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1. A dog who had the envied hap

First Line:: A dog who had the envied hap
Last Line:: The dog must fast the boy be whipped
DMI number:: 24971

2. A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

First Line:: A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
Last Line:: To fill your sails and favour your intent
Author:: William Stonestreet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4174

3. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

First Line:: A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:: Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:: 28989

4. A dwarf upon a pismires back

First Line:: A dwarf upon a pismires back
Last Line:: What Phaeton had a fall
DMI number:: 43766

5. A famished hare in search of food

First Line:: A famished hare in search of food
Last Line:: And carol forth my maker's praise
DMI number:: 32324

6. A famished hare in search of food

First Line:: A famished hare in search of food
Last Line:: And sing unhurt my maker's praise
DMI number:: 32474

7. A favourite cat that long in brewhouse dwelt

First Line:: A favourite cat that long in brewhouse dwelt
Last Line:: If I said so twas when I was in drink
DMI number:: 24450

8. A gardener once at early day

First Line:: A gardener once at early day
Last Line:: The gardener crushed him with his toe
DMI number:: 23092

9. A fly quite crank and debonair

First Line:: A fly quite crank and debonair
Last Line:: While he maintains an upright will
DMI number:: 19829

10. A fox of quality that long

First Line:: A fox of quality that long
Last Line:: The last of liberty in him
DMI number:: 8058

11. A fox would unmolested sleep

First Line:: A fox would unmolested sleep
Last Line:: Possesseth nought thy bags have got
Author:: John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22791

12. A frog that left her native mud

First Line:: A frog that left her native mud
Last Line:: And the proud fool deserved no less
DMI number:: 44681

13. 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

14. A grasshopper who chirped and sung

First Line:: A grasshopper who chirped and sung
Last Line:: And so unpitied bleed
DMI number:: 19856

15. A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise

First Line:: A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise
Last Line:: From a fool of a bear he appears a strange ass
DMI number:: 21749

16. A beau as in old tale it's written

First Line:: A beau as in old tale it's written
Last Line:: A madam now and puss no more
Author:: James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:: 11861

17. A boar so fierce and large

First Line:: A boar so fierce and large
Last Line:: And where resistance fails cease to pursue
Author:: Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15202

18. A brace of bucks in friendship bound

First Line:: A brace of bucks in friendship bound
Last Line:: Smile on her cheek and bloom without decay
DMI number:: 36520

19. A butterfly awake one night

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

20. A cap and bells for him produce

First Line:: A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:: Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:: 36076

21. A cat a favourite one tis said

First Line:: A cat a favourite one tis said
Last Line:: Destruction on themselves and king
DMI number:: 33279

22. A certain dog of middling birth

First Line:: A certain dog of middling birth
Last Line:: That they are neither worth your love nor hate
Author:: John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30865

23. A cock an officer of foot

First Line:: A cock an officer of foot
Last Line:: And ask them nothing but their skins
Author:: John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30861

24. A cock within a stable pent

First Line:: A cock within a stable pent
Last Line:: We tread not upon one another
DMI number:: 33074

25. A cow and goat and simple ewe

First Line:: A cow and goat and simple ewe
Last Line:: Silent and sad renounce their dinners
DMI number:: 19887

26. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:: A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:: Is not the moral of it true
DMI number:: 33323

27. A hare did to a garden get

First Line:: A hare did to a garden get
Last Line:: And thank hath wrought in one
DMI number:: 40576

28. A hen one evening to enjoy the cool

First Line:: A hen one evening to enjoy the cool
Last Line:: Strangers to thee and to thy schools
Author:: John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30860

29. A hern more malapert than wise

First Line:: A hern more malapert than wise
Last Line:: An ugly empty dwarfish tailor
DMI number:: 11110

30. A heron erect with stately stride

First Line:: A heron erect with stately stride
Last Line:: Eat snails like any epicure
Author:: Catherine Jemmat (Speculation)
DMI number:: 15406

31. A hummingbird by nature led

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

32. A monkey with paternal care

First Line:: A monkey with paternal care
Last Line:: That is indulged too much is spoiled
DMI number:: 33636

