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1. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931

2. Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog

First Line:
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
Last Line:
Whom once a lobster killed and now a log
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2762

3. Behold ambitious of the British bays

First Line:
Behold ambitious of the British bays
Last Line:
For Duck can thresh you know as well as write
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2956

4. Burnet and Ducket friends in spite

First Line:
Burnet and Ducket friends in spite
Last Line:
For both heads are but tails
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2772

5. But where each science lifts its modern type

First Line:
But where each science lifts its modern type
Last Line:
In Toland's Tindal's and in Woolston's days
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2995

6. Close to the best known author Umbra sits

First Line:
Close to the best known author Umbra sits
Last Line:
Know sense like charity begins at home
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1973

7. Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend

First Line:
Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend
Last Line:
The murderous critic has avenged thy murder
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3047

8. Dulness the safe opiate of the mind

First Line:
Dulness the safe opiate of the mind
Last Line:
Unfeared unhated undisturbed it lives
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28998

9. In clouded majesty here dulness shone

First Line:
In clouded majesty here dulness shone
Last Line:
And solid pudding against empty praise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29802

10. In merry old England it once was a rule

First Line:
In merry old England it once was a rule
Last Line:
That C----r can serve both for fool and for poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
15802

11. In merry old England it once was a rule

First Line:
In merry old England it once was a rule
Last Line:
That Cibber can serve for both fool and for poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2756

12. Jove called before him the other day

First Line:
Jove called before him the other day
Last Line:
To the great name of Tom Durfy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1969

13. Moore always smiles whenever he recites

First Line:
Moore always smiles whenever he recites
Last Line:
A modest man may like what's not his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2764

14. If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill

First Line:
If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill
Last Line:
Who would not weep if A---n were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3050

15. If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill

First Line:
If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill
Last Line:
Who would not weep if A--n were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1974

16. If none must be admired but poets born

First Line:
If none must be admired but poets born
Last Line:
These should be pumped ducked pilloried pissed and shit on
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2751

17. Once in his life Moore judges right

First Line:
Once in his life Moore judges right
Last Line:
Who's but a publisher himself
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2748

18. Religion blushing veils her sacred fires

First Line:
Religion blushing veils her sacred fires
Last Line:
And universal darkness buries all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30571

19. Should Dennis print how once you robbed your brother

First Line:
Should Dennis print how once you robbed your brother
Last Line:
Secure in dullness madness want and age
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3015

20. See who never was or will be half read

First Line:
See who never was or will be half read
Last Line:
But send him honest Job thy wife
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
13483

21. Shall royal praise be rhymed by such a ribald

First Line:
Shall royal praise be rhymed by such a ribald
Last Line:
Oh save the salary and drink the sack
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3071

22. Sir I admit your general rule

First Line:
Sir I admit your general rule
Last Line:
That every fool is not a poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13479

23. Tell if you can which did the worse

First Line:
Tell if you can which did the worse
Last Line:
And this a laureate of an ass
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2968

24. Tis generous Tibbald in thee and thy brothers

First Line:
Tis generous Tibbald in thee and thy brothers
Last Line:
For who will help us ever to read thy own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2761

25. To prove himself no plagiary Moore

First Line:
To prove himself no plagiary Moore
Last Line:
Who showed his breech to prove twas not beshit
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2745

26. Well sir suppose the bust is a damned head

First Line:
Well sir suppose the bust is a damned head
Last Line:
The busto nor himself
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
30622

27. Well sir suppose the busto's a damned head

First Line:
Well sir suppose the busto's a damned head
Last Line:
The busto nor himself
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2767

28. What makes for once squire Jemmy's muse so toward

First Line:
What makes for once squire Jemmy's muse so toward
Last Line:
Mere joy to see a cosen of Ned Howard
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2765

29. What makes for once squire Jemmy's muse so toward

First Line:
What makes for once squire Jemmy's muse so toward
Last Line:
Mere joy to see a cousin of Ned Howard
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2991

30. When simple Macer now of high renown

First Line:
When simple Macer now of high renown
Last Line:
To bawd for others and go shares with punk
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13068

31. When simple Macer now of high renown

First Line:
When simple Macer now of high renown
Last Line:
To bawd for others or go shares with punk
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1975

32. Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

First Line:
Ye little wits that gleamed awhile
Last Line:
And must to earth return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2763

33. Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

First Line:
Ye little wits that gleamed awhile
Last Line:
And shall to earth return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
30621

34. Ye lords and commons men of wit

First Line:
Ye lords and commons men of wit
Last Line:
Quoth Sandys into waste paper
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1972

35. You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes

First Line:
You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes
Last Line:
The jest is lost unless he prints his face
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2771

36. You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

First Line:
You beat your pate and fancy wit will come
Last Line:
Knock as you please there's nobody at home
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13475