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1. A cushion sir is what your riddle means

First Line:
A cushion sir is what your riddle means
Last Line:
This to advance his grandeur that to ease his brains
DMI number:
7599

2. A formidable figure black as night

First Line:
A formidable figure black as night
Last Line:
Exceeding fierce but destitute of sight
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5617

3. A general good the rich may freely come

First Line:
A general good the rich may freely come
Last Line:
To Chloris loaves the sick and needy came
DMI number:
6859

4. A butterfly awake one night

First Line:
A butterfly awake one night
Last Line:
I but a reptile thou a fly
DMI number:
33725

5. A grotto so complete with such design

First Line:
A grotto so complete with such design
Last Line:
Pleased to reflect the well-sung founder's praise
Author:
James Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
11850

6. A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true

First Line:
A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true
Last Line:
And brag of what mischief you've done to our fleet | not a t--- sir
DMI number:
4573

7. A peace a peace is better far

First Line:
A peace a peace is better far
Last Line:
A better peace what heart could wish
DMI number:
24452

8. A medley of ruffians bound up in a band

First Line:
A medley of ruffians bound up in a band
Last Line:
And justice and trade may revive from their sleep
DMI number:
44335

9. A mighty great fleet the like was never seen

First Line:
A mighty great fleet the like was never seen
Last Line:
With the loss of some ships but in battle none slain | Which &c
DMI number:
6638

10. A poll and land-tax are now coming forth

First Line:
A poll and land-tax are now coming forth
Last Line:
Like parting with our gold and consciences too | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4577

11. A protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had not ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse o' popery pox o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
4938

12. 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

13. Ah my love why stayedst thou so

First Line:
Ah my love why stayedst thou so
Last Line:
And all that can a lover bless
DMI number:
42767

14. Ah pity love wherever it grows

First Line:
Ah pity love wherever it grows
Last Line:
Though I'm so old I scarce know what
DMI number:
42632

15. After so many sad mishaps

First Line:
After so many sad mishaps
Last Line:
Full fair and soft he made her arse lie
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
7064

16. A world of stories find we writ

First Line:
A world of stories find we writ
Last Line:
I take it though the captain's paid | his farewell
DMI number:
6589

17. A world that's full of fools and madmen

First Line:
A world that's full of fools and madmen
Last Line:
I cry for all their ills and laugh at all their follies
DMI number:
5169

18. All things are common amongst friends thou sayest

First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325

19. And must our glorious laureate then depart

First Line:
And must our glorious laureate then depart
Last Line:
As for the rest sweet devil fetch a cart
DMI number:
7106

20. And none can be unhappy who

First Line:
And none can be unhappy who
Last Line:
Though ever so ill when he shall not be so
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
5538

21. Almeria can't eat unless pug be first fed

First Line:
Almeria can't eat unless pug be first fed
Last Line:
What then can Almeria pray have in her head
DMI number:
12856

22. And thus you may get a friend that will stand by

First Line:
And thus you may get a friend that will stand by
Last Line:
Or stand aloof and gaze but won't come nigh
DMI number:
8194

23. And where all beasts look down with grovelling eye

First Line:
And where all beasts look down with grovelling eye
Last Line:
And bids him with expansed looks to view the sky
DMI number:
43809

24. As timorous sailors when from sea they spy

First Line:
As timorous sailors when from sea they spy
Last Line:
For she alone can give my sickened soul relief
DMI number:
40075

25. As did the Romans mourn that fatal day

First Line:
As did the Romans mourn that fatal day
Last Line:
Who likes his country and hates to be oppressed
DMI number:
4369

26. Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains

First Line:
Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains
Last Line:
Strike courteous tyrant and conclude the play
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25979

27. Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove

First Line:
Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove
Last Line:
Join men and angels in one chorus join
DMI number:
27255

28. As Celia to the almighty prayed

First Line:
As Celia to the almighty prayed
Last Line:
And lastly let the devil take him | Lord I beseech thee
DMI number:
18273

29. As comets sweeping with a fiery train

First Line:
As comets sweeping with a fiery train
Last Line:
Fires woes and wars and death attend her cold disdain
DMI number:
11479

30. As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine

First Line:
As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine
Last Line:
To see high church built upon such mathematics
DMI number:
13659

31. Attend and I'll you a story that's new

First Line:
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
Last Line:
To traitors and villains confusion of face | Which nobody &c
DMI number:
11957

32. Beauty's a trifle merits not my care

First Line:
Beauty's a trifle merits not my care
Last Line:
Joined with his mind than be a fool and fair
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
5233

33. Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow

First Line:
Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow
Last Line:
Her precious cargo Burgoyne Clinton Howe | Bow wow wow
DMI number:
33668

34. Both man and chylde is glad to here tell

First Line:
Both man and chylde is glad to here tell
Last Line:
With all hys lordes of great honoure
DMI number:
37314

