Poem Theme: Advice / moral precepts and Women / the female character / Related People: Not attributed

1. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:: A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:: These underplotters countermine
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15363

2. Ah hapless sex who bear no charms

First Line:: Ah hapless sex who bear no charms
Last Line:: After fruition never to be concerned
DMI number:: 43647

3. At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein

First Line:: At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein
Last Line:: And lost in transport beg to wake no more
Author:: Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12000

4. Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before

First Line:: Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before
Last Line:: And those you may end when you please to be kind
Author:: Philip Dormer Stanhope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19574

5. Asses milk half a pint take at six or before

First Line:: Asses milk half a pint take at six or before
Last Line:: And those you may end when you please to be kind
Author:: Philip Dormer Stanhope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24468

6. Be merry free and kind

First Line:: Be merry free and kind
Last Line:: Be sure make stout resistance
DMI number:: 25137

7. Be prudent ladies marry while you may

First Line:: Be prudent ladies marry while you may
Last Line:: Which was of late adored in every place
DMI number:: 43515

8. Bright nymphs o' the train

First Line:: Bright nymphs o' the train
Last Line:: Despise the rude monster and huff her
DMI number:: 10890

9. Clarinda dearly loved attend

First Line:: Clarinda dearly loved attend
Last Line:: Than virtues of a narrow mind
Author:: Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22433

10. Come all you young lovers and listen to me

First Line:: Come all you young lovers and listen to me
Last Line:: Will meet you half way with her smock in her teeth
DMI number:: 44440

11. Courtier if thou needs would wive

First Line:: Courtier if thou needs would wive
Last Line:: Gain her servants and thee honour
DMI number:: 44241

12. Dear Peggy since the single state

First Line:: Dear Peggy since the single state
Last Line:: And blushing throw the pen aside
DMI number:: 25334

13. Gather your rose buds while you may

First Line:: Gather your rose buds while you may
Last Line:: You may for ever tarry
DMI number:: 43004

14. He that intends to take a wife

First Line:: He that intends to take a wife
Last Line:: Confess no trouble like unto a wife
DMI number:: 43141

15. In vain too cruel Delia you implore

First Line:: In vain too cruel Delia you implore
Last Line:: The merciful alone shall mercy find
DMI number:: 19620

16. If haughty Celia hopes to gain

First Line:: If haughty Celia hopes to gain
Last Line:: While those stand bent these cannot fly
DMI number:: 10047

17. If she be not kind as fair

First Line:: If she be not kind as fair
Last Line:: That takes delight in sporting
DMI number:: 43866

18. Ladies the ends for which we meet tonight

First Line:: Ladies the ends for which we meet tonight
Last Line:: And bless with beauty where you find desert
DMI number:: 32227

19. Ladies though to your conquering eyes

First Line:: Ladies though to your conquering eyes
Last Line:: It is no armour for the heart
DMI number:: 43868

20. Kitty think though every grace

First Line:: Kitty think though every grace
Last Line:: Love and beauty have their day
DMI number:: 33244

21. Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh

First Line:: Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh
Last Line:: Though others laugh good soul awake and weep
DMI number:: 17367

22. Observe this good rule and learn it by heart

First Line:: Observe this good rule and learn it by heart
Last Line:: Likewise a vile landlord who doubles your score
DMI number:: 36917

23. Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit

First Line:: Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit
Last Line:: Is but repentance lavishly inlaid
Author:: R. Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17194

24. Prithee dry up thy tears thou unreasonable creature

First Line:: Prithee dry up thy tears thou unreasonable creature
Last Line:: Had been in a brat half so well represented
DMI number:: 19449

25. Poor citizen if thou wilt be

First Line:: Poor citizen if thou wilt be
Last Line:: Where such a citizen doth dwell
DMI number:: 44242

26. Say shall I try your growing sense to improve

First Line:: Say shall I try your growing sense to improve
Last Line:: To scour a kettle knows or set a diamond
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27402

27. Saw not thy seid on Sandylands

First Line:: Saw not thy seid on Sandylands
Last Line:: For hurting of thy geir
DMI number:: 10882

28. Silvia with the wheel I send

First Line:: Silvia with the wheel I send
Last Line:: Bliss of body and of mind
DMI number:: 32363

29. Scrape scrape no more your beardless chins

First Line:: Scrape scrape no more your beardless chins
Last Line:: But gather'd fail in taste and smell
DMI number:: 44436

30. See the busy insect train

First Line:: See the busy insect train
Last Line:: Some moral lesson to improve your mind
DMI number:: 33452

31. She that intends ever in rest to be

First Line:: She that intends ever in rest to be
Last Line:: Till Atropos unloose the nuptial knot
DMI number:: 43517

32. She was a woman prudent wise in councils

First Line:: She was a woman prudent wise in councils
Last Line:: From her example learn to die
DMI number:: 11398

33. So strong the passions of the human mind

First Line:: So strong the passions of the human mind
Last Line:: A living instance of those rules in you
DMI number:: 27614

