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1. A fellow once when cash was scant

First Line:
A fellow once when cash was scant
Last Line:
And saw the raree show a louse
DMI number:
25017

2. A certain brewer whose liquor of life

First Line:
A certain brewer whose liquor of life
Last Line:
That those who touch cash should have clean washen hands
DMI number:
4412

3. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

4. A justice in a country town

First Line:
A justice in a country town
Last Line:
Choused of his goose and reason too
DMI number:
10503

5. A man with poverty oppressed

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

6. A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged

First Line:
A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged
Last Line:
Come hanging oft or noble decollation
DMI number:
4422

7. A statesman and a doctor

First Line:
A statesman and a doctor
Last Line:
He got a safe into hell
DMI number:
31827

8. 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

9. A wealthy matron now grown old

First Line:
A wealthy matron now grown old
Last Line:
And physick thee of eighteen more
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4426

10. A lion worn with length of years

First Line:
A lion worn with length of years
Last Line:
Who neither flatters nor offends
DMI number:
22061

11. About Zule quhen the wind blew cule

First Line:
About Zule quhen the wind blew cule
Last Line:
Zoung Waters he did dee
DMI number:
37337

12. Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see

First Line:
Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see
Last Line:
That would produce at last such glorious days as these
DMI number:
5912

13. A world that's full of fools and madmen

First Line:
A world that's full of fools and madmen
Last Line:
I cry for all their ills and laugh at all their follies
DMI number:
5169

14. A wretch had committed all manner of evil

First Line:
A wretch had committed all manner of evil
Last Line:
But all yesterday I was drunk with October
DMI number:
7681

15. All human satisfaction springs

First Line:
All human satisfaction springs
Last Line:
That all is outside all is show
DMI number:
25020

16. All you who leap religion's sacred fence

First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That God though injured is not deaf nor blind
DMI number:
36217

17. All you who leap religion's sacred fence

First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That the injured god is neither deaf nor blind
DMI number:
4094

18. As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are

First Line:
As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are
Last Line:
Whether this be not a salamander
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
12153

19. As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall

First Line:
As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall
Last Line:
At least we're vanquished in a noble cause
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
37513

20. At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein

First Line:
At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein
Last Line:
And lost in transport beg to wake no more
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
12000

21. As when the church's doctrines were arraigned

First Line:
As when the church's doctrines were arraigned
Last Line:
Not build your selves but others out of doors
DMI number:
7683

22. B---- vexed with court the country sought

First Line:
B---- vexed with court the country sought
Last Line:
From ------ unhappy case
DMI number:
19742

23. Backwards rode Filch who pockets used to rifle

First Line:
Backwards rode Filch who pockets used to rifle
Last Line:
They come not here who properly can touch
DMI number:
20839

24. Barber was blessed with competent estate

First Line:
Barber was blessed with competent estate
Last Line:
All wicked wealth will wear as it was won
Author:
Matthew Pilkington (Absolute)
DMI number:
18656

25. Both man and chylde is glad to here tell

First Line:
Both man and chylde is glad to here tell
Last Line:
With all hys lordes of great honoure
DMI number:
37314

26. Brethren behold how kind and good

First Line:
Brethren behold how kind and good
Last Line:
Not venture and inherit
DMI number:
7680

27. By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first

First Line:
By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first
Last Line:
Or to betray or else to countermine
DMI number:
12569

28. But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds

First Line:
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
Last Line:
An easy entrance in ignoble minds
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30887

29. But such and only such who do disgrace

First Line:
But such and only such who do disgrace
Last Line:
When very shepherds dare debauch their sheep
DMI number:
6934

30. Briton the thunder of the wrath divine

First Line:
Briton the thunder of the wrath divine
Last Line:
To spawn a baser brood of monster-breeding sons
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22540

31. 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

32. Clarendon had law and sense

First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182

33. Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie

First Line:
Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie
Last Line:
When falshood conspires her beauty to praise
DMI number:
21992

34. Come all ye brave boys and high churchmen draw near

First Line:
Come all ye brave boys and high churchmen draw near
Last Line:
We know who'd enjoy axes halters and carts | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
13313

