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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:
Sir George Etherege (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
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
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