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1. A doubtful dying doleful Dame

First Line:
A doubtful dying doleful Dame
Last Line:
For as I am a Lover will I die
Author:
Isabella Whitney (Absolute)
DMI number:
49210

2. A dreadful pest swift as infectious air

First Line:
A dreadful pest swift as infectious air
Last Line:
Whilst truth she rarely vends among a thousand lies
DMI number:
36259

3. A fool indeed has great need of a title

First Line:
A fool indeed has great need of a title
Last Line:
And to forget his proper name of fool
DMI number:
41302

4. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

5. A town he kept in spite of fate the Irish he confounded

First Line:
A town he kept in spite of fate the Irish he confounded
Last Line:
Since Walker George has made amends for Walker Obadiah
DMI number:
42603

6. A tragic tale from Norman William's age

First Line:
A tragic tale from Norman William's age
Last Line:
One moment's rashness blasts whole years of fame
Author:
Thomas Francklin (Speculation)
DMI number:
37494

7. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:
A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:
And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:
Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27118

8. A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame

First Line:
A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame
Last Line:
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Thomas Parnell (Confident)
DMI number:
29813

9. A venerable sage one day

First Line:
A venerable sage one day
Last Line:
They'll own he was the first of men
DMI number:
25019

10. 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

11. Admire not dear knight

First Line:
Admire not dear knight
Last Line:
De mortuis nil nisi bonum
Author:
Mr Whiteford (Absolute)
DMI number:
36041

12. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous monarch on thy earth shall live
DMI number:
42703

13. Alas poor fame in what a narrow room

First Line:
Alas poor fame in what a narrow room
Last Line:
When as the present are so negligent
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
14720

14. After me let none whom greatness shrouds

First Line:
After me let none whom greatness shrouds
Last Line:
That which puffs up oft at the last overthrows
DMI number:
41282

15. Ah Coridon in vain you boast

First Line:
Ah Coridon in vain you boast
Last Line:
Cloris was true and I deserve her shame
Author:
Henry Neville Payne (Confident)
DMI number:
42538

16. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
But an honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33649

17. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028

18. A work outlasting brass and higher

First Line:
A work outlasting brass and higher
Last Line:
Crown crown me willing muse with bays
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42129

19. All nations bow their heads with homage down

First Line:
All nations bow their heads with homage down
Last Line:
With universal cry
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20383

20. And with what rare inventions do we strive

First Line:
And with what rare inventions do we strive
Last Line:
For all old Homer's life ever since he died till now
DMI number:
39554

21. Angels and ministers of grace proceed

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace proceed
Last Line:
And thou shalt share immortal fame with me
DMI number:
36007

22. All tongues speak of him and the bleared sights

First Line:
All tongues speak of him and the bleared sights
Last Line:
A shower and thunder with their caps and shouts
DMI number:
40041

23. All tongues speak of him and the bleared sights

First Line:
All tongues speak of him and the bleared sights
Last Line:
A thunder and shower with their caps and shouts
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20381

24. All transitory titles I detest

First Line:
All transitory titles I detest
Last Line:
Our births our fires our virtues be our own
DMI number:
41283

25. And hast thou then performed the mighty task

First Line:
And hast thou then performed the mighty task
Last Line:
From Zoilus down to Gildon rail and starve
DMI number:
12254

26. And when thy ruins shall disclaim

First Line:
And when thy ruins shall disclaim
Last Line:
An everlasting monument to thee
DMI number:
34040

27. Am I not emperor men call me so

First Line:
Am I not emperor men call me so
Last Line:
But no substantial true perogative
DMI number:
41290

28. Amid these mouldering walls this marble round

First Line:
Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
Last Line:
The only happy is the self-approved
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27812

29. As doctors give physic by way of prevention

First Line:
As doctors give physic by way of prevention
Last Line:
He cares not yet prithee be kind to his fame
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16903

30. As genius virtue reputation

First Line:
As genius virtue reputation
Last Line:
Lost reputation's never to be found
Author:
Nicholas Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
22499

31. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

32. Are you in love with title

First Line:
Are you in love with title
Last Line:
Or an antiquary in old buskins
DMI number:
41289

33. Around the world when Homer's genius shone

First Line:
Around the world when Homer's genius shone
Last Line:
While in Quebec a second Ilium fell
DMI number:
31966

34. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

35. As when Apollo with his artful hand

First Line:
As when Apollo with his artful hand
Last Line:
Than 'twas to conquer the whole land before
DMI number:
43422

36. Assist ye muses every thought refine

First Line:
Assist ye muses every thought refine
Last Line:
Which his own works has made elate as fame
DMI number:
15340

