his grace to Will Green whom he found at his stall
Last Line:
For the squire will out poll us and peach you again
Author:
Charles Montagu (Speculation)
DMI number:
4958

40. Since all the actions of the far famed men

First Line:
Since all the actions of the far famed men
Last Line:
But must cry Jack what have you stole to day
DMI number:
4768

41. Seven sages in these latter times are seen

First Line:
Seven sages in these latter times are seen
Last Line:
Though they like Samson in the ruin fall
DMI number:
5718

42. Shall these mad efforts of indignant foes

First Line:
Shall these mad efforts of indignant foes
Last Line:
And while they hiss me clap to my own praise
DMI number:
21886

43. Since prose won't move we'll try what verse can do

First Line:
Since prose won't move we'll try what verse can do
Last Line:
You're warned take heed destruction's at the gate
DMI number:
42356

44. Since Cleveland is fled till she's brought to bed

First Line:
Since Cleveland is fled till she's brought to bed
Last Line:
Or serve the next new-come Italian
DMI number:
4875

45. Some courtiers who are ill at ease

First Line:
Some courtiers who are ill at ease
Last Line:
We'll make another canto tell
DMI number:
269

46. Tell me Belinda why your constant care

First Line:
Tell me Belinda why your constant care
Last Line:
But why should we since nature still prevails
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Speculation)
DMI number:
8372

47. Take a man who by nature's a true son of earth

First Line:
Take a man who by nature's a true son of earth
Last Line:
And a thing strut a p--r that before was an ass | Probatum est
DMI number:
17976

48. The common shore of this poetic town

First Line:
The common shore of this poetic town
Last Line:
His mistress lost and yet his pen's his sword
Author:
George Villiers (Speculation)
DMI number:
4858

49. 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

50. The presbyter has been so active of late

First Line:
The presbyter has been so active of late
Last Line:
And no people can ever be so happy as we
DMI number:
43154