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1.
A thing more strange all men will say
First Line:
A thing more strange all men will say
Last Line:
Explain my name and what I am
DMI number:
23997
2.
A mighty secret labours in my soul
First Line:
A mighty secret labours in my soul
Last Line:
To find a vent
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20757
3.
A secret in his mouth
First Line:
A secret in his mouth
Last Line:
Whose door no sooner opens but tis out
DMI number:
40918
4.
Alas I do not know
First Line:
Alas I do not know
Last Line:
Then my eyes twinkle as they'd look their last
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20901
5.
A wife you wished me sir rich fair and young
First Line:
A wife you wished me sir rich fair and young
Last Line:
Expect such plenty I would wish no more
Author:
Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:
41931
6.
All men of mirth and sense admire and love
First Line:
All men of mirth and sense admire and love
Last Line:
In being deceived the greatest pleasure lies
DMI number:
37715
7.
Apollo I will not implore
First Line:
Apollo I will not implore
Last Line:
Nor swallowed his worm powder
DMI number:
2646
8.
All things finished now and ended
First Line:
All things finished now and ended
Last Line:
There's gall in the heart deceit in the deed
DMI number:
42011
9.
And for there is so gret diversite
First Line:
And for there is so gret diversite
Last Line:
Ne the mismetre for default of tunge
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:
12733
10.
And when she speaks O Angelo then music
First Line:
And when she speaks O Angelo then music
Last Line:
From that time no more ours but what she pleases
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Francis Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
20919
11.
And wheresoever the subject's best the sense
First Line:
And wheresoever the subject's best the sense
Last Line:
Is bettered by the speaker's eloquence
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
14569
12.
Although the speaking word have life
First Line:
Although the speaking word have life
Last Line:
When the spoken word is fled
DMI number:
41918
13.
As crafty harlots use to shrink
First Line:
As crafty harlots use to shrink
Last Line:
And which is worse with good success
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
2227
14.
As some unthrifty academic beau
First Line:
As some unthrifty academic beau
Last Line:
What you with greater ease perform than hear
DMI number:
1919
15.
At my low cottage on a cheerful morn
First Line:
At my low cottage on a cheerful morn
Last Line:
But I despair and humbly bid adieu
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18296
16.
As well the noble savage of the field
First Line:
As well the noble savage of the field
Last Line:
Or vultures sort with doves as I with thee
DMI number:
14226
17.
As winds whose violence out does all art
First Line:
As winds whose violence out does all art
Last Line:
Like winds will silence tongues and scape from eyes
DMI number:
40944
18.
Bashfulness seize you we pronouce
First Line:
Bashfulness seize you we pronouce
Last Line:
To think what is good
DMI number:
41031
19.
Blast me not with such sounds
First Line:
Blast me not with such sounds
Last Line:
But run like iron through my freezing blood
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20911
20.
Belinda sighs for Strephon and would show it
First Line:
Belinda sighs for Strephon and would show it
Last Line:
Love makes not him or her but others blind
DMI number:
17124
21.
By uttering what thou knowest less glory'd got
First Line:
By uttering what thou knowest less glory'd got
Last Line:
Than by concealing what thou knowest not
DMI number:
40995
22.
Can you not Silvia in my eyes
First Line:
Can you not Silvia in my eyes
Last Line:
The joy for which he burns
DMI number:
16606
23.
But here bright eloquence does always smile
First Line:
But here bright eloquence does always smile
Last Line:
As smooth as woman but as strong as man
DMI number:
39505
24.
Chloe this comes to let you know
First Line:
Chloe this comes to let you know
Last Line:
This billet burn and pardon me
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22798
25.
Daphnis because I am your debtor
First Line:
Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:
I rest your very humble servant
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41818
26.
Dear sir when I received your letter
First Line:
Dear sir when I received your letter
Last Line:
And write you rhyme when they play pools | At Mr T--s
DMI number:
35345
27.
Delivered in a dull and lifeless strain
First Line:
Delivered in a dull and lifeless strain
Last Line:
He'll scarce his auditors from snoring keep
Author:
Henry Needler (Absolute)
DMI number:
36415
28.
Discretion | And hardy valour are the twins of honour
First Line:
Discretion | And hardy valour are the twins of honour
Last Line:
When we insult upon our honour's subject
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
18420
29.
Dreaming last night upon Mrs Farley
First Line:
Dreaming last night upon Mrs Farley
Last Line:
And spare em though you have a looseness
DMI number:
2226
30.
Famed stream by whose retentive force we're taught
First Line:
Famed stream by whose retentive force we're taught
Last Line:
Since great the running and from weakness too
DMI number:
24104
31.
Even as the vapour which the fire repells
First Line:
Even as the vapour which the fire repells
Last Line:
Of words well taken such delights do flow
DMI number:
41728
32.
Expression is the dress of thought and still
First Line:
Expression is the dress of thought and still
Last Line:
Appears most decent as more suitable
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9493
33.
Fear not to speak it thy harmonious voice
First Line:
Fear not to speak it thy harmonious voice
Last Line:
And stand the rage of heaven
Author:
Edmund Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:
20906
34.