33. A nightingale in her retreat

First Line:: A nightingale in her retreat
Last Line:: Woe to the humble neighbour of the great
Author:: John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33281

34. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

First Line:: A nightingale whose warbling tongue
Last Line:: To lurking holes from human view
DMI number:: 8069

35. A noble creature when created I

First Line:: A noble creature when created I
Last Line:: I ever after must disarmed remain
DMI number:: 24008

36. A pack of the bravest Spartan dogs in the world

First Line:: A pack of the bravest Spartan dogs in the world
Last Line:: In which they strain hippocras
Author:: Henry Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15200

37. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:: A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:: And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:: 12610

38. A strange amphibious creature I

First Line:: A strange amphibious creature I
Last Line:: Had as little wit as you
DMI number:: 15166

39. A tender sheep to shun a storm

First Line:: A tender sheep to shun a storm
Last Line:: And so go home in tatters
DMI number:: 19362

40. A toad just crawling up to town

First Line:: A toad just crawling up to town
Last Line:: Without the leaves how would the reptiles show
Author:: Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8273

41. A masty of our English breed

First Line:: A masty of our English breed
Last Line:: I were no masty if there were no curs
Author:: Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8274

42. A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged

First Line:: A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged
Last Line:: She feared no danger for she knew no ginn
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40460

43. A milk-white steed and brawling wife

First Line:: A milk-white steed and brawling wife
Last Line:: To make his sorows double
DMI number:: 36891

44. A miser spied a mouse about his house

First Line:: A miser spied a mouse about his house
Last Line:: I come for lodging friend and not for meat
DMI number:: 31380

45. A monkey every day was chid

First Line:: A monkey every day was chid
Last Line:: Extinguishing through fear the blaze
DMI number:: 33286

46. A monkey once an odd request

First Line:: A monkey once an odd request
Last Line:: As beetles dull and light as flies
DMI number:: 21671

47. A monkey once of sober life

First Line:: A monkey once of sober life
Last Line:: His sentence on his conscious head
DMI number:: 35946

48. A pensy ant right trig and clean

First Line:: A pensy ant right trig and clean
Last Line:: In air while you're a creeping thing
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15370

49. A politician Proteus-like must alter

First Line:: A politician Proteus-like must alter
Last Line:: Must be a parasite to fawn and lie
Author:: John Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17217

50. A poor dull imitating ass

First Line:: A poor dull imitating ass
Last Line:: Still think upon Montano's ass
DMI number:: 25046

51. A pretty song this coming spring

First Line:: A pretty song this coming spring
Last Line:: To girls if good this coming spring
Author:: John Winstanley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20709

52. A spaniel bred with all the care

First Line:: A spaniel bred with all the care
Last Line:: Like those I flattered feed on air
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24893

53. A sparrow pert and loud and vain

First Line:: A sparrow pert and loud and vain
Last Line:: Now justly weep your own
DMI number:: 19672

54. A spider's wise says Solomon

First Line:: A spider's wise says Solomon
Last Line:: And in a moment all her labour spoils
DMI number:: 7926

55. A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white

First Line:: A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white
Last Line:: Lived in the city and disdained the field
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40465

56. A stag applied to mighty Jove

First Line:: A stag applied to mighty Jove
Last Line:: But his repentance came too late
DMI number:: 24976

57. A stag unharboured by the hounds

First Line:: A stag unharboured by the hounds
Last Line:: Look sharpest to his own affairs
DMI number:: 33349

58. A restless crab in the ocean bred

First Line:: A restless crab in the ocean bred
Last Line:: For rambling in another sphere
DMI number:: 33639

59. A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate

First Line:: A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
Last Line:: Oh save my country heaven shall be your last
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37129

60. A trout the plumpest in the tide

First Line:: A trout the plumpest in the tide
Last Line:: Nor sees her folly till undone
DMI number:: 23094

61. A turbulent monster as ever was created

First Line:: A turbulent monster as ever was created
Last Line:: He at last saved his bacon and broke all his chains
DMI number:: 5051

