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1. A drudge may find more corners in the house

First Line:
A drudge may find more corners in the house
Last Line:
Where I shall plant my golden batteries
Author:
Sir Ralph Freeman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13818

2. 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

3. A fryar next to every female dear

First Line:
A fryar next to every female dear
Last Line:
A useful fryar and Hubert was his name
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18338

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. A thousand horrid prodigies foretold it

First Line:
A thousand horrid prodigies foretold it
Last Line:
And all the maladies of sinking states
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33506

8. A man with poverty oppressed

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

9. 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

10. A pox of the statesman that's witty

First Line:
A pox of the statesman that's witty
Last Line:
And though we are the knaves we know who's the fool
DMI number:
43702

11. A statesman and a doctor

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisoned tyrants on thy earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3632

16. All fence the tree that serveth for a shade

First Line:
All fence the tree that serveth for a shade
Last Line:
Whose greatness hindereth others that would grow
DMI number:
41396

17. 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

18. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous serpent on the earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42302

19. Alas | What in a man sequestered from the world

First Line:
Alas | What in a man sequestered from the world
Last Line:
Since kingdoms are maintained by force and blood
DMI number:
41397

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. All human satisfaction springs

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

24. All must be rapine wars and desolation

First Line:
All must be rapine wars and desolation
Last Line:
When trust and gratitude no longer bind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9393

25. All preferment | That springs from sin and lust shoots up quickly

First Line:
All preferment | That springs from sin and lust shoots up quickly
Last Line:
Even like a salad growing upon a dunghill
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17308

26. And while none dare show kings they go amiss

First Line:
And while none dare show kings they go amiss
Last Line:
Even base obedience their corruption is
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
16870

27. All this with indignation have I hurled

First Line:
All this with indignation have I hurled
Last Line:
Man differs more from man then man from beast
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5409

28. And could the traitors find no fitter time

First Line:
And could the traitors find no fitter time
Last Line:
Success seems heaven's commission to rebel
DMI number:
41359

29. 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

30. 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

31. And the plain ox

First Line:
And the plain ox
Last Line:
Even of the clowns he feeds
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30097

32. As mankind so is the world's whole frame

First Line:
As mankind so is the world's whole frame
Last Line:
Can well direct him where to look for it
DMI number:
41737

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

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

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

39. 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

40. 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

41. Begone complaints no more be heard

First Line:
Begone complaints no more be heard
Last Line:
And loving nations disunite
DMI number:
8441

42. Between the acting of a dreadful thing

First Line:
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
Last Line:
The nature of an insurrection
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14010

43. Birthright's a vulgar road to kingly sway

First Line:
Birthright's a vulgar road to kingly sway
Last Line:
Murder and usurpation are no more
DMI number:
40298

44. 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

45. Brethren behold how kind and good

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

46. Bond damns the poor and hates them from his heart

First Line:
Bond damns the poor and hates them from his heart
Last Line:
Admits and leaves them providence's care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22426

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. Castalio o how often has he sworn

First Line:
Castalio o how often has he sworn
Last Line:
And at each sigh he drinks the gushing blood
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18803

52. 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

53. Clarendon had law and sense

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

54. 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

55. 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

56. Curse on such representatives

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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Curses on him

First Line:
Curses on him
Last Line:
Must women cold appear false to herself and him
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
18687

60. Cook lawrel would needs have the devil his guest

First Line:
Cook lawrel would needs have the devil his guest
Last Line:
And send him good meat and mirth without end
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
3973

61. Corruption is a tree whose branches are

First Line:
Corruption is a tree whose branches are
Last Line:
Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority
Author:
Nathan Field (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
14039

62. 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

63. Cromwell I did not think to shed a tear

First Line:
Cromwell I did not think to shed a tear
Last Line:
Thou fallest a blessed martyr
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37373

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. Enough of hail and cruel snow

First Line:
Enough of hail and cruel snow
Last Line:
Thou being our guide
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42030

72. Decrees are bought and laws are sold

First Line:
Decrees are bought and laws are sold
Last Line:
Tongues in the senate bribed be
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13813

73. Deep on his front engraven

First Line:
Deep on his front engraven
Last Line:
And princely counsel in his face yet shone
DMI number:
39739

74. Dissensions like small streams are first begun

First Line:
Dissensions like small streams are first begun
Last Line:
More they advance the more they still disjoin
DMI number:
39475

75. 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

76. Do I seem

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

77. 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

78. False eyes

First Line:
False eyes
Last Line:
Are quick to see another's treacheries
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
21173

79. 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

80. Falshood and fraud grow up in every soil

First Line:
Falshood and fraud grow up in every soil
Last Line:
The product of all climes
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
18853

81. 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

82. Even tyrants covet to uphold their fame

First Line:
Even tyrants covet to uphold their fame
Last Line:
Not fearing evil deeds but evil name
DMI number:
41393

83. Fear no stain

First Line:
Fear no stain
Last Line:
A tyrant's blood doth wash the hand that spills it
DMI number:
41405

84. Fair virtue should I follow thee

First Line:
Fair virtue should I follow thee
Last Line:
And misery on those who dare be good
Author:
John Evelyn (Confident)
DMI number:
44586

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. For faults and follies London's doom shall fix

First Line:
For faults and follies London's doom shall fix
Last Line:
Shall pray to Jove to take him back again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3635

92. For his thoughts they brake not into deeds

First Line:
For his thoughts they brake not into deeds
Last Line:
In treason still is judged as the outward fact
DMI number:
41339

93. For when that men of merit grow ungraced

First Line:
For when that men of merit grow ungraced
Last Line:
There many strange enormities begin
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17302

94. Foreign attempts against a state and kingdom

First Line:
Foreign attempts against a state and kingdom
Last Line:
And seldom without some great friends at home
DMI number:
41347

95. For this to tyranny belongs

First Line:
For this to tyranny belongs
Last Line:
To forget service but remember wrongs
DMI number:
41399

96. For treason taken ere the birth doth come

First Line:
For treason taken ere the birth doth come
Last Line:
Abortive and her womb is made the tomb
DMI number:
41341

97. For active treason must be doing still

First Line:
For active treason must be doing still
Last Line:
Lest she unlearn her art of doing ill
DMI number:
41354

98. For dreadful is that power that all may do

First Line:
For dreadful is that power that all may do
Last Line:
Yet they that all men fear are fearful too
DMI number:
41394

99. 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

100. 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