37. Blakeney we praise and Byng we blame

First Line:
Blakeney we praise and Byng we blame
Last Line:
Blakeney's sole fear is life without it
DMI number:
33183

38. Blessed be the princes who have fought

First Line:
Blessed be the princes who have fought
Last Line:
That happiness is but opinion
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12389

39. Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line

First Line:
Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line
Last Line:
Armour of proof against ill weather
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42116

40. Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew

First Line:
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
Last Line:
And there the glorious battle of the Boyne
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
28425

41. By favouring wit Maecenas purchased fame

First Line:
By favouring wit Maecenas purchased fame
Last Line:
At once the patron and the poet too
DMI number:
16115

42. By heavens high gift incase revived were

First Line:
By heavens high gift incase revived were
Last Line:
The naamkouth Virgil hath set forth in sight
Author:
Nicholas Grimald (Absolute)
DMI number:
49379

43. Brush off | This honoured dust that soils your company

First Line:
Brush off | This honoured dust that soils your company
Last Line:
Of fools the wise man's pity
DMI number:
41293

44. But most by numbers judge a poet's song

First Line:
But most by numbers judge a poet's song
Last Line:
And what Timotheus was is Dryden now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37196

45. Bright shees what glories had your names acquired

First Line:
Bright shees what glories had your names acquired
Last Line:
That all have or do or would be doing so
DMI number:
43446

46. Cheated by death at last here I

First Line:
Cheated by death at last here I
Last Line:
And your renown like vice advance from age to age
DMI number:
44693

47. Cheronean Plutarch to thy deathless page

First Line:
Cheronean Plutarch to thy deathless page
Last Line:
Their lives had parallels but thine has none
DMI number:
17383

48. Children unborn and priests not yet begotten

First Line:
Children unborn and priests not yet begotten
Last Line:
Grows old and halts as now our beauties are
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
13958

49. Charming Annetta but that I'm forbid

First Line:
Charming Annetta but that I'm forbid
Last Line:
Death and oblivion are the same
Author:
Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:
28334

50. Clowns for posterity may cark and care

First Line:
Clowns for posterity may cark and care
Last Line:
That trust not to successions but our fames
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
17206

51. Could I Parrhasius' works command

First Line:
Could I Parrhasius' works command
Last Line:
His votaries vows and speeds their prayers
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25622

52. Could I Parrhasius' works command

First Line:
Could I Parrhasius' works command
Last Line:
Our ardent vows and speeds our prayers
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26652

53. Commerce and peace restored each sea his own

First Line:
Commerce and peace restored each sea his own
Last Line:
Just in the fulness of his fame to die
DMI number:
17121

54. Consenting to thy prayer

First Line:
Consenting to thy prayer
Last Line:
How far his future fame shall all our hopes exceed
DMI number:
28630

55. Critics I saw that others names efface

First Line:
Critics I saw that others names efface
Last Line:
Or disappeared and left the first behind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32718

56. Daughter of chaos and old night

First Line:
Daughter of chaos and old night
Last Line:
Drive his light courser over the bounds of taste
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
29351

57. Dear sir the joys which range through all your troops

First Line:
Dear sir the joys which range through all your troops
Last Line:
And let your presence Britain's isle adorn
DMI number:
43447

58. Delightful sovereign of the cheerful smile

First Line:
Delightful sovereign of the cheerful smile
Last Line:
Is prone to pity though I can't relieve
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
28563

59. Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain

First Line:
Diamonds concealed their lustre may retain
Last Line:
And think there is some worth in my dull rhymes
DMI number:
43204

60. Did but kind fate to me impart

First Line:
Did but kind fate to me impart
Last Line:
And looks with pity down on White's
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
25623

61. Divine Euripides this tomb we see

First Line:
Divine Euripides this tomb we see
Last Line:
Thy name and lasting praise adorns the stone
DMI number:
13746

62. Do not neglect the candour of thy name

First Line:
Do not neglect the candour of thy name
Last Line:
Makes men live long although their life is short
DMI number:
40827

63. Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing

First Line:
Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing
Last Line:
His laurels are not grafted on the bays
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
16733

64. Fame heard with pleasure straight replied

First Line:
Fame heard with pleasure straight replied
Last Line:
A friend of yours tis Lyttleton
Author:
Philip Yorke (Confident)
DMI number:
30372

65. Fame says pope Julius once the sword did wield

First Line:
Fame says pope Julius once the sword did wield
Last Line:
Thy sword O Paul in battle may avail
DMI number:
16694

66. Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow

First Line:
Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow
Last Line:
To tell of prodigies and cause affright
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9800

67. Farre in the countrey of Arden

First Line:
Farre in the countrey of Arden
Last Line:
That ever was so blist
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37292

68. Farre in the country of Arden

First Line:
Farre in the country of Arden
Last Line:
That ever was so blist
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
38342

69. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

70. Fear not dear friend the lessening of thy fame

First Line:
Fear not dear friend the lessening of thy fame
Last Line:
That virtue could add splendour to a throne
DMI number:
43450

71. Farewell the gilded follies pleasant troubles

First Line:
Farewell the gilded follies pleasant troubles
Last Line:
I'll never look for it but in heaven again
DMI number:
25371

72. Fairfax the valiant and the only he

First Line:
Fairfax the valiant and the only he
Last Line:
A man so great in war in peace so just as he
DMI number:
42679

73. Friend for your epitaphs I'm grieved

First Line:
Friend for your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32427

74. Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved

First Line:
Friend in your epitaphs I'm grieved
Last Line:
The other never read
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24504

75. For once kind heaven permit me to lay by

First Line:
For once kind heaven permit me to lay by
Last Line:
Tis ten to one my Sunday's pudding's lost
DMI number:
41822

76. For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies

First Line:
For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies
Last Line:
Nor ever penetrate the silent urn
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
29812

77. For fame whose custom is to have a care

First Line:
For fame whose custom is to have a care
Last Line:
And weary is of those who live too long
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14731

78. For what is understood by fame

First Line:
For what is understood by fame
Last Line:
Besides the getting of a name
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
18201

79. For what the world admires I'll wish no more

First Line:
For what the world admires I'll wish no more
Last Line:
Esteems it mean to court the world for praise
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23524

80. For whom should we esteem above

First Line:
For whom should we esteem above
Last Line:
The men whom gods do love
DMI number:
39815

81. For this world's glory

First Line:
For this world's glory
Last Line:
And suffer their eclipses in their full
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
14890

82. For twice nine centuries why has partial fame

First Line:
For twice nine centuries why has partial fame
Last Line:
That he who raised the arts surpassed them too
DMI number:
17408

83. For valour wins applause

First Line:
For valour wins applause
Last Line:
That dares but to maintain the weaker cause
DMI number:
41412

84. For all may have

First Line:
For all may have
Last Line:
If they dare try a glorious life or grave
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
14889

85. For all should have a great respect to fame

First Line:
For all should have a great respect to fame
Last Line:
No greater dowry than a spotless name
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14721

86. From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame

First Line:
From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame
Last Line:
As messengers of truth and verity
DMI number:
44518

87. Gil Morrice was an erles son

First Line:
Gil Morrice was an erles son
Last Line:
On which the zouth was slain
Author:
John Home (Speculation)
DMI number:
37595

88. Give me flattery

First Line:
Give me flattery
Last Line:
And lull him in the down of his desires
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
18890

89. Glories like glow worms afar shine bright

First Line:
Glories like glow worms afar shine bright
Last Line:
But looked too near have neither heat nor light
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
14888

90. Glory and pleasure in my breast contend

First Line:
Glory and pleasure in my breast contend
Last Line:
And never stand before victorious sense
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14892

91. Glory is like a circle in the water

First Line:
Glory is like a circle in the water
Last Line:
Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14884

92. From worldly woe the mead of misbelief

First Line:
From worldly woe the mead of misbelief
Last Line:
His sprite in heaven shall triumph over thee
Author:
Thomas Norton (Absolute)
DMI number:
49495

93. Full in earth's centre twixt air earth and sea

First Line:
Full in earth's centre twixt air earth and sea
Last Line:
Befalls on earth on ocean or in air
DMI number:
28420

94. Full in the midst of this created space

First Line:
Full in the midst of this created space
Last Line:
And seas about and skies above enquiring all around
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9797

95. Full in the midst of this created space

First Line:
Full in the midst of this created space
Last Line:
The Grecian heroes and what deaths they dealt
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11929

96. Garrick whatever resembles thee

First Line:
Garrick whatever resembles thee
Last Line:
No time or distance can efface
DMI number:
35938

97. Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage

First Line:
Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage
Last Line:
Has wounded thee and fled
DMI number:
36039

98. Great Monmouth's a duke

First Line:
Great Monmouth's a duke
Last Line:
Against him rebel &c
DMI number:
42793

99. Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell

First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13151

100. Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls

First Line:
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
Last Line:
The wise man's fetter and the range of fools
DMI number:
39651