62. A tutored spaniel sleek and gay

First Line:: A tutored spaniel sleek and gay
Last Line:: And rivals to the power by which they rose
Author:: Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12634

63. A two-fold poet through the liquid sky

First Line:: A two-fold poet through the liquid sky
Last Line:: The needless honour of a sepulchre
Author:: Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42096

64. A weasel once who long had been

First Line:: A weasel once who long had been
Last Line:: Lays waste mankind for their souls good
DMI number:: 19559

65. A lion once worn out with cares

First Line:: A lion once worn out with cares
Last Line:: Is worse than fifty deaths to me
DMI number:: 19613

66. A lion tired with state affairs

First Line:: A lion tired with state affairs
Last Line:: Will feed on geese both noon and night
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24902

67. A lion who while vigorous strength remained

First Line:: A lion who while vigorous strength remained
Last Line:: And not one hand's so mean but hates to strike
DMI number:: 33353

68. A lion whose blood thirsty reign

First Line:: A lion whose blood thirsty reign
Last Line:: Even to a paltry insect's power
Author:: James Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33319

69. A little world I say again

First Line:: A little world I say again
Last Line:: And capons at Haymarket
DMI number:: 25818

70. A loaden basket long an ass had bore

First Line:: A loaden basket long an ass had bore
Last Line:: The nation like the ass will fare
DMI number:: 33331

71. Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend

First Line:: Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend
Last Line:: And charitable habits learn in sport
Author:: John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30180

72. Ah hapless bird has then untimely death

First Line:: Ah hapless bird has then untimely death
Last Line:: But Lesbia's green bird fill the trump of fame
Author:: Henry Needler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36413

73. Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense

First Line:: Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense
Last Line:: Thou lackst his reason and he lacks thy place
DMI number:: 1000

74. All animals that be do grovelling lie

First Line:: All animals that be do grovelling lie
Last Line:: Himself he hopes amongst the stars to find
DMI number:: 43811

75. All christians and lay elders too

First Line:: All christians and lay elders too
Last Line:: For monkeys have long tails
DMI number:: 18412

76. A zealous patriot had a parrot taught

First Line:: A zealous patriot had a parrot taught
Last Line:: Who more a patriot lived than poll or died
DMI number:: 22785

77. About the sweet bag of a bee

First Line:: About the sweet bag of a bee
Last Line:: And gave the bag between them
Author:: Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:: 43916

78. Actaeon as old stories show

First Line:: Actaeon as old stories show
Last Line:: Just as they did this wretch before him
DMI number:: 25266

79. Acteon's fortune seems in me renewed

First Line:: Acteon's fortune seems in me renewed
Last Line:: These my soul true emblems are of sin
DMI number:: 43265

80. Adieu o ye favourites so dear

First Line:: Adieu o ye favourites so dear
Last Line:: How rare meet affection so true
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33774

81. Ah shepherd gentle shepherd spare

First Line:: Ah shepherd gentle shepherd spare
Last Line:: And be the phoenix of mankind
DMI number:: 23823

82. Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy

First Line:: Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy
Last Line:: And swiftly fly to thy Sulpitia's arms
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10007

83. Ah well away the gentle Ruff is dead

First Line:: Ah well away the gentle Ruff is dead
Last Line:: To live by nature's law his only care
DMI number:: 37759

84. Ah when the means are gone that buy this praise

First Line:: Ah when the means are gone that buy this praise
Last Line:: Nor more willingly leaves winter such summer-birds are men
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16999

85. Alas alas quo' bonny Heck

First Line:: Alas alas quo' bonny Heck
Last Line:: The famous Heck
Author:: Hamilton||William||of Gilbertfield (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4612

86. Alas poor Poll my Indian talker dies

First Line:: Alas poor Poll my Indian talker dies
Last Line:: And my tomb proves my mistress loved me well
Author:: Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6699

87. Alas poor Tabby's dead who can deny

First Line:: Alas poor Tabby's dead who can deny
Last Line:: And her loved memory from oblivion save
Author:: Henry Needler (Confident)
DMI number:: 17759

88. After a tedious flight

First Line:: After a tedious flight
Last Line:: And sisters without end
Author:: John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30864