Friends Romans countrymen lend me your ears
First Line:
Friends Romans countrymen lend me your ears
Last Line:
And I must pause till it come back to me
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37389
35.
Friends Romans countrymen lend me your ears
First Line:
Friends Romans countrymen lend me your ears
Last Line:
The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35183
36.
For then we wound our modesty and make
First Line:
For then we wound our modesty and make
Last Line:
Of ourselves we publish them
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13768
37.
Fly paper kiss those hands
First Line:
Fly paper kiss those hands
Last Line:
Sure even so would I
DMI number:
42297
38.
From men's discourse their different skills we find
First Line:
From men's discourse their different skills we find
Last Line:
And all we learn is that he is not dumb
DMI number:
12804
39.
Go tell it all but in such artful words
First Line:
Go tell it all but in such artful words
Last Line:
As may appease his rage and move his pity
Author:
Edmund Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:
21633
40.
Go gentle verse to the fair
First Line:
Go gentle verse to the fair
Last Line:
I turned the verse to buy my peace
DMI number:
36773
41.
Go happy letter go
First Line:
Go happy letter go
Last Line:
Or stand the charms of such a tongue as thine
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17476
42.
Gods have their flying mercury but we
First Line:
Gods have their flying mercury but we
Last Line:
The jarring world in bonds of amity
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
14045
43.
Great was that genius most sublime that thought
First Line:
Great was that genius most sublime that thought
Last Line:
To spread deep mysteries from pole to pole
DMI number:
1739
44.
Had I ten thousand mouths and tongues
First Line:
Had I ten thousand mouths and tongues
Last Line:
And help to set the world on fire
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Thomas Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
10625
45.
Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
First Line:
Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
Last Line:
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1374
46.
He who in his pocket has no money
First Line:
He who in his pocket has no money
Last Line:
Should in his mouth be never without honey
DMI number:
17148
47.
He that such carriage store was wont to have
First Line:
He that such carriage store was wont to have
Last Line:
Six carriers makes now he is dead and gone
DMI number:
29292
48.
His plausive words
First Line:
His plausive words
Last Line:
To grow there and to bear
DMI number:
41729
49.
His speech was answered with a general noise
First Line:
His speech was answered with a general noise
Last Line:
To sport themselves upon Caister's banks
Author:
Sir John Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
13297
50.
His tongue | Dropped manna and could make the worse appear
First Line:
His tongue | Dropped manna and could make the worse appear
Last Line:
Timorous and slothful yet he pleased the ear
DMI number:
39503
51.
Hobson what's out of sight is out of mind
First Line:
Hobson what's out of sight is out of mind
Last Line:
Is now alas content to take one sheet
DMI number:
29291
52.
How much distracted are your thoughts and how
First Line:
How much distracted are your thoughts and how
Last Line:
The sybil's leaves more orderly were laid
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21629
53.
I am a mute yet full of eloquence
First Line:
I am a mute yet full of eloquence
Last Line:
Give me the praise of thousand thousand charms
DMI number:
22830
54.
I have his letters of a modern date
First Line:
I have his letters of a modern date
Last Line:
To purchase certain horse that like him well
DMI number:
22405
55.
I intend these lines for Gabriel Rybault
First Line:
I intend these lines for Gabriel Rybault
Last Line:
So an answer friend Rybault from thee I expect
DMI number:
26975
56.
In his looks | He carries guilt whose horror breeds this strange
First Line:
In his looks | He carries guilt whose horror breeds this strange
Last Line:
With wonder and amazement
DMI number:
40997
57.
It always has been thought discreet
First Line:
It always has been thought discreet
Last Line:
How many Damons how few Dorsets live
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18155
58.
In words as fashions the same rule will hold
First Line:
In words as fashions the same rule will hold
Last Line:
Alike fantastic if too new or old
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9497
59.
It has always been thought discreet
First Line:
It has always been thought discreet
Last Line:
How many Damons how few Dorsets live
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11875
60.
It is a kind of slander to trust rumour
First Line:
It is a kind of slander to trust rumour
Last Line:
Who's angry at a slander makes it true
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14498
61.
Letters are serious thoughts digested and resolved
First Line:
Letters are serious thoughts digested and resolved
Last Line:
And last when words are into clouds devolved
DMI number:
9597
62.
Musing alane this hinder nicht
First Line:
Musing alane this hinder nicht
Last Line:
In hevin that I may haif a place | For thair sall no man demit be
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10932
63.
My anticipation shall prevent your
First Line:
My anticipation shall prevent your
Last Line:
The king and queen molt no feather
DMI number:
40915
64.
My reason bears no rule upon my tongue
First Line:
My reason bears no rule upon my tongue
Last Line:
But lets my thoughts break all at random out
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20557
65.
My masters and friends
First Line:
My masters and friends
Last Line:
And then we shall speak to the purpose
DMI number:
2722
66.
My heart is lost only for luve of one
First Line:
My heart is lost only for luve of one
Last Line:
That scho wald speik to comfort me again
Author:
William Stewart (Speculation)
DMI number:
10940
67.
My breath can still the winds
First Line:
My breath can still the winds
Last Line:
And stop the floods of heaven
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Francis Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
20558
68.