35. C------ at this time having no need

First Line:
C------ at this time having no need
Last Line:
The lord's vexation and the k---- by G-d
DMI number:
42310

36. Caesar the infant unarmed Gauls subdued

First Line:
Caesar the infant unarmed Gauls subdued
Last Line:
But Marlborough conquered what they neither could
DMI number:
5304

37. By nature meant by want a pedant made

First Line:
By nature meant by want a pedant made
Last Line:
A gift which all thy lines can never give
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3629

38. By the toast of your health when full bumpers go down

First Line:
By the toast of your health when full bumpers go down
Last Line:
By all the gay fancies described in this ditty | I prithee &c
DMI number:
22366

39. By heaven I'll tell her boldly that tis she

First Line:
By heaven I'll tell her boldly that tis she
Last Line:
To an undeserving beggar than a thief
DMI number:
44019

40. By heavens 'twas bravely done

First Line:
By heavens 'twas bravely done
Last Line:
And then to fall like Phaeton
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5477

41. But if you hit the cause that hurts his brain

First Line:
But if you hit the cause that hurts his brain
Last Line:
His eyeballs roll and he is mad again
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
6959

42. But the base miser starves amidst his store

First Line:
But the base miser starves amidst his store
Last Line:
Sits sadly pining and believes he's poor
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5972

43. Cease Damon cease nor more pursue

First Line:
Cease Damon cease nor more pursue
Last Line:
And courts the flame in which he dies
DMI number:
5148

44. Chloe is never naked seen

First Line:
Chloe is never naked seen
Last Line:
Naked tis death to picture Chlo
DMI number:
22043

45. Chloe you write to me for coin

First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756

46. Close to my owner I adhered

First Line:
Close to my owner I adhered
Last Line:
And serve their ends of me piece-meal
DMI number:
4898

47. Consult dear nymph your faithful glass

First Line:
Consult dear nymph your faithful glass
Last Line:
For charms once gone can never return
DMI number:
1404

48. Conscience thou native guide of human kind

First Line:
Conscience thou native guide of human kind
Last Line:
Soul truth light reason centre all in thee Procul esto severi
DMI number:
24551

49. 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

50. Did Perrault the assassin ever give

First Line:
Did Perrault the assassin ever give
Last Line:
Tis false and needs no proof for I'm alive
DMI number:
8986

51. Didst never observe good friend of mine

First Line:
Didst never observe good friend of mine
Last Line:
Alone she'd maul you hip and thigh | Believe me
DMI number:
6200

52. Dignified things may I your leave implore

First Line:
Dignified things may I your leave implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
4905

53. Dignified things may I your leaves implore

First Line:
Dignified things may I your leaves implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
42329

54. Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise

First Line:
Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise
Last Line:
At once are sunk his genius and her charms
DMI number:
33217

55. Fair Archibella to thine eyes

First Line:
Fair Archibella to thine eyes
Last Line:
That me your martyr you will call
DMI number:
11217

56. Farewell great villain and unpitied lie

First Line:
Farewell great villain and unpitied lie
Last Line:
Confound his foes to pray I never will cease
DMI number:
43118

57. From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet

First Line:
From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet
Last Line:
And repenting with Colledge at last in a string | Libera nos
DMI number:
44327

58. From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet

First Line:
From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet
Last Line:
Deliver us good Lord let each true subject sing | Lib &c
DMI number:
43083

59. From a poet that's proud of his wit and his parts

First Line:
From a poet that's proud of his wit and his parts
Last Line:
From a bailiff informer umpho and the devil | Libera nos Domine
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5438

60. From a proud sensual atheistical life

First Line:
From a proud sensual atheistical life
Last Line:
From making our heirs to be Morrice and Clayton | Libera nos Domine
DMI number:
4742

61. From a queen that's true english and wisely intends

First Line:
From a queen that's true english and wisely intends
Last Line:
And insulting the present queen on her throne | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
12508

62. From a senate intent on the good of the nation

First Line:
From a senate intent on the good of the nation
Last Line:
Though we fear his grim worship has got us too fast | Oramus
DMI number:
8061

63. From a spoon without a handle

First Line:
From a spoon without a handle
Last Line:
And from college government | Libera me &c
DMI number:
5220

64. From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud

First Line:
From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud
Last Line:
From petty coats where the inside's very naught | Libera me
DMI number:
22362

65. From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot

First Line:
From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot
Last Line:
And from such as again would blow up three nations | Libera &c
DMI number:
42360

66. From all such as rail at our church's defender

First Line:
From all such as rail at our church's defender
Last Line:
And that they who're displeased will strive to oppress her | Libera nos
DMI number:
8093

67. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesimus te &c
DMI number:
42378

68. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesumus &c
DMI number:
4912

