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1. A man with poverty oppressed

First Line:
A man with poverty oppressed
Last Line:
And plunged the wretch in endless woe
DMI number:
24978

2. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

3. At length they chanced to meet upon the way

First Line:
At length they chanced to meet upon the way
Last Line:
And often knocked his breast as one that did repent
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
15232

4. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823

5. Court promises let wise men count them cursed

First Line:
Court promises let wise men count them cursed
Last Line:
For while you live he that scores best pays worst
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17341

6. Devorit with dreim devising in my slumber

First Line:
Devorit with dreim devising in my slumber
Last Line:
Of Sathans senzie sure sic an unsall menzie | Within this land was nevir hard nor sene
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10860

7. Distracted thus with fears presaging Rome

First Line:
Distracted thus with fears presaging Rome
Last Line:
Too much to love of arms and heat of civil rage
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & Lucan (Absolute)
DMI number:
4158

8. Do I seem

First Line:
Do I seem
Last Line:
Whenever that shall be
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33348

9. Eve at his feet

First Line:
Eve at his feet
Last Line:
Me me only just object of his ire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33357

10. Freidom honour and nobillness

First Line:
Freidom honour and nobillness
Last Line:
Work for a place in paradyce | For thairin rings nae covetyce
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10934

11. Go soul the body's guest

First Line:
Go soul the body's guest
Last Line:
No stab thy soul can kill
Author:
Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:
49749

12. Good lord what a pass is this world brought to

First Line:
Good lord what a pass is this world brought to
Last Line:
And first find a needle in a bottle of hay
DMI number:
42940

13. Hard steel succeeded then

First Line:
Hard steel succeeded then
Last Line:
And justice here oppressed to heaven returns
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9805

14. He who contends for freedom

First Line:
He who contends for freedom
Last Line:
That eats out all the happiness of kingdoms
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37447

15. Hence satire's power tis her corrective part

First Line:
Hence satire's power tis her corrective part
Last Line:
And slaves and sycophants surround in vain
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30878

16. How false are men both in their heads and hearts

First Line:
How false are men both in their heads and hearts
Last Line:
Look round the world what shall we find sincere
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14712

17. Honest and poor faithful in word and thought

First Line:
Honest and poor faithful in word and thought
Last Line:
But faith go back and keep you where you were
DMI number:
28349

18. I hold it rash at any time

First Line:
I hold it rash at any time
Last Line:
Connects with any fop that rhymes
Author:
William Wilkie (Absolute)
DMI number:
37162

19. In church your grandsire cut his throat

First Line:
In church your grandsire cut his throat
Last Line:
To have cut his throat before he married
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
24883

20. Is it in words to paint you O ye fallen

First Line:
Is it in words to paint you O ye fallen
Last Line:
To curse not uncreate is all your power
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33041