My ears will not be charmed with sounding words
First Line:
My ears will not be charmed with sounding words
Last Line:
Or pompous phrase the pageantry of souls
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
21627
69.
I shunned with caution the officious tale
First Line:
I shunned with caution the officious tale
Last Line:
False facts nor did I those I heard relate
DMI number:
37707
70.
I lived before the flood yet still am young
First Line:
I lived before the flood yet still am young
Last Line:
Till the last conflagration clears the stage
DMI number:
24022
71.
I'll conceal this secret from the world
First Line:
I'll conceal this secret from the world
Last Line:
Keep poison from their children
DMI number:
40925
72.
I'll speak the kindest words
First Line:
I'll speak the kindest words
Last Line:
That tongue ever uttered or that heart ever thought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21631
73.
I would bring balm and pour it in your wound
First Line:
I would bring balm and pour it in your wound
Last Line:
Cure your distempered mind and heal your fortunes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18470
74.
I've prayed and threatened yet tis all in vain
First Line:
I've prayed and threatened yet tis all in vain
Last Line:
With health long life and friends
DMI number:
35344
75.
If tis true as you say that I've injured a letter
First Line:
If tis true as you say that I've injured a letter
Last Line:
And that I may be never mistaken for u
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31990
76.
If I can guess the devil choke me
First Line:
If I can guess the devil choke me
Last Line:
Tis time to rest your very humble
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2228
77.
Know a broken oath is no such burthen
First Line:
Know a broken oath is no such burthen
Last Line:
The tongue's itch is intolerable
DMI number:
40936
78.
Lead me over bones and skulls and mouldering earth
First Line:
Lead me over bones and skulls and mouldering earth
Last Line:
Of Garcia's more detested bed
DMI number:
14225
79.
Less grateful to the traveler's thirst
First Line:
Less grateful to the traveler's thirst
Last Line:
Untouched unpleased my soul
DMI number:
2827
80.
Methought I heard a voice
First Line:
Methought I heard a voice
Last Line:
And bubble up a noise
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21255
81.
Midas the king as in his book appears
First Line:
Midas the king as in his book appears
Last Line:
Till the next longing fit return again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9806
82.
Millions of busy thoughts inform my breast
First Line:
Millions of busy thoughts inform my breast
Last Line:
And all be first expressed they're all confined
DMI number:
9542
83.
Madam | Your present of albisick paste
First Line:
Madam | Your present of albisick paste
Last Line:
Of complements your very humble &c
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10575
84.
Mambrino having spent all his estate
First Line:
Mambrino having spent all his estate
Last Line:
We part as wise as when we came together
DMI number:
43761
85.
Man how dearly ever parted
First Line:
Man how dearly ever parted
Last Line:
His figure and his heat
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13960
86.
Lying is an occupation
First Line:
Lying is an occupation
Last Line:
Tis the practice of the great
DMI number:
23837
87.
Men are more eloquent than women made
First Line:
Men are more eloquent than women made
Last Line:
But women are more powerful to persuade
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
14567
88.
Nay but I must I must indeed papa
First Line:
Nay but I must I must indeed papa
Last Line:
Miss in her teens shall thank them for their care
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
33765
89.
Near London Bridge once stood a gate
First Line:
Near London Bridge once stood a gate
Last Line:
Of tongues that never cease
DMI number:
32022
90.
Nectar divine flowed from his heavenly tongue
First Line:
Nectar divine flowed from his heavenly tongue
Last Line:
He drove them with the torrent of his tongue
DMI number:
39504
91.
No thou best soul that ever this body knew
First Line:
No thou best soul that ever this body knew
Last Line:
Till fired for thee whole kingdoms catch my flame
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17512
92.
No were we joined even though it were in death
First Line:
No were we joined even though it were in death
Last Line:
And my divided flames should break from thine
DMI number:
14227
93.
No man of true humanity and sense
First Line:
No man of true humanity and sense
Last Line:
Would you forbear for fear it should displease
DMI number:
10511
94.
O do not do not speak
First Line:
O do not do not speak
Last Line:
Beyond expression
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
20323
95.
Of every asking follows nocht
First Line:
Of every asking follows nocht
Last Line:
To fecht with fortune is nae wit | In asking suld discration be
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10929
96.
Of late along the streets I musing walked
First Line:
Of late along the streets I musing walked
Last Line:
Of lawyers was relief against his tongue
Author:
Thomas Sprat (Confident)
DMI number:
42177
97.
Of all the arts in which the wise excel
First Line:
Of all the arts in which the wise excel
Last Line:
That knowledge useless is we can't impart
DMI number:
31169
98.
O stop not here my listening soul is charmed
First Line:
O stop not here my listening soul is charmed
Last Line:
And I could hear you ever
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20903
99.
O that delightsome engine of her thoughts
First Line:
O that delightsome engine of her thoughts
Last Line:
Sweet varied notes enchanting every ear
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21169
100.
O heart o bleeding love but speak Semandra
First Line:
O heart o bleeding love but speak Semandra
Last Line:
In all you say and I could hear you ever
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20914
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