34. Take such a youth as will your fancy please

First Line:: Take such a youth as will your fancy please
Last Line:: At pleasure then dissolve him in your arms
DMI number:: 19626

35. Take thou a wife of seventeen years

First Line:: Take thou a wife of seventeen years
Last Line:: Your house will be a hell
DMI number:: 36911

36. Sylvia in days of yore had been

First Line:: Sylvia in days of yore had been
Last Line:: Despised by every maid at last
DMI number:: 33477

37. The charms which blooming beauty shows

First Line:: The charms which blooming beauty shows
Last Line:: Eternal constant pure
Author:: Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27289

38. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

First Line:: The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Last Line:: To make fine fools of you and all your parts
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17534

39. This motley piece to you I send

First Line:: This motley piece to you I send
Last Line:: Life's voyage to the world unknown
Author:: Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21318

40. Those that the top of Pelion barred to build

First Line:: Those that the top of Pelion barred to build
Last Line:: In heaven distinguished by a brighter ray
DMI number:: 6703

41. To know the mistress' humour right

First Line:: To know the mistress' humour right
Last Line:: An owl is scorned alike by both
Author:: Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33337

42. Trust women ah fond man may rather trust

First Line:: Trust women ah fond man may rather trust
Last Line:: Consists but in the outside of a face &c
DMI number:: 43723

43. While Strephon's verse with honest rage reproves

First Line:: While Strephon's verse with honest rage reproves
Last Line:: And Celia sweat her waist to shapely size
DMI number:: 12006

44. Why does my fair so pensive look

First Line:: Why does my fair so pensive look
Last Line:: Will make us think you're but in jest
DMI number:: 12114

45. With how much ease is innocence betrayed

First Line:: With how much ease is innocence betrayed
Last Line:: But your neglect must answer for her faults
Author:: Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9547

46. Why sighs each virgin for the nuptial bed

First Line:: Why sighs each virgin for the nuptial bed
Last Line:: Lose not for man what man can never give
DMI number:: 33626

47. Within a virgin's bosom of fifteen

First Line:: Within a virgin's bosom of fifteen
Last Line:: And may deservedly lead apes in hell
DMI number:: 43514

48. Ye wrong heads and strong heads attend to my strains

First Line:: Ye wrong heads and strong heads attend to my strains
Last Line:: Though often mistaking the head for the tail
DMI number:: 36051

49. Ye fair possessed of every charm

First Line:: Ye fair possessed of every charm
Last Line:: Tis sweetness makes it last
DMI number:: 32362

50. Ye fathers and mothers

First Line:: Ye fathers and mothers
Last Line:: Twixt Julius Betty and Molly
DMI number:: 35102

51. Your advice Mr Doctor my fancy to please

First Line:: Your advice Mr Doctor my fancy to please
Last Line:: And I die for a medicine which cannot be found
DMI number:: 19629

52. You young men that want skill in wooing

First Line:: You young men that want skill in wooing
Last Line:: I wish we had more of the breed
DMI number:: 42520

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1. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

2. Ah hapless sex who bear no charms

3. At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein

4. Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before

5. Asses milk half a pint take at six or before

6. Be merry free and kind

7. Be prudent ladies marry while you may

8. Bright nymphs o' the train

9. Clarinda dearly loved attend

10. Come all you young lovers and listen to me

11. Courtier if thou needs would wive

12. Dear Peggy since the single state

13. Gather your rose buds while you may

14. He that intends to take a wife

15. In vain too cruel Delia you implore

16. If haughty Celia hopes to gain

17. If she be not kind as fair

18. Ladies the ends for which we meet tonight

19. Ladies though to your conquering eyes

20. Kitty think though every grace

21. Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh

22. Observe this good rule and learn it by heart

23. Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit

24. Prithee dry up thy tears thou unreasonable creature

25. Poor citizen if thou wilt be

26. Say shall I try your growing sense to improve

27. Saw not thy seid on Sandylands

28. Silvia with the wheel I send

29. Scrape scrape no more your beardless chins

30. See the busy insect train

31. She that intends ever in rest to be

32. She was a woman prudent wise in councils

33. So strong the passions of the human mind

34. Take such a youth as will your fancy please

35. Take thou a wife of seventeen years

36. Sylvia in days of yore had been

37. The charms which blooming beauty shows

38. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

39. This motley piece to you I send

40. Those that the top of Pelion barred to build

41. To know the mistress' humour right

42. Trust women ah fond man may rather trust

43. While Strephon's verse with honest rage reproves

44. Why does my fair so pensive look

45. With how much ease is innocence betrayed

46. Why sighs each virgin for the nuptial bed

47. Within a virgin's bosom of fifteen

48. Ye wrong heads and strong heads attend to my strains

49. Ye fair possessed of every charm

50. Ye fathers and mothers

51. Your advice Mr Doctor my fancy to please

52. You young men that want skill in wooing