69. 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

70. From an old inquisition and new declaration

First Line:
From an old inquisition and new declaration
Last Line:
And finding it all ignoramus at last | For ever &c
DMI number:
42361

71. Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

First Line:
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
Last Line:
For of late I invite him but four times a week
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12424

72. For shame your green wood fires then smother

First Line:
For shame your green wood fires then smother
Last Line:
Old rats love cheese go construe that
DMI number:
42633

73. Fly from Olinda young and fair

First Line:
Fly from Olinda young and fair
Last Line:
And breaks the promise of her eyes
DMI number:
2676

74. From hungry sons of sharp Parnassus

First Line:
From hungry sons of sharp Parnassus
Last Line:
Content and three good meals a day | Audi nos &c
DMI number:
5270

75. From immoderate fines and defamation

First Line:
From immoderate fines and defamation
Last Line:
And from the Star Chamber in Westminster Hall | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42357

76. From kings that would sell us to pay their old scores

First Line:
From kings that would sell us to pay their old scores
Last Line:
When all are as false as the saving of Flanders | Good lord deliver us
DMI number:
5186

77. 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

78. From parting clouds the German eagle brings

First Line:
From parting clouds the German eagle brings
Last Line:
Twill never thrive since heaven and earth oppose
Author:
H. Denne (Speculation)
DMI number:
3898

79. From people pretending to extraordinary zeal

First Line:
From people pretending to extraordinary zeal
Last Line:
And from eating hard eggs without any salt | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7268

80. From popish bishops high flying peers

First Line:
From popish bishops high flying peers
Last Line:
The cloak more faithful than the gown | Audi nos &c
DMI number:
5298

81. From religion that's nonsense and larded with lies

First Line:
From religion that's nonsense and larded with lies
Last Line:
And one who his sheep of their fleece does rob | Good lord deliver us
DMI number:
42367

82. From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry

First Line:
From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry
Last Line:
You are pirate at sea as I pirate at land | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4986

83. Gaze not on thy beauty's pride

First Line:
Gaze not on thy beauty's pride
Last Line:
A perpetual blush to thine
DMI number:
44017

84. From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues

First Line:
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
Last Line:
In hopes of concealing our dear cloven paw | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42377

85. From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues

First Line:
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
Last Line:
To purchase no more than a poor cushion pregnant | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
4939

86. From the Romish whore with her triple crown

First Line:
From the Romish whore with her triple crown
Last Line:
And quit us all from that cloud which appears | Quesimus te domine
DMI number:
42986

87. From the tap in the guts of the honourable stump

First Line:
From the tap in the guts of the honourable stump
Last Line:
From the devil the doctor and the damned ignoramus | Libera nos
DMI number:
44325

88. From villainy dressed in a doublet of zeal

First Line:
From villainy dressed in a doublet of zeal
Last Line:
Unite us and the highland rout | Quaesimus te &c
Author:
R. Fletcher (Speculation)
DMI number:
4727

89. From whiggish peers thy church preserve

First Line:
From whiggish peers thy church preserve
Last Line:
While whigs sit at the helm of state | Audi
DMI number:
5290

90. From wine to love from love to wine I run

First Line:
From wine to love from love to wine I run
Last Line:
Till sure at last by both to be undone
DMI number:
25373

91. Go brightest saint to sacred seats repair

First Line:
Go brightest saint to sacred seats repair
Last Line:
Divine's the music when an angel sings
Author:
Mary Masters (Absolute)
DMI number:
17684

92. Go happy book and kiss her tender hand

First Line:
Go happy book and kiss her tender hand
Last Line:
And thou wilt in ashes lie with Strephon's heart
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
14108

93. Gallants by all good signs it does appear

First Line:
Gallants by all good signs it does appear
Last Line:
And you'll be troubled with them all agen
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
4202

94. God's mercy and christ's merits make me trust

First Line:
God's mercy and christ's merits make me trust
Last Line:
For aye to praise Jehovah with the just
DMI number:
29094

95. Great monarch of the world from whose power springs

First Line:
Great monarch of the world from whose power springs
Last Line:
Yet though we perish bless this church and state
DMI number:
10333

96. Hail mighty prince of noble birth and mind

First Line:
Hail mighty prince of noble birth and mind
Last Line:
In your heroic self and race behind
DMI number:
12036

97. Hail powerful sleep who on thy downy breast

First Line:
Hail powerful sleep who on thy downy breast
Last Line:
Are often at an end and wholly hushed in thee
DMI number:
10305

98. Hang up thy wallet on that tree

First Line:
Hang up thy wallet on that tree
Last Line:
Less wearied be
DMI number:
38272

99. Good wine a friend or being dry

First Line:
Good wine a friend or being dry
Last Line:
Or any other reason why
DMI number:
24624

100. Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught

First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
Last Line:
She far excels the rest of womankind
DMI number:
12658