35. Curse on such representatives

First Line:
Curse on such representatives
Last Line:
By this old Whitehall pump
DMI number:
4734

36. Curse on the authors of our present woes

First Line:
Curse on the authors of our present woes
Last Line:
Reduce their native country to a wretched state
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5457

37. Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes

First Line:
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
Last Line:
As when old H-e was catched with rem in re
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5451

38. Dear wife let me have a fire made

First Line:
Dear wife let me have a fire made
Last Line:
For which we have justly deserved a rope | This it is to be learned and witty
DMI number:
4949

39. Did power and liberty agree

First Line:
Did power and liberty agree
Last Line:
Been charged on me who gave you station
DMI number:
20836

40. Did you never see the cozened daw

First Line:
Did you never see the cozened daw
Last Line:
If pleasing and have colour for our own
DMI number:
3892

41. Dignified things may I your leave implore

First Line:
Dignified things may I your leave implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
4905

42. Dignified things may I your leaves implore

First Line:
Dignified things may I your leaves implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
42329

43. Disgraced undone and made the nation's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone and made the nation's sport
Last Line:
Ingloriously whilst we contend for all
DMI number:
12572

44. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sins
DMI number:
42324

45. False hair false teeth and one false eye

First Line:
False hair false teeth and one false eye
Last Line:
Thus false is a true woman still
DMI number:
21990

46. From a proud sensual atheistical life

First Line:
From a proud sensual atheistical life
Last Line:
From making our heirs to be Morrice and Clayton | Libera nos Domine
DMI number:
4742

47. From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud

First Line:
From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud
Last Line:
From petty coats where the inside's very naught | Libera me
DMI number:
22362

48. Foul is the fault though never so quaint the skill

First Line:
Foul is the fault though never so quaint the skill
Last Line:
That conceals truth to lessen any ill
DMI number:
41360

49. 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

50. For naked truth let others write

First Line:
For naked truth let others write
Last Line:
Since all the world's for lying
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5619

51. For Rome has had a long succession

First Line:
For Rome has had a long succession
Last Line:
To dig our ancient tyrants up again
DMI number:
41409

52. From immoderate fines and defamation

First Line:
From immoderate fines and defamation
Last Line:
And from the Star Chamber in Westminster Hall | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42357

53. From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth

First Line:
From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth
Last Line:
Who'll endeavour to save St Paul's work 'tis thought | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7457

54. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32319

55. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Where all this time he had been hid
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4190

56. From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry

First Line:
From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry
Last Line:
You are pirate at sea as I pirate at land | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4986

57. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let
Last Line:
Though monsieur and tories and devil stand by you | Faxit Deus
DMI number:
4882

58. Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes

First Line:
Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes
Last Line:
He's grown a wolf by this and worries lambs
DMI number:
43023

59. Gold rules within and reigns without these doors

First Line:
Gold rules within and reigns without these doors
Last Line:
He votes for interest and she yields for coin
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10574

60. Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation

First Line:
Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation
Last Line:
When they've nothing but mud in their brains
DMI number:
7355

61. Half limp half strut as Jerry hied

First Line:
Half limp half strut as Jerry hied
Last Line:
Nor dream at night in sleeves of lawn
DMI number:
33531

62. Good God what means this sudden alteration

First Line:
Good God what means this sudden alteration
Last Line:
For if he rise he'll gaol us all for treason
DMI number:
43063

63. 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

64. Good people I pray now attend to my muse

First Line:
Good people I pray now attend to my muse
Last Line:
My muse she grows weary and thus she doth end | With pox o' chancellor villainous chancellor | Damnable chancellor oh
DMI number:
42346

65. Having spent all my coin

First Line:
Having spent all my coin
Last Line:
And beat out my brains with the steeple
DMI number:
5851

66. 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

67. Her friars holy Rome does Fathers call

First Line:
Her friars holy Rome does Fathers call
Last Line:
Few have more daughters or more sons than they
DMI number:
15823

68. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4871

69. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42318

70. How fleeting is honour who'd strive to be great

First Line:
How fleeting is honour who'd strive to be great
Last Line:
Then whip goes the seal and adieu my Lord K----r
DMI number:
5885