89. Again the balmy zephyr blows

First Line:: Again the balmy zephyr blows
Last Line:: Your songs be my reward
Author:: Richard Graves (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32565

90. Against an elm a sheep was tied

First Line:: Against an elm a sheep was tied
Last Line:: Since drums and parchment were invented
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33352

91. Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt

First Line:: Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt
Last Line:: And mole hills won't to mountains to compare
DMI number:: 44511

92. A wily fox who long had been

First Line:: A wily fox who long had been
Last Line:: Why what but hang up all the crew
DMI number:: 17987

93. A wise old wasp with pains and care

First Line:: A wise old wasp with pains and care
Last Line:: Upon their backs and killed them all
DMI number:: 24981

94. A wolf and lamb one sultry day

First Line:: A wolf and lamb one sultry day
Last Line:: And to the bones the tyrant picked him
DMI number:: 33033

95. A wolf on surreptitious mutton

First Line:: A wolf on surreptitious mutton
Last Line:: What we don't lose must pass for gain
DMI number:: 19671

96. A wolf that long had ranged the wood

First Line:: A wolf that long had ranged the wood
Last Line:: A king without my liberty
DMI number:: 33032

97. A wolf with hunger fierce and bold

First Line:: A wolf with hunger fierce and bold
Last Line:: But a pretended friend is worse
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24334

98. A youth once fowling in a shady grove

First Line:: A youth once fowling in a shady grove
Last Line:: Perch on your brow and in your bosom nest
Author:: Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27671

99. Animal beloved and beauteous

First Line:: Animal beloved and beauteous
Last Line:: Things like thee possess their hearts
DMI number:: 37987

100. An hether man as I heard say

First Line:: An hether man as I heard say
Last Line:: For I took pains to mend it
DMI number:: 4611

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1. A dog who had the envied hap

2. A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

3. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

4. A dwarf upon a pismires back

5. A famished hare in search of food

6. A famished hare in search of food

7. A favourite cat that long in brewhouse dwelt

8. A gardener once at early day

9. A fly quite crank and debonair

10. A fox of quality that long

11. A fox would unmolested sleep

12. A frog that left her native mud

13. A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed

14. A grasshopper who chirped and sung

15. A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise

16. A beau as in old tale it's written

17. A boar so fierce and large

18. A brace of bucks in friendship bound

19. A butterfly awake one night

20. A cap and bells for him produce

21. A cat a favourite one tis said

22. A certain dog of middling birth

23. A cock an officer of foot

24. A cock within a stable pent

25. A cow and goat and simple ewe

26. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

27. A hare did to a garden get

28. A hen one evening to enjoy the cool

29. A hern more malapert than wise

30. A heron erect with stately stride

31. A hummingbird by nature led

32. A monkey with paternal care

33. A nightingale in her retreat

34. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

35. A noble creature when created I

36. A pack of the bravest Spartan dogs in the world

37. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

38. A strange amphibious creature I

39. A tender sheep to shun a storm

40. A toad just crawling up to town

41. A masty of our English breed

42. A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged

43. A milk-white steed and brawling wife

44. A miser spied a mouse about his house

45. A monkey every day was chid

46. A monkey once an odd request

47. A monkey once of sober life

48. A pensy ant right trig and clean

49. A politician Proteus-like must alter

50. A poor dull imitating ass

51. A pretty song this coming spring

52. A spaniel bred with all the care

53. A sparrow pert and loud and vain

54. A spider's wise says Solomon

55. A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white

56. A stag applied to mighty Jove

57. A stag unharboured by the hounds

58. A restless crab in the ocean bred

59. A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate

60. A trout the plumpest in the tide

61. A turbulent monster as ever was created

62. A tutored spaniel sleek and gay

63. A two-fold poet through the liquid sky

64. A weasel once who long had been

65. A lion once worn out with cares

66. A lion tired with state affairs

67. A lion who while vigorous strength remained

68. A lion whose blood thirsty reign

69. A little world I say again

70. A loaden basket long an ass had bore

71. Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend

72. Ah hapless bird has then untimely death