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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:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (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