71. How long shall fortune faile me nowe

First Line:
How long shall fortune faile me nowe
Last Line:
Who ever was a gallant wight
DMI number:
37282

72. His holiness has three grand friends

First Line:
His holiness has three grand friends
Last Line:
It rules both church and state
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4872

73. Here the cold bones of tattling Pius lie

First Line:
Here the cold bones of tattling Pius lie
Last Line:
But masked with seeming virtue each lewd fact
DMI number:
29488

74. Here you see without delusion

First Line:
Here you see without delusion
Last Line:
The stocks above they should be in sir
DMI number:
32980

75. I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires

First Line:
I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires
Last Line:
In a long long succession down to the day of doom
Author:
Thomas Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:
5923

76. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

First Line:
I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey
Last Line:
For a martyr's place above | With a hey tronny nonny nonny no
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4737

77. In ages past when men did prize

First Line:
In ages past when men did prize
Last Line:
And things remain in statu-quo
DMI number:
19674

78. In me false Thais as you pass

First Line:
In me false Thais as you pass
Last Line:
All mercury within
DMI number:
33098

79. In december when the dayes draw to be short

First Line:
In december when the dayes draw to be short
Last Line:
But little John Nobody that dare not once speake
DMI number:
37326

80. In early days ere prologues did begin

First Line:
In early days ere prologues did begin
Last Line:
If satire did not grin and growl and guard the coast
DMI number:
3869

81. In pimps and politicians

First Line:
In pimps and politicians
Last Line:
For they are all his own
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23722

82. It shall be known how Lackworth came so great

First Line:
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
Last Line:
Into coined gold transmutes the name of ore
DMI number:
5021

83. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

84. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

85. It is not the silver or gold of its self

First Line:
It is not the silver or gold of its self
Last Line:
This makes you as merry as we that do sing
DMI number:
43296

86. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

87. Let us lift up our hartes all

First Line:
Let us lift up our hartes all
Last Line:
Therefore shall they al be dampned
DMI number:
37822

88. Let us lyft up our hartes all

First Line:
Let us lyft up our hartes all
Last Line:
Therefore shall they al be dampned
DMI number:
37323

89. Lives there a man for no one merit famed

First Line:
Lives there a man for no one merit famed
Last Line:
For though there's one such man there can't be two
DMI number:
21884

90. My landlord underpropped his house some years

First Line:
My landlord underpropped his house some years
Last Line:
And let no ravens this March brood molest
Author:
Robert Wild (Confident)
DMI number:
43017

91. I'm come my future fate to seek

First Line:
I'm come my future fate to seek
Last Line:
Live unbeloved and unlamented die
DMI number:
6487

92. I thence into the land of lying came

First Line:
I thence into the land of lying came
Last Line:
And by worse gains than the banditti thrives
DMI number:
6251

93. I never thought to hear you speak again

First Line:
I never thought to hear you speak again
Last Line:
Against all the world will rightfully maintain
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35140

94. I'd praise your lordship but you've had your share

First Line:
I'd praise your lordship but you've had your share
Last Line:
Else they'll say Essex was the stouter man
DMI number:
42341

95. If I wear out of date as I find I fall down

First Line:
If I wear out of date as I find I fall down
Last Line:
And blind the whole world with fopperies and lies
DMI number:
42366

96. If without gold salvation can't be bought

First Line:
If without gold salvation can't be bought
Last Line:
Rejoice ye poor and let your miseries cease
DMI number:
15750

97. If without gold salvation can't be bought

First Line:
If without gold salvation can't be bought
Last Line:
Rejoice ye poor and let your misery cease
DMI number:
34618

98. If yet the mole that heaves thy dirty breast

First Line:
If yet the mole that heaves thy dirty breast
Last Line:
Obscure to many will be clear to thee
DMI number:
33661

99. Lest freemen forget whom hereafter to praise

First Line:
Lest freemen forget whom hereafter to praise
Last Line:
We'll give them a sweating and put them to bed
DMI number:
33339

100. Let busy rumour and fantastic fame

First Line:
Let busy rumour and fantastic fame
Last Line:
But makes her self a witness to thy charms
DMI number:
8044